SEP IRA for Self-Employment Income Basics (For 2025 & 2026)
This SEP IRA overview has been updated with information for the 2025 & 2026 tax years. Having become fully self-employed in recent years, I thought it would be a good time to revisit and update my research on the primary retirement accounts that those with self-employment and 1099
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SIMPLE IRA Basics for Self-Employment Income (For 2025 & 2026)
This SIMPLE IRA overview has been updated with information for the 2025 & 2026 tax years. This is the third installment in a multi-part series on retirement accounts for self-employment income. We previously covered SEP IRA and Solo 401K basics. In this post, we’ll cover the SIMPLE IRA.
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The Best Self-Employed Retirement Accounts Comparison: SEP IRA vs Solo 401K vs SIMPLE IRA (for 2025 & 2026)
This self-employment retirement plan account comparison has been updated with information for the 2025 & 2026 tax years. My search for the best self-employment income retirement account started with this: while completing my tax return in prior years, I started noticing that I would have a not-insignificant tax
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Solo 401K Basics for Self-Employment Income (For 2025 & 2026)
This Solo 401K overview has been updated with information for the 2025 & 2026 tax years. This is the second of a multi-part series on retirement accounts for self-employment income. I previously gave an overview of SEP IRAs. In this article, I’ll provide an overview of Solo 401Ks.
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Beware of unregulated holiday park investment schemes
A growing number of investment schemes are being promoted unlawfully, are high risk and may even be scams. We've identified a growing number of investment schemes in holiday lodges and holiday homes being promoted to UK consumers by companies that are not FCA authorised.They may be unregulated collective
Read MoreFCA confirms final guidance to tackle serious non-financial misconduct in financial services
We're providing guidance to support firms to tackle bullying, harassment and violence in financial services, after they asked for additional support. In July, we changed our rules – setting clearer standards for how financial services firms should address non-financial misconduct.This more closely aligned the rules for banks and
Read MoreFCA fines Nationwide £44m for failings in financial crime controls
The FCA has fined Nationwide Building Society £44m for inadequate anti-financial crime systems and controls between October 2016 to July 2021. During this period, Nationwide had ineffective systems for keeping up-to-date due diligence and risk assessments for all its personal current account customers and for monitoring their transactions.Nationwide
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Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists To Stop Investigating Somali Daycares Or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges
Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists To Stop Investigating Somali Daycares Or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be
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Iran Grinds To A Halt As Several Killed & Wounded, Including IRGC Member, Amid Raging Protests
Iran Grinds To A Halt As Several Killed & Wounded, Including IRGC Member, Amid Raging Protests Reuters and other international outlets have reported several people killed amid unrest in Iran overnight into Thursday, as the large-scale economic-driven protests which have swept multiple cities reach the fifth consecutive day.
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