by Tom Walker | Jul 22, 2021 | Federal Retirement
The federal employee retirement system, often abbreviated as FERS, is a retirement system that rewards federal employees for their years of public service. Federal employees who are reaching retirement age sometimes wonder what they can expect from the system and...
by Tom Walker | Jul 22, 2021 | Federal Retirement
When it comes time for retirement, individuals need to be prepared to replace their salary with a dependable fixed income in order to remain financially secure. Proper retirement planning is a must. Many people do not know how to prepare for their retirement and end...
by Tom Walker | Jul 2, 2021 | Federal Retirement
Federal workers looking for a successful retirement must create a plan for their retirement lifestyle and review all their options for saving money for this new chapter of their life. Retirement accounts, such as the TSP, allow the workers to make a...
by Tom Walker | Jun 29, 2021 | Empowered Entrepreneur
For some, retirement marks the end of working life. But for at least 30% of federal retirees, retirement is simply a transition from one form of employment to another. Retirees are rejoining the workforce for a variety of reasons. Many people want or need to continue...
by Tom Walker | Jan 27, 2021 | Empowered Entrepreneur
Defined Benefit Pension Plans Making a Comeback Remember your father’s pension plan? Before the days of restrictive government regulation, many companies offered one basic variety of pension plans—the defined benefit plan. With these plans, employers were...
by Tom Walker | Jan 27, 2021 | Empowered Entrepreneur
Capitalize on Business Success Strategies for Achieving Your Lifetime Financial Goals Most business owners depend on their business to provide current income, with the objective of using the future sale proceeds from the business to meet retirement income needs, or to...
by Tom Walker | Jan 27, 2021 | Empowered Entrepreneur
Buy – Sell Agreement Spell Out Your Business’s Future A typical small business owner spends so much time attending to immediate tasks that planning for the future is often neglected. This is too bad, because business owners who neglect planning now may...
by Tom Walker | Jan 27, 2021 | Empowered Entrepreneur
Business Valuation: A Crucial Tool Most people would never question the wisdom of evaluating the price of art, jewelry or other collectibles. Serious hobbyists, likewise, wouldn’t dare entertain the notion of neglecting a valuation for a coin or stamp...
by Tom Walker | Jan 27, 2021 | Empowered Entrepreneur
Fully Funded 412(e)(3) Need to Start Saving Sizeable Amounts Toward Retirement? You Can, Tax-Deferred! Saving for retirement – as important as we all know it is – isn’t always easy. For most people there are bills to pay, children to educate, and businesses to...
by Tom Walker | Jan 27, 2021 | Empowered Entrepreneur
Saving for Retirement is Important How a 401[K] Plan Can Help Saving for retirement is important, but it’s not always easy. As most of us know, there seems always to be something (or someone!) laying claim to our hard-earned dollars. If it’s not expensive auto...
