TAX TIPS -- PART II -- (POSTED 12-21-09)

by Rick Shaffer 21. December 2009 04:07
 Recently, we began looking at a number of steps you can take that may help you save on your taxes.  Following are a number of additional steps you can take to help save on taxes.  Year-End Tax Tips • Consider paying a portion of deductible expenses (for example, self e... [More]

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TAX TIPS -- PART I -- (POSTED 12-1-09)

by Rick Shaffer 1. December 2009 10:23
   It may be too late to save on last year’s tax bill, but it’s not too early to consider ways tosave on this year’s taxes. So, following is Part I of a two part series on some things you can do to possibly lower your tax bill this year. Year-Round Tax Tips &b... [More]

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Additional information on the newly extended homebuyers tax credit legislation

by Rick Shaffer 16. November 2009 05:31
As promised, as more information on and answers to questions about the newly extended/expanded Homebuyers Tax Credit Legislation becomes available, we’ll present for you both here and on The Money Show.   Following is more such information.   Again, the inc... [More]

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UPDATE ON NEW FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT -- (POSTED, 11-10-09)

by Rick Shaffer 10. November 2009 04:28
As we promised, as soon as any extension of the current first time homebuyers tax credit legislation  became clear, we’d give you and update.  Well, enough has transpired recently,for ust give you such an update.   Last week, both the House and the ... [More]

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"THE ETHONAL BOONDOGGLE" -- (POSTED 11-2-09)

by Rick Shaffer 2. November 2009 12:39
We have, many times on this page and on The Money Show, pointed out and complained about the disingenuousness and hypocrisy of radical environmentalist in general, and those politicians who try (and far too often succeed) in putting such radical environmentalism into law (the laws themselves replete... [More]

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OSSIBLE EXTENSION/EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER $8,000 TAX CREDIT -- (POSTED 10-29-09)

by Rick Shaffer 29. October 2009 06:28
While certainly not yet a “done deal”, the much discussed possiblity of legislation that would extend/expand  the current first time homebuyer $8,000 tax credit moved closer to becoming a reality yesterday (Wednesday, October 28, 2009).  Below is an Wall Street Jo... [More]

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IS THE RECOVERY REAL -- (POSTED 10-20-01)

by Rick Shaffer 20. October 2009 12:40
  With the Dow Jones Industrial Average back around 10,000, and many other statistics on the uptick, it does appear that the recession, if not over, is – albeit slowly – beginning to mend. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal weighed in with the an article that looked at the... [More]

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ANOTHER HIDDEN DANGER OF STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS – (POSTED 10-8-09)

by Rick Shaffer 8. October 2009 12:15
  As we’ve noted  before, starting your own business is risky in any economic climate, but especially in today’s – at best – slowly recovering economy.  Indeed, well over 50% of all new businesses fail, and for that survive, is usually takes at least 12-18 ... [More]

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THE BAUCUS/OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE DISASTER -- (POSTED 10-2-09)

by Rick Shaffer 2. October 2009 14:48
As we have discussed numerous time on The Money Show over the last month or two, it is our definitive opinion that the Obama Administration’s “so-called” reform of the health insurance industry would be an unmitigated disaster, for numerous reasons, not the least of them being fi... [More]

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THE BAUCUS/OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE DISASTER -- (POSTED 10-2-09)

by Rick Shaffer 2. October 2009 14:48
As we have discussed numerous time on The Money Show over the last month or two, it is our definitive opinion that the Obama Administration’s “so-called” reform of the health insurance industry would be an unmitigated disaster, for numerous reasons, not the least of them being fi... [More]

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Rick Shaffer brings “The Money Show” to 96.9 WTKK, Boston's Talk Evolution each Saturday Afternoon from 1PM - 4PM. Then on Sunday from 9AM – NOON, Rick Shaffer and Susan Kaplan reprise the Money Show where they discuss everything from finance and investment to real estate and law.

Shaffer, an attorney with the law firm of Andrews & Updegraph and a graduate of both Boston College and Northeastern University School of Law, has hosted “The Money Show” since 1991. He has also been a regular guest and contributing financial expert on various programs on New England Cable News, WLVI-TV and other local television stations, and has been a financial, real estate and business writer for the Middlesex News, the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe and S&P Personal Wealth.

Susan Kaplan is a Certified Financial Planner and is the president of Kaplan Financial Services in Wellesley. For the past four years, Worth Magazine has named Kaplan one of the top 200 financial planners in the country and she has been featured in Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street and Mutual Fund publications.

In 2006, Barron’s named Susan as one of the top 100 Women Financial Advisors in the country. Susan has also been named by Boston Magazine as one of the top 10 financial advisors in Boston (March 2006) and inducted into the 2003 Advisor Hall of Fame by Research Magazine. Susan has been chosen by Worth Magazine as one of the top 100 financial planners in the country for six years. She has been chosen by Medical Economics in the past five consecutive years as one of the best 100 financial advisors for doctors.

Susan has been featured in Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street and Mutual Fund publications as well as numerous other financial journals. She has appeared on Bloomberg News, CNBC, WGBH, and Channels 4, 5, and 7. She has been asked to speak on investments at several major national meetings and has also been chosen to do Money Makeovers for the Boston Globe. She was a presenter at the CNBC / Fidelity Money Show for two years in a row. She co-hosts the radio show, The Money Show, on WTKK – 96.9 FM every Sunday morning.

 

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