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IRS offering expanded tax benefits for education, changing rules for college savings plans

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Education, Finance

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding college students and parents about expanded tax benefits for education and rule changes for tax-free college savings plans known as 529 plans.

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Lowenthal event shares tax info with small businesses

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Finance, News

Scores of small-business owners and operators gathered in Long Beach last Friday (July 9) to hear tax tips from Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal and Board of Equalization members Michelle Steele and Jerome Horton.
The standing-room-only crowd heard from political leaders, as well as from an array of business-tax experts from the Board of Equalization, Employment Development Department, [...]

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Free workshop to teach ways of finding money for college

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Education, Finance

College Planning of Greater Long Beach will offer a free workshop on how to acquire thousands of dollars for a college education. Presented by college-planning expert Skip Dawson, the workshop will be conducted at the following locations, dates and times:
El Dorado Library
2900 Studebaker Rd.
Tuesday, July 20
6:15pm to 7:15pm
Ruth Bach Library
4055 Bellflower Blvd.
Tuesday, Aug. 3
6:15pm to [...]

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Social Security Administration making retirement planning easier through website

January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Finance, News

By Essie Landry

Many Americans begin each new year with a list of resolutions and goals. You may want to go on a diet, shed a little weight, do a bit more exercising, or clean out the long-neglected attic. The trouble is these well-intended goals often melt away long before winter’s snow does.

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Commentary: When it comes to finances, remembering the basics is fundamental

January 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Commentary, Finance

By Alan J. Davis
Financial Advisor
Capital Investment Advisers
If 2008 felt like one of the most challenging years that the financial markets have ever had, it’s because it was. The U.S stock market suffered its third worst year in more than a century. Specifically, it was the Dow’s worst year since 1931 the worst year for the [...]

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