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After a tumultuous 2020, the IRS will open tax filing season on Friday, February 12th, a few weeks later than years in the past. The deadline to file and pay any tax owed reverts to April 15th, after last year’s COVID-19 related extension.

I’m thinking about buying long-term-care insurance. Can you recommend a particular insurer or type of policy?

Actually, your best first step is not to shop for a carrier or policy. Rather, it’s to shop for a knowledgeable, independent agent.

Because of all the various changes that went into effect last year as the pandemic unfolded, this tax season could be a tricky one.

To help us break it down, we're joined by the one and only Ed Slott, the ultimate tax guru and founder of IRA Help.

Can you amass $1 million in retirement savings with just an IRA? You may be skeptical, but the answer is yes. The real question is how long would it take?

Saving $1 million is totally doable. And success does not depend on unrealistic assumptions.

A new study by the Investment Company Institute shows U.S. households’ missed opportunity in maximizing IRA contributions, according to IRA expert Ed Slott, an area where advisors can provide “significant value.”

Two books are intended to help people who are worried about their finances in the midst of this painful pandemic. One suggests ways of improving your situation right now. The other focuses on ensuring that when and if you retire, your accounts will be in solid shape.

They are both worthwhile, though for complex problems, you will need to look elsewhere.

The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department issued new guidance Wednesday ending the prohibition on “double dipping” when it comes to expenses paid with funds from Paycheck Protection Program loans.

For decades there’s been a festering retirement crisis in America.

Congress has repeatedly tried to resolve the retirement crisis via stop-gap, incremental efforts. It has created new retirement accounts, like Roth IRAs to benefit lower income workers, as well as tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs) to help pay healthcare costs.

What was YOUR biggest lesson from 2020, besides avoid pandemics? Today we’ll share our top 5 (plus an “honorable mention”) events from maybe the weirdest year in recent memory.