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Allen

U.S.
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Pension questions ONLY. Pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) plan design, installation, administration and actuarial services; rollovers to Individual Retirement Accounts; taxation of retirement plan distributions

Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR

U.S.
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I can answer payroll questions, payroll tax questions, 401K questions. No stock option questions please and I have some knowledge of other pensions but am most familiar with the 401K pension. I can answer U.S.and Canada payroll questions proficiently and have a good general knowledge of UK and South Africa and some knowledge of Australia and New Zealand Payroll procedures. Please do not ask me homework questions I do not have time to answer them.

Paul Sid, CPA CFA

U.S.
Available
I am a CPA and CFA with more than 20 years of assisting others to address a wide variety of tax and financial issues, including: (a) tax and timing for conversion of various retirement vehicles including 401(k), traditional IRA, and Roth IRA; (b) starting date considerations for social security benefits and related tax liabilities; (c) computation of book and tax basis, gains and losses on investments, §1031 exchanges; (d) tax benefits and deductions on principal residence, vacation homes, and investment properties; (e) acquisitions of business properties, computation of bonus depreciation, and MACRS depreciation; (f) tax as related to various martial issues, including dependences, noncitizen spouses, and divorce settlement; (g) review of college funding options and tax attributes; (h) tax computation and investment considerations for fixed and variable annuities; (i) tax considerations relating to gifting by parents and grandparents; (j) tax on employee benefits programs including retirement plans, health insurance, and other benefits; (k) tax on inherited assets including assets, insurance, and other assets. Paul Sid, CPA CFA
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Arthur Naman

U.S.
Available
General accounting and bookkeeping questions. How to do monthly bookkeeping, how to prepare financial reports. How to reconcile accounts.

I cannot answer questions pertaining to pension or retirement planning.

This is not a forum to have homework answered. Please do your own homework.

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2012-02-09 Payroll taxes:

One thing that is going on right now which does make a difference is the fact that the president passed a payday holiday bill which cut the Social Security amount withheld from 6.2% to 4.2% through the

2012-02-07 403b employer contribution:

Hi Christopher,    You are correct.  403(b) contributions made to your account represent your assets and not the employer's assets.    For employer's contributions, the transfers might not be immediate

2012-02-04 Early withdrawal of 401k funds:

Hi Darcy,    Thanks for your question.    One of the objective in financial planning is to establish an emergency fund.  That was not done - but that is water over a dam.    In general, I am not fond of

2012-02-04 Tax exemption on Lump Sum Dist.:

If the money is paid to you - it will be subject to federal income tax, state income tax (if you live in a state that has an income tax) and a 10% excise tax for money received before age 59 1/2. The trustee

2012-01-31 Partners as employees:

Hi Donna,    You are very smart in thinking ahead and anticipating potential problems before they arise.    Based on my questions, I believe that the IRS is more concern about certain issues:    5. Cash

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