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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. What is the Lifetime Gift Tax Exemption? million ($27.22

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Estate Planning: 2024 Trends for Tax Professionals to Watch

Harness Wealth

In this guest post, Harness Tax Advisory Council member, Griffin Bridgers, J.D., covers some of the top estate planning trends that tax advisors should be tracking during the second half of 2024. contained a number of changes relevant to estate planning. citizens and residents. citizens and residents.

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Personal, estate, and business tax planning strategies for 2023

Nationwide Financial

Informally fund nonqualified deferred compensation plans If the business has a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for key employees, it may make sense to informally fund that plan in 2023 to ensure the company has the cash flow to meet the future obligation. A few have already been mentioned.

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7 Financial and Tax Planning Optimizations to Complete Before 2023

Harness Wealth

If you hold private company stock with a low cost basis, you may want to consider giving that now, either directly or via a trust, to avoid any potential gift taxes or material usage of your lifetime gift exemption, which is the amount you can gift in your lifetime without incurring federal gift taxes. Estate planning.

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Estate Planning: A Key Part of Any Financial Plan

Harness Wealth

Estate planning is a critical component of a comprehensive financial plan. Furthermore, estate planning includes aspects such as tax minimization strategies, asset protection, and charitable giving. There are many different types of trusts, each designed to address specific estate planning needs.

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Major Tax Changes Are Coming in 2026. Are You Ready?

Darrow Wealth Management

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brought sweeping changes to the tax code, impacting every taxpayer and business owner. The TCJA has many provisions that are set to expire (sunset) at the end of 2025. In addition, the SALT cap, currently $10,000 per tax return (not per person) will be eliminated.

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How Estate and Gift Taxes Can Impact Your Financial Plan

Carson Wealth

It’s a simple, human act – one that seems like it shouldn’t take too much planning to do it correctly. But when does gifting become a tax issue? What do you need to consider about gifting as it relates to your overall estate plan? Taxes on Giving??? Why do you have to pay taxes on money you’re giving away?

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