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Social Security 2008
By Staff Writer$2,185: Amount of the top monthly benefit as of Jan. 1, up 2.3% from 2007. 102,000: Maximum annual earnings subject to Social Security tax in 2008, up from $97,500 in 2007. Source: SSA
January 01, 2008
Letter to the Editor: About Those Assurances On MedicareCFPs give their clients assurance that the more they spend now on Medicare Supplement plans and Part D plans, the more they hedge their bets that their medications will be covered.
January 01, 2008
How Prepared Are Advisors To Meet The Income Planning Challenge?A question that is surfacing among income planning experts is just how prepared advisors are to meet the needs and challenges of this relatively new area of financial advice.
January 01, 2008
Building strategic LTCI alliancesAdvisors who sell long term care insurance sometimes sound like evangelists for change who are frankly tired of crying in the wilderness. The wilderness in this case is LTCI sales, which dropped each year since 2000, until this year. Now
January 01, 2008
Life of the estate planning partyAdvisor Joel Javer, CFP, has a message for people who think their estate planning worries will suddenly evaporate come 2010 when the federal estate tax is scheduled for full repeal: Think again. Javer, principal at the Sharkey, Howes & Javer
January 01, 2008
Editorial Comment: Signs Point To Retirement Planning Action In 2008Interest in income planning and long term care planning among working adults appears to be on the rise. The signs are incremental, but unmistakable.
January 01, 2008
How To Escape The IRA Tax Monster$16.6 trillion: According to the Investment Company Institute in Washington, that's how much money Americans have stashed in qualified retirement plans as of the end ...
January 01, 2008
How To Escape The IRA Tax Monster$16.6 trillion: According to the Investment Company Institute in Washington, that's how much money Americans have stashed in qualified retirement plans as of the end ...