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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Darrow Wealth Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

A step-up in basis is a tax advantage for individuals who inherit stocks or other assets, like a home. Understanding step-up in basis at death If youve received an inheritance you may have questions about the tax treatment of certain assets. This increases the tax basis, which determines capital gains or losses when the asset is sold.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

JANUARY 23, 2025

For 2024, the maximum taxable earnings subject to Social Security tax is $168,600. Review Your Estate Planning Documents Take some time to review the key documents in your estate plan, such as your will, power of attorney, and property deeds. If you notice any errors, you can easily request a correction online.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 9, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent survey indicates that clients of financial advisors are more confident than others about their financial preparedness for retirement and are more likely to have a financial plan in place that can weather the ups (..)

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Integrity Financial Planning

AUGUST 28, 2022

Understand the basics first, and then create an estate plan. Wills and trusts are both important estate planning tools with important differences. If you don’t, these assets will likely be paid to your probate estate, possibly triggering income tax. Unfortunately, costly mistakes are all too easy to make.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

MARCH 30, 2025

By Bryce Sanders As a financial advisor, you may encounter estate planning roadblocks with clients. Or they might say, My estate is not large enough to create estate tax issues. Now does it sound like estate taxes or inheritance might be an issue?

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 8, 2024

For instance, the financial advice industry has seen many changes to regulations (for both advisors and their clients), advisor business models, and the advisor technology landscape. In the context of the financial planning industry, whereas Financial Advice 1.0 Specifically, Financial Advice 3.0

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This month's edition kicks off with the news that financial planning software platform RightCapital has launched a workflow management tool called RightFlows to help advisors manage and assign steps in the financial planning process to team members and clients – which on the one hand capitalizes on advisor demand for workflow solutions tailored (..)

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Dear Mr. Market

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Because when it comes to financial planning, you’re ready to write it downand studies show that writing down your goals makes you 42% more likely to achieve them. Heres your top 10 financial planning checklist for the new year. Optimize Tax Strategies Its not what you makeits what you keep. But not this year.

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Integrity Financial Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Estate planning can be difficult to think about, let alone plan for. Maybe you’ve avoided putting together a concrete plan because you don’t want to think too far into the future when it’s time to pass on what you have. Or maybe you don’t think an estate plan is necessary because you’re not rich enough to warrant one.

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Podcasts Rick Ferri talks estate planning with Ryan Barrett and Mike Piper. advisorperspectives.com) IRAs Why asset location matters from a tax-perspective. wsj.com) Planning The ways that a financial planner can add value for a client are nearly limitless. Here are 101 action items.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 19, 2024

The role of estate planning is most commonly considered to be about transferring assets from one generation to the next in the most efficient manner possible (e.g., how to minimize the burden of estate taxes and avoid the public spectacle of the probate process). at age 21 or 30) or stagger distributions at multiple ages.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 19, 2024

The role of estate planning is most commonly considered to be about transferring assets from one generation to the next in the most efficient manner possible (e.g., how to minimize the burden of estate taxes and avoid the public spectacle of the probate process). at age 21 or 30) or stagger distributions at multiple ages.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

2022 marks the 50 th anniversary of the enrollment of students into the first Certified Financial Planner (CFP) course, and in the years since then, financial planning (and the process of creating a financial plan) has changed extensively.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 28, 2023

(dariusforoux.com) More Americans are facing the net investment income tax, or NIIT. savantwealth.com) What is an estate plan? thomaskopelman.com) New parents face their own financial planning challenges. thomaskopelman.com) New parents face their own financial planning challenges.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 23, 2024

financial planning, CRM, portfolio management), while taking a more tailored approach to selecting tech in other categories. The survey found that most firms fall into the middle category, utilizing tech in categories that provide an assessed high return on investment (e.g., Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 25, 2022

Yet despite this – and perhaps even because of it – advisory firms are putting an ever-greater focus on financial planning in 2022, as a way to both show value to clients in the midst of difficult market returns, and, more broadly, to help clients navigate the current environment.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, an advisor may think of "risk management" in terms of life and property insurance coverage, whereas HNW clients may instead think of tax and estate-planning strategies as asset protection measures – particularly for the future wealth of their heirs.

