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Your Social Security Check Will Be A Little Bigger In 2021

Your Social Security Check Will Be A Little Bigger In 2021

Kelly Phillips ErbOctober 13, 2020October 13, 2020

According to the Social Security Administration, approximately 70 million Americans will see a 1.3% increase in their Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

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Preparing & Managing For A Sandwich Generation Household

Preparing & Managing For A Sandwich Generation Household

John LuckenbaughSeptember 28, 2020January 5, 2022

Kelly acknowledges the statistics of life expectancy rapidly increasing, which seemingly results in more sandwich generation households. Sandwich generations are when a parent generation with

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Here’s How To Take Advantage Of Your Retirement Accounts During COVID

Here’s How To Take Advantage Of Your Retirement Accounts During COVID

Kelly Phillips ErbSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the CARES Act into law. Most of us know that the CARES Act offered economic relief through stimulus checks and

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IRS Reminds Taxpayers About August RMD Deadline

IRS Reminds Taxpayers About August RMD Deadline

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 25, 2020August 25, 2020

Did you take out a required minimum distribution (RMD) this year and want to put it back? As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and

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Taxes From A To Z 2020: R Is For Required Minimum Distributions

Taxes From A To Z 2020: R Is For Required Minimum Distributions

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020

It’s my annual Taxes from A to Z series! If you’re wondering how to figure basis for cryptocurrency or whether you can claim home office

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IRS Reminds Taxpayers That RMDs From Retirement Accounts Are Not Required In 2020

IRS Reminds Taxpayers That RMDs From Retirement Accounts Are Not Required In 2020

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 17, 2020July 17, 2020

The Internal Revenue Service (2020) has issued a reminder to taxpayers that they are not required to take money out of their individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and

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What You Need To Know About Social Security Retirement, SSDI and SSI Benefits

What You Need To Know About Social Security Retirement, SSDI and SSI Benefits

Kelly Phillips ErbMay 27, 2020May 27, 2020

When the stimulus check details were announced, I noticed a sharp uptick in questions about Social Security retirement, Social Security Disability (SSDI) and Supplemental Security

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Treasury Concedes Social Security Recipients Don’t Need File A Tax Return To Get A Stimulus Check

Treasury Concedes Social Security Recipients Don’t Need File A Tax Return To Get A Stimulus Check

Kelly Phillips ErbApril 1, 2020May 5, 2020

Winston Churchill was alleged to have said, “You can depend upon the Americans to do the right thing. But only after they have exhausted every

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Congress Made It Easy For Seniors To Get Stimulus Checks Without Filing A Tax Return: Why Isn’t That Happening?

Congress Made It Easy For Seniors To Get Stimulus Checks Without Filing A Tax Return: Why Isn’t That Happening?

Kelly Phillips ErbApril 1, 2020May 5, 2020

(Update: Treasury and IRS have changed course and seniors who do not usually file a tax return do not need to file to get a check.)

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Do Seniors Have To File Tax Returns To Get Stimulus Checks?

Do Seniors Have To File Tax Returns To Get Stimulus Checks?

Kelly Phillips ErbMarch 31, 2020May 5, 2020

(Update: Treasury and IRS changed course and will not require returns.) Each year, about 64 million people collect Social Security benefits: about one family in four receives some kind

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