Updated September 21, 2022 In March of 2020, the benchmark interest rates were decreased to nearly zero to mitigate the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Since then, the Federal Reserve has been reluctant to increase rates while the U.S. economy is still reeling from its effects. In addition, the economy is currently struggling with…

UPDATE: On September 13th, the House Ways And Means Committee released a legislative draft altering the tax proposals set forth in the American Families Plan outlined in this post. Click here to learn about these changes. President Biden’s proposed American Families Plan would make significant changes including a capital gains tax rate increase, elimination step-up…

For many families, a huge concern is finding a way to pay for their children’s college education. Especially, with the climbing cost of higher education. According to the College Board’s Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2020 report, the average cost of tuition in 2020-2021 was $37,650 in private colleges, $10,560 at public colleges, and $27,020 at…

Opportunity Zones is a new community development program used to incentivize investments for distressed low-income communities by offering tax benefits to investors. It was established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Businesses or individual investors can invest capital gain amounts in Opportunity Zones through a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF). The reinvestment of…