There will be negotiations and discussions and disagreements along the way to a divorce. Among the issues will be financial investment accounts

If you have multiple traditional (tax-deferred) IRAs, when (and why) should you consider consolidating them?

It’s a good time of year to use your required minimum distributions (RMDs) to make qualified charitable distributions. But can a person make a QCD to the charity he founded?

If you have never filed a tax return before, but are now earning money, how do you determine if you need to file, and why are there different dollar amounts in the requirements?

A reader seeks guidance about an upcoming large inheritance from her parents and asks important questions about advisers, estate taxation and step-up in basis.

A reader tells her story about how inheriting a large sum of money brought with it unwanted advice, and she shares how she handled the situation.