by Robert Bartley | Nov 16, 2020 | Financial Planning
In 2019, a survey conducted by SCORE, a network of volunteer business mentors, found that 28% of businesses with fewer than ten employees offered small business retirement plans. Of those with 25 to 49 employees, that figure rose to only 63%. Twenty-two percent of the...
by Robert Bartley | Nov 3, 2020 | Financial Planning, Retirement
Signed into law late last year, the SECURE Act aims to incentivize small businesses to offer tax-advantaged retirement plans and workers to sign up for them. An acronym for ‘Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement’, the SECURE Act not only makes it...
by Robert Bartley | Oct 26, 2020 | Financial Planning, Taxes
The end of the year is fast approaching. A little preparation for tax season now could help reduce your 2020 tax bill, no matter whether you live in Massachusetts or New Hampshire. Read on for some strategies you can implement before we ring in the new year. Timing of...
by Robert Bartley | Oct 19, 2020 | Financial Planning, Retirement
While there are many advantages to offering a small business retirement plan, only about 45 percent of companies with fewer than 50 employees offer an employer-sponsored retirement plan. That is in contrast to businesses that employ 100 or more workers, in which 90...
by Robert Bartley | Oct 5, 2020 | Financial Planning, Retirement
First, I want to be clear that these small business retirement plans are available to all types of business structures, whether you have a sole-proprietorship, S or C Corporation, LLC taxed as a corporation or partnership, or a partnership. However, just because these...