Category: Business

LOS ANGELES — The Internal Revenue Service issued a filing season alert warning taxpayers to watch out for identity theft at tax time, one of the year’s “Dirty Dozen” tax […]

Q: In a recent column, you said that if you took reduced benefits on your own Social Security record, you could not later switch to full benefits on a spouse’s […]

Q: I am 62 years old and really worried. My whole life, I’ve always paid the maximum into Social Security. But now these last several years before I retire, I […]

I write a column similar to this one about this time every year. But I don’t mind plagiarizing myself because it contains a very important message for people planning to […]

For lots of people, just thinking the word “budget” is like nails on a chalkboard. I know the feeling.  For many years I wouldn’t have anything to do with a […]

If it’s the last thing you do this year, get your finances organized. The week between Christmas and New Year’s is the perfect time to finish off those financial leftovers!  […]

Are you expecting a monthly pension check during retirement? If so, better check again. Whether your check is coming from a corporation, a union — or even a state or […]

Well, maybe I should just stop writing about the hundreds of various Social Security issues I’ve been dealing with for 40 years now and just focus this column on one […]

Terry Savage, Creative Syndicate What to give your children or grandchildren for the holiday season is an annual dilemma. Once you get past the popular holiday toys (think “Frozen” anything!) or […]

The world is teetering in the balance, like two children on a seesaw in the playground. On one side sits inflation — with its rising prices, higher interest rates and […]