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Cut A Double Tax In Half

Published: September 9, 2004
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If you inherited an IRA from an estate that paid estate tax, you may be paying too much tax on distributions. You are entitled to an offsetting income tax deduction in the future, but many people don

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TSPL IncomeL 2030L 2035L 2040L 2050G FundF FundC FundS FundI Fund
Feb0.82%1.26%1.41%1.50%1.65%0.33%1.63%-0.76%1.08%6.05%
YTD1.95%3.23%3.62%3.88%4.31%0.70%1.84%0.68%3.52%12.34%
10yr5.40%9.56%10.77%11.80%2.80%2.07%15.47%12.39%10.93%
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