Ask Bob: Gifting

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Gifting is a great financial planning tool, especially at the end of the year. Alhambra's Bob Williams goes through the basics.
In 2012, the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) established, for the first time, a permanent estate tax and gift tax exemption. The exemption is...
Worried about saving enough for retirement? You can put away more next year. The IRS has just announced the new retirement plan contribution limits...
The IRS wants its tax money and it wants it now. Even if you pay all the taxes you owe when you file your...
Here we are again in the final quarter of the year when thoughts turn to Thanksgiving and Christmas and… reviewing your financial house. Oh,...
If you’ve been gifting money each year to people you love, or using gifting as a planning tool, it’s about to get even better....
You’re thinking about retirement. In fact, you’ve been thinking about it and planning for it a long time. One of the questions you have...
For approximately half of retirees, their Social Security check is just like the paycheck they received when working—they don’t get to keep all of...
Woe to the person who inherits a Health Savings Account. Alhambra's Bob Williams describes the pitfalls and what to watch out for.
A really long time ago… in a galaxy far, far away… I worked for a building contractor. That experience taught me that every successful...