No. 7 September 2005

In This Issue


What's New at Grubman Financial



IRAs Receive Increased Protection from Creditors




The Financial Implications of Katrina

Two economic effects are likely in the fourth quarter of 2005:  cost inflation will increase and U.S. economic growth will decrease.



Roth 401(k)s Allowed in 2006

Starting next year, employers will be allowed to offer employees the option to make contributions to their traditional 401(k) or to a new Roth 401(k), or both. 

Roth 401(k) contributions will not have an income limitation, unlike the existing Roth IRA, for which contributions are allowed only for taxpayers with gross income less than $160,000 (joint filers) or $110,000 (single filers).

Which 401(k) contribution is best for you?  It depends...



Current Bond Yields





GUEST COLUMNIST

Jonathan Berk
Associate Professor of Finance,

U.C. Berkeley


writes about

"Active vs. Passive Management"



1914 and 7%...

The year the first federal income tax was imposed

and the tax rate

at that time

more details...




1944 and 1945, 94%...


The years with the highest income tax rate and the highest tax rate then




40,500 and 60,044...


The number of pages of federal tax rules in

1995 and 2004



21.2 and 28.5...

The average number of hours spent completing Form 1040 plus Schedules A, B, and D,

in 1995 and 2003



 

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