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Gig workers who earned more than $5,000 in payments in 2024 will receive a Form 1099-K PDF in January 2025. Another tax filing season is upon us. The IRS announced Monday, Jan. 27, as the official ...

However, most people also end up falling short of that target. The few who actually reach their retirement savings goal usually took small, repeated actions that accumulated into a wealth-building ...

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Why Start Saving for Retirement Now? Financial experts all agree that the sooner you start saving, the better. Retirement savings accounts offer long-term wealth-building features like compounding ...

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Automatic enrollment in Medicare. When you apply for retirement or disability benefits from Social Security (or the Railroad Retirement Board), it also serves as your application for Medicare.

Nontraditional approaches, such as life insurance settlements, can provide tax-efficient lump sums for retirement. Buffered ETFs protect against market losses while allowing some upside participation.