Did your tax bill go up dramatically this year, courtesy of the alternative minimum tax (AMT)? You’re not alone. Every year, this happens to more and more people. That’s because the single exemption allowed in the AMT has not kept pace with inflation. Read on for some things you can do to reduce the negative [...]

Are you affected by the alternative minimum tax?  Or worried you might be?  You have reason to be concerned.  Few of the government’s changes to the tax system have had a more adverse effect or have caused as much anger and frustration as the alternative minimum tax (AMT). But you don’t have to be at [...]

A couple of days ago, someone on Twitter asked me a question about long-term bonds and why good ones are so hard to find. And the answer was a bit longer than the 140 characters we are allowed there, so instead of tweeting a series of 10 tweets and annoying a lot of people, I [...]