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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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Integrity Financial Planning

MAY 23, 2023

An estate plan is a legal document that outlines a person’s wishes for the distribution of their assets and property after their death. It is essential to create an estate plan to ensure that your family and loved ones are taken care of in the event of your passing. Contact us today to get started!

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Harness Wealth

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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.

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Darrow Wealth Management

MARCH 31, 2023

There are many financial planning considerations before, during, and after a divorce. A key part of the process from a financial standpoint is dividing the assets. But that doesn’t mean the actual assets are just split down the middle, and some assets are much more favorable from a tax perspective than others.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Orion (re-)partners with Apex Clearing with an integrated financial-planning-and-digital-account-opening experience for younger clients with smaller accounts.

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Carson Wealth

APRIL 25, 2024

There are some things in life you just can’t plan for: an unexpected illness, job loss, death of spouse, disability. And while experiencing one of these major events can drastically impact your life, having an effective financial plan can help ensure that it doesn’t ruin your financial well-being.

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Carson Wealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

By Matt Lewis, CLTC, Vice President, Insurance Life insurance is designed to provide for your loved ones after your death, giving you peace of mind that their financial needs will be met without your income. But life insurance can benefit your financial planning in many other ways. Estate Taxes.”

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Steve Sanduski

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Advisors who learn how to incorporate these and other emerging asset classes into Life-Centered Financial Plans will be offering a valuable service that sets them apart — especially in the eyes of high-net-worth individuals. Including collectibles in estate planning to avoid family disputes.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

MARCH 7, 2025

If youre searching for a fiduciary financial planner, flat-fee financial planning, or the best alternative to AUM-based advisors, this article will help you decide which model is right for you. A flat-fee financial planner includes these services in a transparent pricing model.

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Carson Wealth

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If your net worth plus the death benefit of life insurance policies you own exceeds $13 million, putting your assets in specific types of trusts can be helpful for federal estate tax issues. But for most Americans, federal estate taxes will not be a major concern. This is especially true when you have a blended family.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 3, 2023

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: All-in-one software platform Blueleaf has launched a new “aggregation-as-a-service” solution, promising better client data aggregation capabilities than existing solutions by automating the process of weaving multiple (..)

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Clever Girl Finance

AUGUST 15, 2022

Having a solid personal financial planning process is the first step in achieving your financial goals. Instead, you can leverage the same steps that financial advisors and Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) use to create financial plans for their clients. What is a financial plan?

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Clever Girl Finance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

No one cares about your financial well-being more than you, so it's important to have a financial plan for yourself. Knowing how to make a financial plan will allow you to save money, afford the things you really want, and achieve long-term goals like saving for college and retirement. What is a financial plan?

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 7, 2024

Also in industry news this week: Backers announced the new Texas Stock Exchange, which seeks to provide companies with a lower-cost alternative to the NYSE and Nasdaq, which, if successful, could create a more competitive landscape and potentially better execution and reduced trading costs for financial advisors and their clients The American College (..)

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 23, 2023

riabiz.com) AI Is AI an existential threat to the business of financial advice? advisorperspectives.com) Vanilla is rolling out more AI tools for estate planning. riabiz.com) The upside of pro bono financial planning. wealthmanagement.com) Another example of an RIA adding tax capabilities. smartasset.com)

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eMoney Advisor

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Billion-dollar disasters, inflation, and increased building costs mean a perfect storm is brewing for financial planners’ risk management strategies. Insurance in Financial Planning. The CFP® Board includes risk management and insurance in its financial planning principal knowledge topics for a good reason.

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Harness Wealth

JUNE 23, 2023

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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eMoney Advisor

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

That occasion marked an agreement with the IRS on a $156 million value on Prince’s real estate and recordings for the artist who died in April 2016—without a will. What can we learn from celebrity estate planning disasters like this? Such cautionary tales prove the value of proper planning. It turns out, plenty.

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WiserAdvisor

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In addition to this, you can save more and plan for more significant purchases with greater ease. The tax liabilities for married couples filing their taxes jointly will differ from single individuals and those filing individually. Is financial planning for dual-income families different from others?

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