# In an op-ed, Professor Robert Gordon shares tax tips for 2016

1 Faculty News December 23, 2015 ![On Wall Street logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/onwallstreet192x144.jpg?itok=4SygiG9c)>

Excerpt from [On Wall Street](http://www.onwallstreet.com/news/portfolio/tax-tips-to-start-the-new-year-2695232-1.html) -- "Clients can significantly improve their after-tax returns by being more diligent when putting money away for retirement. Vanguard modeled the 'procrastination penalty' to be over 10% of the ending value of the investment when comparing one who funds on Jan. 1 to one who waits until the last moment to make a contribution for the previous calendar year."

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