The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.
Due to COVID-19, those that were required to take their minimum distributions from various retirement plans in 2020, could take the year off if desired . Even though some of the benefits of these acts are no longer in effect, some of the rules within them were enacted as permanent changes in 2021. In this blog article, we will look at how these changes affect RMDs in 2021 and beyond.
The last time inflation was this high was 2008—thirteen years ago. And, then, it was not lasting. However, in the 1970’s it reached 12% or more and it persisted for years. Why does inflation matter?
Many of our clients that were thinking of retiring at a particular age have been reaching out to see if an earlier retirement is possible.
We really are living in unprecedented times. What was already a hot residential real estate market before the pandemic has only gotten hotter as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and the spring / summer selling season gets underway in 2021.
