Harness Wealth

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Cost-saving tax planning can be much more difficult to implement after your company is well-established and has reached the stage where an IPO, merger, or acquisition becomes a likely event. The first three options are pass-through entities, so profits and losses are distributed to the owners who are taxed on them.

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Darrow Wealth Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

However, it doesn’t mean that delaying IRA distributions is the right move for everyone. Here are some tax planning strategies to consider when you should start drawing from your IRA. Here are some tax planning strategies to consider when you should start drawing from your IRA.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 23, 2023

However, the caveat with current CGAs has been that they could only be funded with after-tax dollars before the donor’s death, meaning that if an individual only had tax-deferred funds (e.g., Second, they reduce the donor's tax bill in the year the CGA is created by excluding the amount contributed to the CGA from taxable income.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As December unfolds, it’s easy to overlook year-end tax planning amid the holiday hustle. However, dedicating a few moments now can lead to significant savings come tax season. To help you retain more of your hard-earned money and reduce your tax liability, consider these five strategic moves before the year concludes.

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Zoe Financial

MAY 16, 2023

Qualified withdrawals from a 529 plan are tax-free at the federal level, and some states also offer tax breaks to their residents. It’s important to evaluate the federal and state tax consequences of plan withdrawals and contributions before you invest in a 529 plan.

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Cordant Wealth Partners

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We also get you up to speed on the tax benefits of using a DAF. If you've heard of a DAF and are curious about incorporating it into your giving and tax planning strategy, this article is for you. Key Takeaways: Contributions to a donor-advised fund reduce your tax bill in the year your contribution is made.

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Harness Wealth

MARCH 29, 2023

Below are some insights from Richard Morris, Executive Vice President and Director of Tax Services, and Alex Seleznev, Senior Investment Advisor and Chief Operating Officer of MBI, LLC. And depending on your specific tax situation, you may be paying between 15% and 20% or even more in capital gain taxes.

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Harness Wealth

OCTOBER 2, 2024

To attract new clients and foster long-term relationships, tax advisors could consider adopting digital marketing strategies. It’s also an important touchpoint to introduce your tax practice’s staff to potential clients, giving you to potential build a personal relationship from the start.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The IRA and Roth IRA contribution limits are unchanged but income eligibility for tax-deductible IRA contributions and Roth IRA contributions have changed. Also updated: health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, estate and gifting limits, qualified charitable distributions and other cost-of-living adjustments.

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Ballast Advisors

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

What are appropriate checklists for year-end tax planning? Tax planners often develop checklists to guide taxpayers toward year-end strategies that might help reduce taxes. Certain tax benefits may be available if you can claim an individual as a dependent. Family tax planning. Employee matters.

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Harness Wealth

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Not only was the stock market fairly volatile, but there were also atypical tax regulation changes. Tax-loss harvesting. Paying taxes on investment gains can be a financial burden, but tax loss harvesting can reduce your bill. You can claim as much capital loss as your realized capital gain plus $3,000.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

MAY 31, 2024

Breathe Easier Next Tax Season with These Planning Strategies Every year, most of us smile when we see April 15th in the rearview mirror. The completion of our tax returns being filed marks the beginning of a nine month period where we don’t need to think about funny acronyms and form numbers.

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Harness Wealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

These numbers show an opportunity for tax practices to build deeper, meaningful relationships with their clients, helping them to navigate some of life’s most challenging financial decisions. And you’ll see in our Q&A below, that tax advisors can bring estate planning into the conversation early on in a client relationship.

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Carson Wealth

AUGUST 1, 2024

Making the right decisions around claiming Social Security — based on your spending needs, longevity and tax planning — could mean the difference between meeting your retirement goals or not. 1 To qualify for Social Security retirement benefits, you must pay into it through a payroll tax system.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you about your annual Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). As you may know, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires that you take an annual distribution from your retirement accounts starting with the year in which you turn 72 years old and every year thereafter. Annual deadlines.

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Harness Wealth

OCTOBER 24, 2024

What do you need to optimally complete and file your taxes? This article covers a comprehensive list of the most common forms, documents, and information needed to file taxes. If you need a cheat sheet, download our 1-page tax prep checklist. Use this tax prep checklist as a tool to save time ahead of tax filing.

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Darrow Wealth Management

JULY 1, 2024

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brought sweeping changes to the tax code, impacting every taxpayer and business owner. Here’s a summary of the major tax law changes coming in 2026 and some steps individuals and business owners can take to prepare. For some, this may lead to more taxes paid on capital gains.

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Tobias Financial

JULY 5, 2024

In a recent CNBC article, our Wealth Advisor, Catalina Franco-Cicero, MS, CFP®, CTS , was quoted on the topic of tax strategies during periods of unemployment. However, a period of lower income in 2024 could present valuable tax planning opportunities.

