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Your Retirement Side Hustle Starter Kit: The Essential Tools and Apps You Need
Check out seven awesome tools and apps to jumpstart your retirement side hustle with confidence.
By Kathryn Pomroy
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Selling Your Business? This Powerful Insurance Option Unlocks Multigenerational Wealth
Private placement life insurance (PPLI) offers almost unbelievable investment flexibility, estate planning and tax advantages. And it's completely legit.
By Jamie Carroll
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Back‑to‑School Tax‑Free Deals Hit Walmart & Apple This Summer: States, Dates and Limits
Sales Tax Select states host sales tax holidays during the summer. Here’s what you can purchase.
By Gabriella Cruz-Martínez
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Ready to Retire? Your Five-Year Business Exit Strategy
If you're a business owner looking to sell and retire, it can take years to complete the process. Use this five-year timeline to prepare and stay on track.
By Evan T. Beach, CFP®, AWMA®
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Take It From a Tax Attorney: This Is a Magic Multimillion-Dollar Tax-Saving Strategy
The qualified small business 1202 stock exemption is a $10 million exclusion that seems too good to be true and is often overlooked.
By John M. Goralka
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Hallmark Price Increase Due to Tariffs: What You Need to Know
Tariffs Even some companies with U.S.-based manufacturing are impacted by the Trump administration’s trade dispute.
By Gabriella Cruz-Martínez
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Things that Surprise Business Owners When It’s Time to Sell
The Kiplinger Letter When it’s time to retire and enjoy the fruits of growing their business, owners are often surprised by how tough it is to give up their baby!
By David Payne
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Integrity, Generosity and Wealth: A Faith-Based Approach to Business
Entrepreneurs who align their business and financial decisions with the biblical principles of integrity, generosity and helping others can realize impactful and fulfilling success.
By Edward E. Fernandez
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Three Estate Planning Documents a Business Owner Can't Afford to Skip
A business owner's estate plan should protect the company and its employees as well as the entrepreneur's heirs. These three documents are critical.
By Ronald “Skip” Skolnik
