•  Merriken Financial Group
•   Financial Planning, Taxes
•  on Dec, 04, 2014
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Thanksgiving was a time to reflect on all that we have, be grateful and enjoy family.  But as the calendar turns to December, we begin to think about which charities we are going to contribute to before the year’s end. On November 17, the IRS released 6 suggestions to insure successful year-end charitable giving: 1. […]

•  Merriken Financial Group
•   Financial Planning, Managing Money, Social Security, Taxes
•  on Jun, 25, 2014
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During the month of June over the last 180 years, a variety of patents were granted for inventions such as the magnetic tape recorder (1944), Morse code telegraphy signals (1840), 2 of Atari’s video games were registered (1980), among others.   Today these inventions are still useable, but more effective and efficient inventions have all […]

•  Merriken Financial Group
•   Financial Planning, Taxes
•  on Apr, 08, 2014
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Use the following ten-point checklist to find out.  Just answer “YES” or “NO” for each question. Every “NO” Answer May Indicate a Gap in Your Estate Planning With Will’s Help, We Can Clear the Hurdles and Get Your Estate Plan on Track!

•  Merriken Financial Group
•   Life Insurance, Managing Money, Social Security, Taxes
•  on Mar, 02, 2014
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The Countdown to Tax Day 2014 started on April 16, 2013.  With every paycheck we received and every purchase in a store, we paid taxes. What about Tax Day 20?? – the first year of retirement? Here are a few questions and answers. Is the decision to be in a higher tax bracket at retirement voluntary […]