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Carson Wealth

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

By Mike Valenti, CPA, CFP ® , Director of Tax Planning It’s that time of year again! W-2s, 1099s and mortgage statements have been to hit your mailbox: a daily reminder that it is, once again, Tax Season. Overall, it was a relatively quiet year on the tax front. Although Congress isn’t done yet! More on that later.)

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 24, 2024

When the original SECURE Act was passed in December 2019, it brought sweeping changes to the post-death tax treatment of qualified retirement accounts. As a whole, these regulations introduce significantly more complexity to the process of tax planning around retirement accounts, particularly after the death of the account's original owner.

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Harness Wealth

JULY 29, 2024

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. However, awareness is key, both for clients and advisors. citizens and residents.

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Fortune Financial

JULY 28, 2022

Anyone who owns company stock will eventually have to decide how to distribute their assets — typically when there is a job change or retirement involved. When you transfer most assets to a taxable account, there will be income tax, but with company stock, you can take advantage of net unrealized appreciation (NUA). . Cost Tradeoff.

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Darrow Wealth Management

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, what’s the best time of year to take required minimum distributions, how to reinvest it, or if you can avoid paying tax on RMDs. Here are some of the most common RMD questions and planning opportunities for investors. How to take RMDs and avoid any taxes (legally of course).

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Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This week, Orion announced they were making it easier for those in need of free financial planning to find help, TIFIN and Morningstar partnered to enhance their AI-powered distribution platform and eMoney responded to recently-passed legislation with tax planning upgrades.

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Yardley Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The post Part 1: The Tools of the Tax-Planning Trade appeared first on Yardley Wealth Management, LLC. Part 1: The Tools of the Tax-Planning Trade Whether you’re saving, investing, spending, bequeathing, or receiving wealth, there’s scarcely a move you can make without considering how taxes might influence the outcome.

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Yardley Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The post Part 1: The Tools of the Tax-Planning Trade appeared first on Yardley Wealth Management, LLC. Part 1: The Tools of the Tax-Planning Trade. Whether you’re saving, investing, spending, bequeathing, or receiving wealth, there’s scarcely a move you can make without considering how taxes might influence the outcome.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

There are many tax planning strategies that allow financial advisors to demonstrate the ongoing value they provide to clients in exchange for the fees they charge. Advisors also can support the backdoor Roth process by communicating with clients' tax preparers about the strategy and why they are recommending it for their mutual client.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 31, 2024

This shift has led financial advisors to explore new strategies for mitigating the resulting tax-planning challenges. This allows the account to grow on a tax-deferred basis, with income to beneficiaries being taxed when distributions are made.

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Darrow Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Here are the distribution rules. This article focuses on the distribution rules for non-eligible designated beneficiaries as that is most common. Which non-eligible designated beneficiaries have required minimum distributions? Now the question is: which beneficiaries are also subject to required minimum distributions?

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James Hendries

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Income shifting (also known as income splitting) may be defined as dividing income in a way that lowers overall taxes. When using these methods to shift income to a child, it’s always important to bear in mind the kiddie tax. Timing the receipt of your income can also help you lower your taxes.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In November 2022, proponents of the Massachusetts ‘millionaires’ tax (question 1) won their bid to nearly double the income tax rate on individuals with taxable income over $1M a year. As proposed, the new legislation would increase these tax rates to 9% and perhaps even 16% , respectively, starting in 2023.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Because many taxpayers earn too much to make pre-tax IRA contributions as they have a 401(k) at work. Although any investor with earned income can make a non-deductible contribution to an IRA (up to $7,000 in 2024-2025 if under age 50) and still take advantage of tax-deferred growth, it still may not be advisable. Yes and no.

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Darrow Wealth Management

AUGUST 8, 2022

” This meant annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) were out. Another key aspect that the 2019 Secure Act changed was the required minimum distribution age. Assuming the changes pass, some beneficiaries will have missed a required distribution. Individuals born before July 1, 1949 will retain an RMD age of 70 1/2.

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Harness Wealth

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We recently connected with Michael Paley, Chief Operating Officer of Klingman & Associates , for a Q&A on how tax advisors can collaborate with wealth managers to better serve clients. Q: How can tax advisors align with the work of wealth advisors? Unlike an endowment, taxes really matter.

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Harness Wealth

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Filing taxes for the first time as a new limited liability company (LLC) owner can feel overwhelming. Between understanding your tax obligations, gathering the required documentation, and making the right deductions, the process may seem daunting. As a result, the LLC does not file a separate business tax return.

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Carson Wealth

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A potential compromise during the lame-duck Congressional session could see a boost to the child tax credit and extended tax breaks for businesses. From there, we have several articles on tax planning: How advisors can add value for their clients by managing their exposure to mutual fund capital gains distributions.

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