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July 26, 2024

Norma Collins named NATP’s 2024 Member of the Year

The National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP) is proud to recognize long-time member Norma Collins as the 2024 winner of the annual Member of the Year award. Collins was nominated [...]

July 25, 2024

Question: Bobby and Jinger lived together all year with their child, Olivia age 6. They are not married and are trying to determine who should claim Olivia. Can Jinger claim [...]

July 23, 2024

From the IRS: misleading social media advice leads to false claims for fuel tax credit, sick and family leave credit, household employment taxes; FAQs help address common questions, next steps for those receiving IRS letters

The Internal Revenue Service issued alert IR-2024-139 about a series of scams and inaccurate social media advice. Social media schemes led to thousands of inflated refund claims during the past tax season. [...]

July 18, 2024

Question: Mary received Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, for tax year 2023 from her home state’s Medicaid program. The payments are for the care of her incapacitated father who [...]

July 18, 2024

2024's Top 50 Women in Accounting Award nominations close Aug. 2!

Ignition’s Women in Accounting Awards are back for their 7th year, celebrating the incredible contributions of women in the accounting and bookkeeping industry. We hope you’ll join us in honoring [...]

VIDEO LIBRARY

401(k)s: The 40-Year Failed Experiment

Tax-deferred accounts, like the 401(k) operate on the optimism that taxes will be lower for us in retirement. However, indicators point to taxes rising in the future. Are there alternatives that can better mitigate tax risks? Watch to hear more.

A Better Place to Store Liquid Capital

Your liquid capital has to reside somewhere. There is an account you can keep it in that offers higher returns than what a bank can provide, while maintaining liquidity. It gives you the ability to leverage someone else’s money to create tax-free passive cash flow. Watch to learn more.

How Market Losses Affect Your Portfolio

When you are ready to start pulling money out for income in retirement, there are few worse places to do so than Wall Street. Market fluctuations can be volatile, and when a loss occurs one needs time in order to recoup it. And, the gain needed just to get back to even is greater than the loss experienced. Watch to learn more.

Saving Money in a Life Insurance Policy

If you could earn 4-6% compounding interest per year on your liquid capital, instead of the next-to-nothing the banks are paying you, would you be interested? What if we told you that no taxes needed to be paid on those earnings? That’s exactly what a properly structured life insurance policy can do. Watch to learn more.

Average Rate of Return is the Wrong Metric

Did you know you can have a positive average rate of return, and still lose money? The “actual rate of return”, or the yield, is a much better indicator of what you get to keep from your investments. Watch to learn more.

Enhancing Real Estate Returns Using Life Ins

Rather than let the bank capitalize and profit off your money, wouldn’t it make sense if you could cut out the middleman and retain your hard-earned dollars? By borrowing out of a properly structured life insurance policy, you could come out of your next home purchase pretty flush with cash. Watch to learn more.

The 401(k) Fallout

The Financial Crisis of 2008 taught many people a hard less about investing too much of their retirement savings into investment vehicles subject to market loss, like a 401(k). Don’t let another market crisis impact your retirement plans. Watch to learn more.

The Retirement Gamble (full documentary)

Trillions of dollars in Americans’ retirement savings are invested in large and small accounts managed by banks, brokerages, and mutual funds. But whether your IRA or 401(k) will assure a safe retirement is largely a gamble. Watch this documentary to learn more.

The Pension Gamble (full documentary)

This 2018 documentary investigates the role of state governments and Wall Street in driving America’s public pensions into a multi-trillion-dollar hole. Are you relying on a pension for a piece of your retirement income? Watch to learn more about why that could be a gamble.

When I'm 65 | Full Documentary

Explore how our financial and lifestyle choices today will affect our quality of life in retirement. Using case studies, engaging animations, and lively expert interviews, “When I’m 65” looks at how aspirations and financial planning for retirement have changed. Original airdate 1/25/16.

The Untouchables (full documentary)

In this documentary, producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates why the U.S. Department of Justice failed to act on credible evidence that Wall Street knowingly packaged and sold toxic mortgage loans to investors, loans that brought the U.S. and world economies to the brink of collapse.

Can You Afford to Retire? (full documentary)

In this 2006 documentary, Can Your Afford to Retire?, FRONTLINE correspondent Hedrick Smith investigates the financial crisis and what middle-class Americans face in retirement. Don’t let another market collapse threaten your retirement plans. Watch to learn more.

The Coming Retirement Crisis | Raoul Pal

In this hard-hitting Real Vision special, Raoul Pal presents the single most important financial topic of a generation — the Baby Boomer retirement crisis. In addition, Raoul also offers a glimpse of a brighter future, in which smart millennials take control of their own financial destiny and side-step the crisis. Watch to learn more.

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