It may be better to downsize that big home rather than keep it. You want to retire, and you own a large home that is nearly or fully paid off. The kids are gone, but the upkeep costs haven’t fallen. Should you retire and keep your home? Or sell your home and retire? Maybe it’s [...]

During the health care debate this summer one of the topics was how employees of C Corporations could deduct their premiums from FICA employment taxes, but the self-employed were in essence penalized. The recently passed Small Business Jobs and Credit Act extends the favorable tax treatment to sole proprietors and sole owner S Corps by [...]