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Category Archives: Retirement Savings
Target Networth or Target Debt Reduction
First let me apologize to those folks that follow my blog, since I have gone through some very difficult family times recently with the passing of both my father and my father-in-law, all within the month of April &ellipse; not … Continue reading
Posted in budget, economics, Financial Arsenal, networth, Retirement Savings
Tagged economics, Financial Arsenal, financial directive, networth
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Your biggest expense should be you!
Your biggest expense should be for your future self for the first 5 years. The younger you are, the easier and better it is for you to take 50%-60% of your paycheck and put it away. Imagine being 19, 20, … Continue reading
Pay less taxes than you put into an IRA
Let’s see how a person could pay less taxes than they put away into an IRA (or 401k). We will use a simple scenario of a single person with a gross income (including interest earned) of $29,500 or less. You … Continue reading
Posted in 401k, Financial Arsenal, financial directive, Income Tax, IRA, thrift savings plan, tsp
Tagged 401k, Federal Tax, financial directive, IRA, Tax, Taxes, thrift savings plan, tsp
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Net worth as of Jan 2014
Here is my our net worth report for January 2014. I just checked our net worth and this is what I found: growth by 125% from the same time 1 year ago growth by 23.4% from 9 months prior growth … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, Financial Arsenal, financial directive, IRA, networth, Retirement, Roth IRA
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To curb retirement tax breaks for the rich or not
Here is a CNN Money article that asks if President Obama is trying to curb retirement savings tax breaks for the "rich". I have to agree with the writer when she speaks about the purpose of the myRA accounts that … Continue reading
The lowdown on MYRA accounts
The current POTUS has signed legislation for "lower income" families to be able to put some of their hard earned money into a new type of account called a MYRA account. The primary goal of the MYRA account is a … Continue reading
Posted in 401k, IRA, MYRA, Retirement Savings, Roth IRA
Tagged 401k, IRA, Retirement, Roth IRA
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Net worth as of Dec 2013
Since this is a personal finance site, I figure I should divulge some bits of person financial information such as net worth. This is the first post of my net worth and I will try to post this every quarter … Continue reading
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Tax year 2014 tax limit guidelines
There are always limits that the IRS places on various items in your financial arsenal, and this post is meant to be a brief summary of the 2014 tax limit guidelines. The list below is only meant to be brief … Continue reading
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Fill out your W4 Withholding Allowance Certificate
Can you claim more allowances when you fill out your W4 Withholding paperwork than you do on April 15th? The answer is yes. Can that result in an increase in the money you get back during the year? Again the … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Tax, financial directive, Tax, Taxes, W-4, W4
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