In order to give your brother half of the assets in the IRA, you will have to liquidate a portion of the account and pay the taxes on the liquidated amount if it’s a traditional IRA.

Standing up to a health care professional can be daunting, especially if you’re worried about a premature discharge from a hospital.

Knowing when to retire and when to begin claiming benefits comes down to understanding yourself — and your finances.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a middle class family raising a child to adulthood will spend over $233,000 on that child between the ages of 0 to 18. That doesn’t even factor in the cost of college education, which can be thousands of dollars more per year once a child reaches adulthood.

Many estate executors focus on estate taxes and forget about income taxes. That can be an expensive mistake.

In today’s digital era, the departed will be survived by their electronic footprints, such as iPhone photo albums, Spotify playlists—and cryptocurrency wallets.