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I wonder what the penalties are for cashing in. You probably would have to pay income taxes on all the interest incurred. If I wait long enough, I can cash in and not pay taxes.

I have a 401K that I'm going to ask my tax guy about tomorrow. It's not very big and I don't like where it's invested. I'd rather have it liquid.
 
I wonder what the penalties are for cashing in. You probably would have to pay income taxes on all the interest incurred. If I wait long enough, I can cash in and not pay taxes.
You always pay taxes on interest earned on a CD. It is taxed as “interest income”. The only way to reduce the taxes is if it is purchased through a tax-advantaged account like an IRA or 401k.

Penalties for cashing in early are levied by the issuer and generally mean losing most or all of the gained interest and may include additional penalties beyond that depending on the terms.
 
I got the new carriage light for the garage installed today. I like the look but they are a bit too bright at night. They are fixed element LCD so I can’t swap bulbs. I tested out some diffuser liner options for the enclosure and have a solution. It’s getting ready to rain so I will tackle that after the weather gets better.

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I got the new carriage light for the garage installed today. I like the look but they are a bit too bright at night. They are fixed element LCD so I can’t swap bulbs. I tested out some diffuser liner options for the enclosure and have a solution. It’s getting ready to rain so I will tackle that after the weather gets better.

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While never changing a bulb sounds nice...Not a fan of most of those type fixtures. Always seem way too bright/white. Now if they are dimmable, that could work.
 
Buddy put an inheritance into investments. Investment company pretty much bled off 25% of it before he got wise.

i put my pension into low risk investment rif and its gone up considerably in just over 5 years.
Its not much, but better than nothing.
 
While never changing a bulb sounds nice...Not a fan of most of those type fixtures. Always seem way too bright/white. Now if they are dimmable, that could work.
I have replaced a lot of our bulbs with LED's and I always get the soft white ones. The daylight bulbs are more like CFL's. Not a fan of those.
 
Buddy put an inheritance into investments. Investment company pretty much bled off 25% of it before he got wise.

i put my pension into low risk investment rif and its gone up considerably in just over 5 years.
Its not much, but better than nothing.
It's tough to set some aside for retirement when you're self employed. I was lucky to have some accounts receivable, inventory, and a truck to sell when I retired.
 
While never changing a bulb sounds nice...Not a fan of most of those type fixtures. Always seem way too bright/white. Now if they are dimmable, that could work.
The color on this one is good, just a bit too bright. I did some tests with different liner filters and can easily knock the brightness down to where I want it. Because they are LED, heat isn’t an issue.
 
The color on this one is good, just a bit too bright. I did some tests with different liner filters and can easily knock the brightness down to where I want it. Because they are LED, heat isn’t an issue.
That's a good deal. The cleaning gals stuck a plastic based duster into one of our chandeliers. With incandescent bulbs it gets damn hot in there. Well some of it melted. LOL. Boy were they embarrassed. I have led's to go in as soon as a few of the bulbs burn out.
 
It's tough to set some aside for retirement when you're self employed. I was lucky to have some accounts receivable, inventory, and a truck to sell when I retired.
My property has near doubled in value as well, so im basically living in my retirement fund.
Wife has a good retirement plan with the bank, we should be in good shape.
 
I can see why nobody can steal your front plate
I got the new carriage light for the garage installed today. I like the look but they are a bit too bright at night. They are fixed element LCD so I can’t swap bulbs. I tested out some diffuser liner options for the enclosure and have a solution. It’s getting ready to rain so I will tackle that after the weather gets better.

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That I don't know. He owned some auto parts stores before he retired.
Mitch has a brokers license. That means he can manage investments and make trades for other people. Quite different than having a CPA license.

A CPA can keep the books for you...a Broker can work to make the money for you.
 
Mitch has a brokers license. That means he can manage investments and make trades for other people. Quite different than having a CPA license.

A CPA can keep the books for you...a Broker can work to make the money for you.

Well kind of. CPA's don't "keep books" that's what book keepers do. CPA's Prepare taxes, are financial advisors, perform audits, and oversee accounting practices. When my wife was a partner at the CPA firm she was the Penson and Trust partner. She knows as much about accounting, auditing, and employee benefits as you know about pharmaceuticals. And now she has 15+ years of Government Accounting back round. She is the CFO of our city and manages all aspects of a 150 million dollar budget. And yes, it balances to the penny. She has many awards for her work.
 
Well kind of. CPA's don't "keep books" that's what book keepers do. CPA's Prepare taxes, are financial advisors, perform audits, and oversee accounting practices. When my wife was a partner at the CPA firm she was the Penson and Trust partner. She knows as much about accounting, auditing, and employee benefits as you know about pharmaceuticals. And now she has 15+ years of Government Accounting back round. She is the CFO of our city and manages all aspects of a 150 million dollar budget. And yes, it balances to the penny. She has many awards for her work.
That’s what we call “the books”. It’s the logistics of accounting and business operation. Investments, trading and growing money are something different.

Not trying to diminish the importance of what she does or the skill and knowlege it requires, just trying to clarify the difference in the roles.
 
I have replaced a lot of our bulbs with LED's and I always get the soft white ones. The daylight bulbs are more like CFL's. Not a fan of those.
I agree, But,These fixtures have no bulb. Its on a board that is part of the fixture. And usually they are ‘daylight’
 
I like daylight in the shop but hate the dust from the yard. Had a roll of plastic left from a job last fall, grabbed iut on the way out, along with some paper clamps. Since I spent much of Sunday afternoon cleaning in preperation for the dash work, I want to keep the place as dust free as I can.
Landlord saw it on his camara and told me how much he liked the idea.
Its totally ghetto but it helps. I've done similar in other rentals, but in those cases it was to attempt to stay warmer.
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I agree, But,These fixtures have no bulb. Its on a board that is part of the fixture. And usually they are ‘daylight’
These are more like a soft white, 3200k.

They are just just too bright at 1100 lumens. I’m going to filter it down to around 500-600.
 
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