Category: Taxes

Roth Accounts: The Most Underused, but Very Useful, Retirement Tool

Friday, December 14, 2012 at 12pm
By John Friedman

During the 12/12/12 concert a few nights ago I was double-screening — with the big screen tuned to one of the many networks showing the event and the little screen tuned into my own little slice of the Twitterverse. It’s always interesting to see non-music folks commenting on music. One […]

Friedman’s Law of the First Thing, as Applied to Income Taxes: Marginal Tax Brackets

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 3pm
By John Friedman

Friedman’s Law of the First thing says that, for each aspect of your financial life, you should know, at least, the first thing about it. Now, it might be that some of you should know, or might benefit handily from knowing, the second, third, fourth and even the x’th thing about […]

The So-Called, So-Called Fiscal Cliff, Again, but this Time with Feeling and with an Emphasis on Negotiation Tactics

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10am
By John Friedman

A friend asks, “John — What do you have to say about the fiscal cliff?” I’ve had quite a bit to say about the so-called so-called fiscal cliff (yes: that’s an intentional double-up on the so-called phrase, because these days, more often than not, when you see the FC phrase it’s either […]

T’is the Season for 1040-Tweaking: A Schedule for End-of-Year Action

Friday, November 9, 2012 at 11am
By John Friedman

Halloween is now ten days passed. I know this because there is no longer any bite-sized bad-for-you-food on the reception desks in offices throughout downtown SF. Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. I know this because the decorations are up and the holiday music is a blarin’. A bit […]

Tax Rates and the Fiscal Cliff (a/k/a the ALLEL-GBTD-HSS-2001)

Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 1pm
By John Friedman

We now return to our normally scheduled program . . . *  *  * The election of 2012 is over and at least day-and-a-half-after debriefed. My how things have changed. Looking back we see how:      Twelve years ago we, as a nation, made decisions which, when aggregated, were […]

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