Love Looks A Lot Like Planning By Mike Clark CFP® Love gets marketed to us backwards. We are told it looks like bigger houses, nicer cars, better stuff, constant upgrades.

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The Biggest Mistakes I See When Reviewing Client Tax Returns The stuff that gets missed when real planning is involved A tax return can be filed on time, look completely

That 1099-R Might Be Lying to You (Kind Of) How to avoid paying tax on money that isn’t actually taxable. If you took money out of an IRA or retirement

Trump Accounts: What They Are, Who They’re For, and How to Get Started Major tax legislation passed in 2025 introduced a new savings vehicle for minors known as Trump Accounts.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Itemized Deductions, the SALT Cap, and Charitable Giving The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made a number of changes to the tax code, and

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Change Is in the Air: And It’s Not Asking for Permission. Pull up a chair. Let’s zoom out for a minute. Something is shifting. You can feel it, even if