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Retirement savers often ask if they can open and fund both a Roth IRA and a Traditional IRA in the same calendar year. The short answer is yes. The IRS allows you to contribute to both account types during the same year. This flexibility can help you diversify your tax treatment and tailor your retirement [...]

Running a business with your spouse can create additional retirement planning opportunities. Many self-employed business owners wonder if their spouse can contribute to a Roth Solo 401k alongside them. The short answer is yes, but only if your spouse works in the business and meets specific requirements. If both spouses qualify, this setup may allow [...]

Funding a Solo 401k sounds straightforward until you sit down to move money and realize there are two separate contribution buckets, multiple deadlines, and different tax treatments depending on how you structure each deposit. Most self-employed professionals know the plan exists and have heard the big numbers, but the mechanics of actually getting funds into [...]

The IRS issued guidance last week allowing businesses to reverse or make certain tax elections affected by changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, giving some companies a way to revise positions taken under earlier rules. Revenue Procedure 2026-17 covers three areas. It allows eligible businesses to withdraw elections to be treated as excepted trades [...]

A Solo 401k offers self-employed business owners meaningful tax advantages and retirement savings options. One lesser-known benefit is the ability to borrow from your account balance. Not all Solo 401k plans permit participant loans — the feature depends entirely on whether your plan documents explicitly allow borrowing. This matters because accessing your retirement funds without [...]

A bipartisan bill introduced this week in the House of Representatives would extend full floor plan financing interest deductions to semi-trailer dealers, addressing what industry advocates call an unfair tax disadvantage that has strained cash flow for local dealerships across the country. Representatives Blake Moore, a Republican from Utah, and Norma Torres, a Democrat from California, [...]

The US Tax Court is considering how to respond to the use of artificial intelligence in court filings after attorneys and litigants submitted briefs citing cases that do not exist, according to Judge Mark V. Holmes. Holmes said the court is proceeding cautiously because more than three-quarters of its cases involve self-represented taxpayers rather than lawyers. [...]

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page signed legislation Friday placing a county use tax on the August 4 ballot, setting up a vote on a measure that county officials said could generate between $50 million and $75 million a year from remote purchases. If approved by voters, Proposition U would impose a 2.263 percent use tax [...]

Ohio’s sweeping property tax reform package became law Friday, March 18, delivering over $3 billion in estimated savings through five bills that cap tax increases tied to rising home values and shift more relief toward homeowners. Governor Mike DeWine signed the legislation in December 2025 after more than a year of Statehouse deliberations, marking what [...]

The Hawai’i Tax Fairness Coalition on Thursday urged lawmakers to raise taxes on the state’s highest earners, backing six bills that remain alive at the midpoint of the 2026 legislative session and would change Hawaii’s tax structure to direct more revenue to housing, education, health care, and climate programs. The coalition outlined its position at a [...]

A bipartisan bill introduced in the House Ways and Means Committee would temporarily exempt certain retroactive Social Security payments from federal income tax, a proposal aimed at retirees who began receiving restored benefits after Congress repealed two long-standing provisions that had reduced payments for some public sector workers. The measure, called the No Tax on Restored [...]

A new federal tax deduction allows some car buyers to deduct up to $10,000 in annual loan interest on new vehicles assembled in the United States through 2028. The deduction was created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, and applies to qualifying vehicles purchased after [...]

A non-working spouse can build meaningful retirement savings even without a paycheck. The IRS allows married couples to fund a Roth IRA for a spouse who earns little or no income, as long as the working spouse earns enough to cover both contributions and the couple files taxes jointly. This spousal Roth IRA strategy helps [...]

Michigan workers who earn tips and overtime pay will not be able to claim new state tax deductions when they file returns this spring for 2025 income. The deductions will apply beginning with income earned in 2026, which means the first Michigan returns claiming them will be filed in early 2027. The deductions were included in [...]

High-income software engineers often hit a frustrating ceiling when trying to save for retirement. Direct Roth IRA contributions phase out completely once your income crosses certain thresholds. For singles, that happens at $168,000 in 2026. Married couples filing jointly lose access at $252,000. These limits block many tech professionals from contributing to one of the [...]

A Roth IRA offers tax-free growth and withdrawals in retirement, making it one of the most attractive savings vehicles available. The account uses after-tax dollars today, so qualified distributions later come out completely tax-free. Setting up automatic monthly contributions takes the guesswork out of saving and helps you take advantage of dollar-cost averaging. This strategy [...]

Deciding when to open a Roth IRA can feel like a puzzle, especially if your income sits near the eligibility cutoff. Contribute now and you lock in years of potential tax-free growth. Wait for your income to drop and you might qualify for a larger contribution or avoid excess contribution penalties. The answer depends on [...]

If you’re in your 20s and thinking about retirement, you’re already ahead of most people your age. Starting a Roth IRA now could potentially set you up with hundreds of thousands—or even over a million dollars—by the time you retire. That’s not an exaggeration. That’s math. The question is: how much will you actually have? And [...]