Celebrate Grandparents' Day by planning to beat the taxman IT IS officially national Grandparents' Day, making it an ideal time to think about your own finances and how you can help your family plan for their own future - and a burning issue in all of this is inheritance tax (IHT). In the UK, IHT is levied at 40 per cent on assets over £285,000 and in the wake of spiralling house prices, an increasing number of families are over this threshold. .

FINANCIAL PLANNING: Older workers plan to work longer

Does this Labor Day have you dreaming of retirement? A new poll from AARP shows older people expect to work beyond age 65, while younger workers think they'll be able to retire earlier.

However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows only 15 percent of those older than 65 were actually employed in 2005.

Of the 1,053 people surveyed, 37 percent age 50 and older said they anticipate leaving the work force between 65 and 74, compared with 27 percent of those ages 18 to 34. Of the latter group, 38 percent expect to retire between 51 and 64.

The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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UC Irvine Extension Awarded Grant to Develop Online Financial ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2006--UC Irvine Extension today announced that it has received a grant from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc (CFP Board) to provide online financial planning information to underserved consumers, free of charge. More than 100 grant applications were received by the CFP Board. UC Irvine Extension was the only recipient in Southern California.

As many Americans are now looking to secure their financial futures, financial planning training and information is in high demand. In fact, the 2001 Jobs Rate Almanac listed Financial Planner as the number one career in America.

"UC Irvine Extension has been offering innovative financial planning programs since 1984," said Lori Munoz-Reiland, the director of Business Management, Corporate Education, and Information Technologies at UC Irvine Extension.

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