I know many of you don’t want to hear this, but it’s about that time of year again. Time to start thinking about end of year tax planning. If you are retired or receiving Social Security benefits there are actually some things to be excited about as you project what [...]
Since last week’s Jackson County vote, the future of the Royals and the Chiefs has been the hot topic here in the metro. If you’re anything like me, you have had multiple conversations about how emphatically this proposal was rejected by the voters, and what it means for the city [...]
I really can’t believe I am saying this, but the Chiefs winning their 3rd Super Bowl in 5 years may not have been the most exciting Kansas City sports news that has happened this month. As an avid baseball fan, perhaps I am a bit biased, but I think the [...]
Today I write an unusual column. I always try to provide you information and opinion to help you make your money work harder, protect you from loss, or be reassured that wise decisions will bear good fruit in the long term. Today I unashamedly ask you to vote for the [...]
In the midst of all the chaos that comes with the whole Christmas season, you may not have realized that as part of the massive Omnibus Bill signed by Congress to avert a government shutdown, significant legislation was passed related to your retirement accounts. The SECURE Act of 2022 commonly [...]
It’s getting to be that time of year again when we all start thinking about taxes, and what we are going to owe in the spring. This probably goes without saying, but my goal is always to pay as little as possible to both Washington DC and Jefferson City. A [...]
It’s never fun to pay capital gains taxes on investments you hold. It’s significantly less fun to have to pay them in a year where your account balances have suffered heavy losses. That however, is the scenario many may face this year. Today, I want to provide some insight into [...]
This past week, President Biden addressed Congress and the American people to make his case for a 1.8 trillion dollar spending bill targeted at families and education called the American Families Plan. He has proposed to pay for this additional government spending through tax increases targeted at corporations and wealthy [...]
How would you feel if two weeks before the end of the year you still didn’t know how much of your personal income would be taxable, or what rate you would be expected to pay? That is the challenge thousands of businesses are facing as we speak. On March 27th [...]
Three weeks before the election, I am in a state of inner turmoil and foreboding. Me, the optimist for whom the glass is always mostly full. (But I have heard that an optimist is a person who just does not understand the situation!) If ever I have bobbed in a [...]
