Parsec Blog
How To Prioritize Travel and its Associated Expenses
Do you like to travel? Are you already looking forward to your next big trip? Do you spend more time planning your vacations than planning your finances? If so, you’re not alone. Recent surveys suggest that many Americans devote more time each year to planning their vacations than planning their finances.
Can You Afford That House?
An incredibly strong housing market over the last few years coupled with rising interest rates has put affordability out of reach for many home buyers.
Health Savings Accounts: The Basics and Retirement Benefits
Senior Financial Advisor Judson Meinhart explains the basics of health savings accounts (HSAs) and how it can benefit your retirement.
Estimated Tax Payments
What a relief it is as individual taxpayers to get our pesky income tax return filed on April 15 (or sometime thereafter, on extension) and have the IRS leave us alone for another year, right? Well – maybe, depending on your income and income tax withholding on said income.
Get Ready for Tax Season
This article includes a general checklist to guide you as you organize your income tax information.
IRA Contribution Rules
The maximum contribution for 2023 individual retirement account contributions is $6,500 ($7,500 if aged 50 and over). There are income limits that determine whether you can deduct your Traditional IRA contribution or if you qualify to make a Roth IRA contribution.
Why Roth Conversion Planning Is Important at Retirement
With the SECURE Act 2.0 delaying Required Minimum Distributions to age 73, and higher marginal brackets a likely reality in the near future, annual income tax planning has become even more important.
Equity Portfolio Construction
Probably since before you made your first dollar, you were told about the importance of investing in the stock market – about the wonders of compounding returns over time that can transform a lifetime of savings into a car, a house, and a comfortable retirement.
Roth or Traditional IRA?
Choosing to save into a Roth IRA or traditional IRA is one of the more daunting retirement savings decisions most people face, but it doesn’t have to be.
Retirement Income: A Closer Look
Earned income stops for everyone at some point, and people then need to navigate the transition from saving for retirement to spending from their investment portfolio.
Mindful Investing
Articles about the benefits of meditation are everywhere these days, and for good reason. The past few years have been unusually stressful, and people are looking for non-addictive, healthy ways to manage their stress and anxiety. Thus, I got interested in mindful investing.
Income Tax 101 for Investment and Tax Planning
With this article, we hope to equip the reader with a basic understanding of the individual income tax calculation and the use of a taxpayer’s marginal tax rate or tax bracket in investment and income tax planning.
When Should You Take Social Security?
The ages between 62 and 70 are a critical time for determining how and when to take Social Security benefits. There are many options when it comes to this program, and which option is best for you will depend on your specific situation.
Give a Gift That Lasts: A Solid Financial Plan
As we approach the holiday season, I am reminded of Christmas gatherings and the exchange of gifts between family and friends. While we all enjoy receiving gifts, it is the joy I get from giving that is most fulfilling. It’s especially so when the gift is something that has a lasting impact for the recipient. It might sound strange, but that’s how I’ve come to view financial planning. When done effectively, it can have a positive impact on a family today, as well as transform the lives of generations to come. What a legacy!
Wheel of Life Exercise
Our core ideology is that “we help our clients, employees and communities thrive.” It sounds easy enough, but we all know that thriving can be elusive, and it is not always the place we find ourselves as a company, individual or community.
