washingtonpost.com - Cash FlowCash FlowFor a No-Leak 401(k)- April 24, 2005 One of the key problems that continue to beset 401(k) and related retirement savings plans is what experts call "leakage."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40353-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_business/column... First, Go After The Tax Cheats- April 24, 2005 To Americans, taxes are a lot like speed limits: necessary in principle for the public good, but when it comes to us personally, well, um, do you see a cop aroundhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46442-2005Jan29.html?nav=rss_business/colum... How to Beat a Bust- April 24, 2005 Hard as it may be to remember, after two reasonably good years in 2003 and '04, all three major stock benchmarks remain substantially below where they were in March 2000.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28952-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Tax Changes That Merit Remembering This Spring- April 24, 2005 The time has come once again to start getting ready for that American ritual, tax-return filing season.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58308-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_business/column... Pinning Our Hopes on Future Financial Assets- April 24, 2005 For those of us making long-term investing decisions now, knowing the reality of the government's fiscal condition is critical.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55225-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Student Workers Pass a Tax Test- April 24, 2005 The relationship between colleges and students who work for them has long been a source of tax uncertainty.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23996-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_business/colum... A Matter of Trusts- April 24, 2005 In a decision that is sending shudders through the estate planning and life insurance worlds, a federal judge has ruled a multimillion-dollar life insurance policy in Maryland void because it was owned by a trust. In the judge's view, Maryland law bars a trust from having an "insurable interest" in a person.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37137-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_business/colum... A Retirement Crapshoot- April 24, 2005 Last week's disclosure by International Business Machines Corp. that it will close its traditional pension plans to new employees and give the new hires only a 401(k) plan is more than a change in the relationship between employer and employee. It is part of a fundamental shift in our sense of what American society owes individuals in the form of financial protection and what individuals owe society in terms of self-reliance -- a shift of a magnitude unseen since the 1930s, when it went in the..http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56886-2004Dec11.html?nav=rss_business/colum... The K-Plan For the Lazy Man- April 24, 2005 First there was paternalism. Employers starting 401(k) plans said to workers, we'll pick a few investments we like, and you can put your money in. But many workers didn't bite.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18509-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Tax Liens Complicate Bankruptcy Filings- April 24, 2005 Bankruptcy laws provide filers with protection from many kinds of creditors, but tax collectors generally are not among them.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48969-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_business/colum... |