by Plum Street Advisors | Oct 30, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Estate Tax Strategies – Looking at the Impact of the Election on Estate Tax LawOct 30, 2020 After the Tax and Jobs Act of 2017 was passed, the federal estate tax exclusion was raised to over $11 million per person (over $22 million for a married couple). For the vast...
by Plum Street Advisors | Oct 15, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Parsing the Policies – What if One Party Sweeps the Election?Oct 15, 2020 During the first two years of President Trump’s current term, he enjoyed Republican control of both the House and the Senate (during which time he passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act). President...
by Plum Street Advisors | May 29, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Legislative Updates to Charitable Giving May 29, 2020 This post is a continuation of our series on recent legislative changes, with an update on charitable giving. There were important changes made to the tax rules on charitable gifts both in the 2017 Tax Cuts and...
by Plum Street Advisors | May 20, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Recent Changes to RMDs May 20, 2020 This post is intended to summarize some recent legislative changes that that will impact anyone taking Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from their IRA or 401k: RMDs from IRAs have been suspended for 2020. If you haven’t taken...
by Jamie Osborn | May 12, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Market Recovery vs. the Headlines May 12, 2020 Current headlines are announcing that the economic situation is worsening by the day (Monday, May 11th example on CNN: “The Economy is Plummeting”). On Friday, the April jobs report indicated that the coronavirus...
by Jamie Osborn | Mar 27, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Recovery Periods Following Major Market Declines March 27, 2020 Long-term investors always have eventually been rewarded for riding out the bad times, even though every bear market looks and feels a little different. In the chart below, we look at the 21 times since...
