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“Nobody Knows Anything,” Wall Street Strategist Edition

The Big Picture

Random events can and will completely derail the best laid plans we may make. Or, as John Kenneth Galbraith observed, The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. ~~~ Public Enemy’s 13th album was titled “ Man Plans, God Laughs.” And randomness is served up daily.

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Build (Customized) Flexible Estate Planning Strategies In A Constantly Changing Political Landscape

Nerd's Eye View

In recent years, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) has endured some drastic changes resulting from legislative action that have altered the strategies estate planning professionals have recommended to clients. For instance, prior to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), "A/B trusts" had become ubiquitous for spousal estate tax planning.

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Planning For Changes In Client Marginal Tax Rates After TCJA’s Sunset

Nerd's Eye View

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), passed in 2017, was one of the most extensive pieces of tax legislation to be passed in the last 30 years, touching many aspects of individual, corporate, and estate tax. elections. Read More.

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Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 33.3% YoY; New Listings Up 10.4% YoY

Calculated Risk

YoY, but still down almost 36% compared to April 2017 to 2019 levels. As mortgage rates have climbed to new 2024 highs, we could see sellers adjust their plans, since nearly three-quarters of potential sellers also plan to buy a home. • On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. above year-ago levels. from one year ago.

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Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Planning After TCJA Sunset: Preparing Clients To (Re)Encounter AMT After 2025

Nerd's Eye View

Since the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TJCA) was passed in 2017, few households have been subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), which TCJA restructured so that it applied mainly to a select number of upper-income households.

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2025 Tax Brackets, Social Security Benefits Increase, and Other Inflation Adjustments

MainStreet Financial Planning

The personal exemption for 2025 remains at $0 (eliminating the personal exemption was part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA)) Long-term capital gains rates and brackets: The maximum child tax credit is still $2,000 per qualifying child and was not adjusted for inflation. 2025 amounts should become available later this year.

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Health Savings Accounts – The Other Retirement Plan

The Chicago Financial Planner

Many of you have the option to enroll in high-deductible insurance plans that allow the use of a health savings account via your employer. This is up from $285,000 in 2019, from $275,000 in 2017 and from $220,000 in 2014. High deductible health insurance plans . Your HSA can be another leg on the retirement planning stool.