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Financial Planning
Year End Giving Opportunities

The year end comes with warm drinks, cold nights and special time with friends and family. Many folks use this season to make year-end gifts to their favorites charities and non-profits. But do they also know how to pair these gifts with tax saving opportunities? Here are a few ways you can support the charities

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News
Is our banking system safe?

Our Banking System The banking system in most developed countries is considered relatively safe and secure, thanks to various regulatory measures put in place to safeguard deposits and prevent financial crises. For example, in the United States, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures bank deposits up to $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank. Credit

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Financial Planning, Retirement Planning
SECURE ACT 2.0

Selected Changes for Physicians SECURE Act 2.0 was signed into law on December 29, 2022 and makes numerous changes that impact retirement savers and retirees.  The new law raises the RMD age, increases retirement plan catch-up contributions, and provides enhancements to workplace retirement plans, along with many other changes.  The following summary was presented by

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Financial Planning, News
Inherited IRA Rules Updated by IRS

When the Secure Act was passed in 2019, it eliminated the ability for most non-spouse beneficiaries to “stretch” inherited retirement account withdrawals across their life expectancy and thereby spread out the potential tax liability.  You are now required to deplete the inherited retirement accounts within 10 years and pay the potential tax over that shorter

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Financial Planning
What is a fiduciary financial advisor?

A fiduciary financial advisor is an advisor who is bound by fiduciary duty to act in your best interest. While it may seem that all financial advisors would be fiduciaries, they are not. John C. Bogle, Founder of Vanguard Group, explains it like this, “It should be made clear to clients whether they are relying

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News
12 Scholarship Opportunities From Schwab

Skyline Advisors custodian of choice is Charles Schwab and Company. Below are 12 scholarship opportunities from Schwab that we wholeheartedly support and hope someone from our area wins. Who knows they could join Skyline after graduation!

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