Protecting Your Kids with Estate Planning

Estate planning overlooked – Most parents plan just about every aspect of their child’s birth and upbringing even before the child is born – scheduling the birthing classes, planning the new nursery, even picking out a preschool. There is so much to...

Lessons in Estate Planning from Downtown Abbey

For those that don’t know, Downton Abbey is a television show about an aristocratic British family in the early 20th century that has taken American audiences by storm. And interestingly (for me, at least) many of the show’s most gripping plot twists are...

Ways To Secure Your Personal Information Online

Most people conduct a lot of our personal business, including banking, online these days, so the need to be savvy when it comes to internet security and protecting personal information online has never been greater. Hackers can scour our online lives – including...

For Most People, the Fiscal Cliff Tax Deal is a Wash

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 passed by Congress on January 1, 2013 to avoid the so-called Fiscal Cliff, extends Bush era tax cuts. However, the benefits of those cuts for most American taxpayers will be offset by a 2% increase in payroll tax. Here are some...