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Aug 08

Meet the Diabolical Tax, the Alternative Minimum Tax for the Retired

By Scott Burns Q. What triggers taxation of Social Security benefits and what does not? Can the tax be avoided? ---L.M, by email A. The only proven way to avoid the tax is to have little or no income beyond Social Security benefits. I call this the Diabolical Tax. It affected very few people in 1983...

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Jul 08

The Rush for Safety Has Reduced Yields

By Scott Burns Q. Would you give us retirees your view as to the safest place for our hard-earned savings while we are having bank failures? ---H.V., by email (one of many asking the same question) A. For most people, the $100,000 FDIC insurance limit essentially eliminates any risk of loss. Those who...

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Mar 08

Ending Insider Rating and the Credit Crisis

By Scott Burns and Laurence J. Kotlikoff "... let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first inaugural...

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Nov 07

Magic in Finance, Part 4: Government, The Big Magician

by Scott Burns When it comes to financial magic, the government of the United States takes the prize. Sleights of hand and clever distractions by purveyors of line-of-credit mortgages, living-benefit variable annuities and equity-indexed life insurance that I have illustrated in recent weeks are clumsy...

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Jun 07

The Darkest Horse

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The road to Saint Anselm College is marked with long Burma Shave strands of political placards. The name I see most is Biden. But all the Democratic Party candidates for president will be there. A two-hour debate between candidates starts within an hour. As I approach the campus I...

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May 07

Who Will Get Your Employer's 401(K) Contributions?

Today's Rude Opinion Poll: Which description best characterizes our elected representatives in Washington, regardless of party affiliation? They are hapless boobs, constantly passing laws that contradict each other. They are scheming miscreants, relentlessly seeking new ways to increase taxes and spend...

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Apr 07

April 15th and the Rising Price Of Civilization

Thanks to a good accountant, the Burns family tax return was ready a week before deadline this year. Proud of ourselves, my wife and I signed it. Then we contemplated its enormity. While far shorter than "War and Peace," the heft of our 40-page return was striking. So was the amount we had paid. If taxes...

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Jan 07

A Flat Tax, with bumps and potholes

We already have a flat tax. It just has bumps and potholes. The fact that neither political party will acknowledge this is one of the reasons both parties are a useless disservice to the voting public. Instead, both parties have a vested interest in the theatrical possibilities created by the idea of...

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Oct 06

It's All about What We Spend

Q. I have often heard that a couple should plan on replacing 70 to 85 percent of pre-retirement income in retirement. I have questioned that guidance because I believe it is more important to replace expenses than it is to replace income. Of my current income, I spend 30 percent for living expenses....

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Oct 06

Why Do You Favor the Fair Tax?

C.C. in Houston writes to say there is nothing fair about the Fair Tax plan for a single flat sales tax. He quotes a letter from another concerned citizen to the editor of the Houston Chronicle. "The so-called Fair Tax scheme is a blatant attempt by the wealthy to reduce their tax payments. I call it...

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