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Welcome to our website! Please browse around. Become a knowledgeable taxpayer and help us help you. Remember we want you to contact us with your "Here's what we're thinking about doing" questions--not your "guess what we just did" comments. Taxes are only part of your financial picture. Investments,* insurance, estate planning, long term care, and other areas can contribute to your long term plan development. It's not too late to start saving for retirement or to get assistance in how to take your retirement savings in a tax-advantaged way. We have articles on this website to help educate you and we're here to advise you about your particular situation. Investment and financial plannning services are offered by Lori Rust through her affiliation with HD Vest.
Helpful Content
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
The ABC’s of Auto Insurance
What kind of auto insurance should you have? Do you know?
Insurance Needs Assessment: When You're Newly Married
Marriage changes everything, including your insurance needs.
A Living Trust Primer
Living trusts are popular, but their appropriateness will depend upon your individual needs and objectives.
Errors and Omissions Insurance
E&O insurance is specifically designed to protect you, or your company, from the risk of a client’s dissatisfaction.
Saving on Fitness Center Membership Costs
There are ways to improve your physical fitness without denting your fiscal fitness.
Why You Need an Estate Strategy
Do you have an estate strategy? You should.
Six Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
Six overlooked tax deductions to help manage your tax bill.
Three Key Questions to Answer Before Taking Social Security
When to start? Should I continue to work? How can I maximize my benefit?
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What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
My Retirement Savings
Estimate how long your retirement savings may last using various monthly cash flow rates.
What Is My Current Cash Flow?
Assess whether you are running “in the black” or “in the red” each month.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
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An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Tax Management Strategies
Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
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Events on Wall Street
Can successful investors predict changes in the markets? Some can but others miss the market’s signals.
Will You Pay the AMT?
Despite recent tax-law changes, many Americans are expected to pay the AMT this year.
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
16 Wall Street Cliches in 60 Seconds
Pundits say a lot of things about the markets. Let's see if you can keep up.
Ready for Retirement?
Are you ready for retirement? Here are five words you should consider.
The Rule of 72
Do you know how long it may take for your investments to double in value? The Rule of 72 is a quick way to figure it out.