Money: Year End Tax Moves to Make Now
Retirement doesn’t mean you no longer have to worry about taxes. Quite the opposite – it’s a time when you need to pay extra attention to taxes.
The Required Minimum Distributions, tax-deferred retirement savings, capital gains and all the talk about Roth IRA conversions moves tax planning to the top of your to-do list.
And that doesn’t mean wait till the end of the year. Sit down with your financial team – your accountant, financial planner and tax attorney – now to prepare for the most efficient tax planning for 2024.

The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The Freedman’s Bank offered a safe depository for formerly enslaved people, expanded quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing may of the small depositors their savings.


