Giving News
Our hope is to serve you and your family with helpful information. Read about the latest tax and legal developments relevant to charitable giving along with savvy living tips, personal planning and more.


Savvy Living
Hiring a Caregiver for In-Home Help
July 26, 2024
I need a qualified in-home caregiver to help my elderly parent who lives alone. What is the best way to arrange this?...
Tips to Prevent and Treat Age-Related Macular Degeneration
July 19, 2024
My parent lost much of their vision from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Is macular degeneration hereditary? What can you tell me?...
Safe Kitchen Tips for Seniors
July 12, 2024
My parent loves to cook but has had several kitchen-related accidents over the past year. Could you provide some tips for making a kitchen safer...

Washington News
Identity Theft Red Flags
July 26, 2024
In a special series, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its Security Partners have published several articles to assist tax preparers in helping their clients avoid identity theft...
Identity Theft Red Flags
July 26, 2024
In a special series, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its Security Partners have published several articles to assist tax preparers in helping their clients avoid identity theft...
Phishing, Spear Phishing and Whaling
July 19, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is conducting Nationwide Tax Forums sponsored by the Security Summit in five different cities this summer. The four remaining forums are July 30 in Orlando, August 13 in Baltimore, August...

Personal Planner
Helping Children Today
August 2, 2024
When children are in their 30s and 40s, they frequently are starting a new career or beginning a family. Many are still paying off school debts...
Do You Have a Difficult Family?
July 26, 2024
A businessman with a $2.5 billion estate passed away in 1976. He was single and many individuals, mostly unrelated to him, filed more than 40 wills with the probate court...
How to Give Property to Children
July 19, 2024
Parents have many reasons for making gifts to children. First, a parent should have sufficient resources for retirement and long-term care needs before making substantial gifts...
Finance News
Stocks
Tyson Posts Quarterly Earnings
February 7, 2025
Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) released its first quarter earnings report on Monday, February 3. While the company topped analyst estimates, the food company’s stock traded down by over 1% following the release of the report...
Bonds
Treasury Yields Vary
February 7, 2025
U.S. Treasury yields varied throughout the week as markets reacted to the latest economic data on the services sector and anticipated the latest nonfarm payrolls released on Friday. Yields rose at the end of the...
Interest
Mortgage Rates Decrease Again
February 7, 2025
Freddie Mac released its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey on Thursday, February 6. The survey revealed a third consecutive week of declining mortgage rates...