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Investing For Nonimmigrant Visa Holders: Understanding Visa Types, Investment Challenges, And Tax Implications

Nerd's Eye View

that incentivizes saving for these goals for American citizens – namely with tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans, IRAs, 529 college savings plans, and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) – can impose hurdles on foreign nationals who rely on them for their own savings needs. However, the system in the U.S.

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Will my Social Security be Taxed?

The Chicago Financial Planner

You’ve paid Social Security taxes over the course of your working life and you’ve earned these benefits. Many retirees and others collecting Social Security wonder about the tax treatment of their benefit. The answer to the question in the title is that your Social Security benefits may be subject to taxes.

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Dollars Are For Spending & Investing, Not Saving

The Big Picture

“I need the US Dollar to be a store of value between the time I make it until I spend it, invest it, pay my taxes with it, or give it away. To be more precise, I want to discuss the type of chart that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of money, currency, spending, investing, and taxes.

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At the Money: How to Pay Less Capital Gains Taxes

The Big Picture

At the Money: How to Pay Less Capital Gains Taxes (January 24, 2024) We’re coming up on tax season, after a banner year for stocks. Successful investors could be looking at a big tax bill from the US government. On this episode of At the Money, we look at direct indexing as a way to manage capital gains taxes.

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Tax Advice Restrictions For Financial Advisors: How To Offer Tax Planning And Remain In Compliance

Nerd's Eye View

Taxes are a central component of financial planning. Almost every financial planning issue – whether it is retirement, investments, cash flow, insurance, or estate planning – has tax considerations, and advisors provide a great deal of value in helping clients minimize their overall tax burden.

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Research links: persistent investment factors

Abnormal Returns

advisorperspectives.com) A history of quant investing and the state of the factor zoo. indexologyblog.com) Inflation makes tax efficiency all the more important. advisorperspectives.com) Can you use alternative measures to invest across countries? Factors Timing returns factors is tempting, but difficult in practice.

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Offering Tax Preparation As A Solo Advisor: How To Attain Designations And Create A Schedule By Next Tax Season

Nerd's Eye View

Traditionally, financial advice and tax preparation have existed as 2 related, but separate, services. CPA, EA, or JD) to prepare tax returns and represent clients before the IRS, there has also been the impression that there is simply not enough time for one person to do both.

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