Category: Financial Planning
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Is Your Car Eligible for a $7,500 Tax Credit?
As a free-lance musician, I can think of many times when I have spent three hours or more in the car, round-trip, for a two and a half hour rehearsal. In most cases, our pay for a gig is fixed, so the only way to take home more money is to reduce our expenses. If…
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Are Orchestra Musicians Independent Contractors?
Are orchestra musicians independent contractors? Landmark court case says no, musicians are employees. In April 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the musicians of the Lancaster Symphony are employees. The orchestra’s management argued that musicians were independent contractors with no right to unionize. The musicians eventually prevailed after an eight year legal fight.…
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12 Tips to Prepare for an Orchestra Lockout
If you’re a musician in an orchestra, a lockout may be among your worst fears. In 2012, the Minnesota Orchestra musicians were without pay for a devastating 15 months. Only after accepting a 15% pay cut did the orchestra return to work. Today, musicians in the Fort Worth Symphony are facing a stalemate in which…
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Introducing Finance For Musicians!
No one becomes a professional musician for the money. It’s a labor of love. But we all have responsibilities: mortgages to pay, families to feed, and important goals like financial security and retirement. I’m a trombonist who has been a Financial Planner since 2004. Over that time, I’ve worked with hundreds of families, including quite…
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How Some Investors Saved 50% More
Results indicate consistent evidence that a retirement planning strategy and the use of a financial planner can have a sizeable impact on retirement savings.
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5 Techniques for Goal Achievement
Goal Setting is a key step to the financial planning process, and helping clients achieve goals is the value I provide. Everyone would like to be wealthy, but that is not a goal. To me, it only becomes a goal when we can state a clear, tangible objective.
