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Ask the Expert: Do 529 plans have RMDs?
There is no required distribution date for 529 plans.
Ask the Expert: 529 plans and Medicaid
Read the fine print! Medicaid long-term care coverage and student aid are both subject to complex rules.
Ask the Expert: Tax considerations for financial gifts
Current tax law provides generous annual and lifetime gift tax exemptions.
Ask the Expert: Answering 2 questions about RMDs
Starting this year, required minimum distributions from retirement accounts are based on a new actuarial table.
Ask the Expert: How to handle reinvested dividends
When you sell shares from a non-retirement account, the dividends you reinvested are included in your cost basis.
Ask the Expert: Divorce and Social Security benefits
You must meet four requirements to be eligible for Social Security benefits based on a former spouses' work record.
Ask the Expert: Social Security and tax withholding
Working in retirement can boost the size of your monthly Social Security check.
Ask the Expert: How are inherited mutual funds taxed?
Most non-retirement assets currently pass to heirs at their market value.
Ask the Expert: Income and Social Security benefits
The Social Security Retirement Estimator calculator can show you how working fewer years or earning less might affect your benefit.
Businesses for sale are hot commodities
'There's not enough businesses to meet the demand of buyers,' says an exec at a national business-for-sale online marketplace.