Figuring out the most financially optimal time to claim Social Security is a complicated equation that involves hundreds of variables to complicate matters hidden deep within Social Security's Handbook are a few gotchas that can reduce your benefits forever To make sure you don't shortchange yourself Peter with Richon Planning and Erin Kennedy are breaking down the top five If you take two benefits at once you lose one of the two If you take your retirement benefit at the same time as your spousal or divorced spousal benefit your retirement benefit will generally wipe out your spousal or divorced [... more]

The new IRS chief assures you have nothing to fear from the incoming horde of IRS agents They are public servants armed only with calculators How confident are you in his promise Jordan and Logan discuss this and more on today's Sekulow [... more]

It's not what you make it's what you keep And the biggest thing standing in between is taxes Taxes are one of our largest known expenses Many people try to save on taxes for income they earned last year without planning to save in all the years ahead Tax reform has given us some great opportunities to save to plan and to minimize your lifetime tax liability Listen to this week's episode to understand the opportunities and strategies you should consider in your planning to keep more of what you make [... more]