We continue our daily look at factors affecting currencies allowing some insight into market conditions affecting exchange rates. Cash and income timing for UK Pensions and QROPS should be considered to maximise the Pension, QROPS and investment income and benefits taken. Investment market volatility and currency exchange remains a challenge. Things are still very volatile … Read more
“It’s not how much you make that counts,” my father told me many years ago, “but how much you keep of what you make.” I did not really understand that old adage at the time, but he was passing on some wisdom that his father had given him. It’s just common sense, but it is … Read more
It’s tax time again and you must be sure to receive all the necessary forms. What is a 1099 tax form and who gets one? A Tax Form 1099 is used to report income other than wages, salaries and tips. Here of late, this term is used more and more frequently as many employers are … Read more
Apartment Investors Utilized 1031 Exchanges Apartment Investors Utilized 1031 Exchanges It has been recently reported that the US apartment market may have reached bottom and be poised for a rebound. Apartment vacancy rates have stopped rising and rents even showed a modest increase in the first quarter. As life is pumped back into this market, … Read more
HISTORICALLY, Americans have never had a great affection for being taxed. The great author and political commentator Mark Twain, once stated that the difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist is that a taxidermist only takes your skin. Thus, it usually sparks great interest whenever the Internal Revenue Service may appear willing to allow … Read more