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10 High-Income Tax Planning Strategies to Complete Before 2025: A Year-end Checklist

Harness Wealth

As the year comes to a close, now is the time to review potential financial moves to help minimize your tax burden heading into 2025. Proactive year-end tax planning can lead to significant savings and set you up for financial success in the new year. Find your next tax advisor at Harness today. Starting at $2,500.

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Intel SERPLUS Elections 2020: 4 Steps to Consider Given the Recent Company Uncertainty

Cordant Wealth Partners

409(a) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans present one of these opportunities. You willingly forgo income today with the faith that your company will survive many years into the future to make good on this liability to you—all for a tax benefit that tips the odds in your favor. The Benefits of Deferred Compensation Plans.

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Siemens Deferred Compensation Elections for Former Employees of Mentor Graphics: 4 Steps to Consider

Cordant Wealth Partners

Employees of what was formerly Mentor Graphics, now Siemens, may find that they are eligible for Siemens’ Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) and wonder if they should defer their salary and/or bonus into the plan. The Benefits of Deferred Compensation. The Risks of Deferred Compensation Plans. Tax Benefits.

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How Does Microsoft Compensation Work?

Cordant Wealth Partners

Source: Levels.fyi Planning opportunities with salary: Contribute to your 401(k), HSA, and (for those Level 67+) Deferred Compensation accounts to reduce your taxes today. Microsoft Compensation: Bonuses Bonuses are paid annually in September at Microsoft and typically range from 0-40% of your base pay.

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Microsoft Compensation and Benefits Guide for 2021

Cordant Wealth Partners

Planning opportunities with salary: Contribute to your 401(k), HSA, and (for those Level 67+) Deferred Compensation accounts to reduce your taxes today. The higher your level, the higher percentage of y our total compensation this cash bonus will represent. Stock compensation at Microsoft is offered via RSUs.

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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

She was awarded a JD in September 2018 and passed the California Bar Exam in February 2019. The idea centered on the concepts of simplicity, keeping total investment costs and taxes extremely low and developing a custom investment plan for each client using low-cost asset class and index funds.

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Intel SERPLUS: 2022 Open Enrollment Guide

Cordant Wealth Partners

What’s the risk of the Intel SERPLUS plan? Second, what’s the magnitude of the tax benefit from deferring income? Intel SERPLUS Contribution Scenario and Tax Calculator (excel download). Intel’s SERPLUS (Deferred Compensation) program is available to employees at grade level 10 or higher. FREE RESOURCES.