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.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Kevin Knull, President of TaxStatus, reveals how a direct integration with the IRS is revolutionizing tax planning at Nitrogen's 2024 Fearless Investing Summit.

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

peterlazaroff.com) Barry Ritholtz talks value investing with Jeremy Schwartz of WisdomTree Investments. 50fires.com) Taxes What tax planning entails. Podcasts Peter Lazaroff talks all things equity compensation with Derek Jess. contessacapitaladvisors.com) Your IRA is an IOU to the IRS.

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Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

(morningstar.com) Early in retirement is the time to do some tax planning. nextavenue.org) Estate planning Mistakes to avoid in your estate planning. theretirementmanifesto.com) If you have a valuable collection you need a plan for its eventual disposition. whitecoatinvestor.com) On the challenges of solo aging.

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eMoney Advisor

APRIL 11, 2023

Financial planning and tax planning go hand in hand. Including tax planning as part of your service provides clients a comprehensive view of their finances and helps them achieve their financial goals. Start with Document Sharing The first step is to ask your clients to share their tax documents with you.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the shift in financial advice from pure investment management to comprehensive financial planning continues, with more individuals becoming CFP professionals than CFAs in the past few years as consumers increasing the diversity (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the SEC’s proposed “Safeguarding Rule” would significantly increase the number of investment advisers deemed to have custody of client assets and increase paperwork requirements for advisers (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Further, the survey showed the continued predominance of the AUM fee model amongst state-registered firms (at the same time, more than half of firms said they charge on a fixed-fee or hourly basis, suggesting many firms utilize multiple fee models) and identified the most common areas of regulatory enforcement during the year, with failure to register (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This month's edition kicks off with the news that FP Alpha has released its tax return extraction and analysis module as a standalone product, while RightCapital has separately launched its own tax return extraction tool bundled within its platform – with both announcements coming on the heels of Holistiplan implementing a significant price increase, (..)

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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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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For example, most Millennial and Gen Z clients can open their own investing account and buy index funds online with only minimal guidance from their advisor, so full-service investing might not offer enough value to a next-generation client to justify an ongoing planning fee.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 14, 2022

While this will help seniors keep pace with rising prices, it also creates tax planning opportunities for advisors and raises the possibility that the Social Security Trust Fund could be depleted sooner than expected. for 2023, the largest COLA since 1981.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 8, 2024

is the projected future direction of medical care, where, instead of taking a reactive approach to disease and illness, healthcare practitioners instead invest more energy focusing on preventing illness and maintaining good health in the first place through more personalized plans for patients. Specifically, Financial Advice 3.0

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 12, 2023

The study also highlighted the importance of advisors taking the time to build trust with clients and to understand a client’s goals and needs, as this can not only differentiate an advisor from those providing purely transactional investment advice, but also could promote client retention, even in years of poor market performance.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Tax-loss harvesting – i.e., selling investments at a loss to capture a tax deduction while re-investing the proceeds to maintain market exposure – is a popular strategy for financial advisors to increase their clients’ after-tax investment returns. With these three tools (i.e.,

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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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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 7, 2023

Which suggests that advisor wellbeing could potentially be improved not only by automating or outsourcing administrative tasks, but also by adjusting their client rosters to better match their ideal client type.

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Harness Wealth

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Alternative investments offer investors access to startups, real estate, and other non-traditional opportunities beyond stocks and bonds. In this article, well explore all the details of alternative investments, the reasons behind their growth as an investment choice, and how their tax treatment differs from traditional assets.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that the Treasury Department has finalized rules requiring most SEC-registered RIAs to implement risk-based Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism programs, including a requirement to report suspicious (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 21, 2024

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that financial advisors continue to move towards ETFs and away from mutual funds when it comes to client portfolio recommendations, though a majority of advisors continue to see a role for active management in the investment management process A former employee has filed a lawsuit alleging (..)

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Nationwide Financial

MARCH 6, 2023

For example, they could make most of their charitable contributions and medical expenditures in a year they plan to itemize. Like individuals, businesses holding investments and other capital assets should consider other income, gains, and losses when determining when to sell capital assets.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This month's edition kicks off with the news that digital estate planning platform Wealth.com has raised a whopping $30 million in Series A funding, following on the heels of Vanilla's follow-on $20M capital round just a few months ago – which on the one hand reflects the anticipated enthusiasm for solutions that can help advisors efficiently (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 8, 2023

investment reviews in the summer, retirement projection updates in the fall, and year-end tax planning in the winter) created enough efficiency through systematizing the ongoing financial planning process that allowed him to fit in tax preparation without reducing any of his other service offerings! Read More.

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Tobias Financial

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As we begin our countdown to 2024, it is a great time to ensure your year-end tax plan is in place. Tax planning is a vital component of meeting your overall financial goals. Our team of professionals is here to assist with your financial and tax planning needs. You can access the webinar recording here.

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Harness Wealth

MARCH 27, 2025

Secondary transactions (or Secondaries as theyre known) involve the buying and selling of pre-existing investments in private funds or stakes in the portfolio companies those funds own. Secondaries are typically traded before the fund or business is sold in a traditional wayessentially, being the resale market for private investments.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 31, 2024

House of Representatives and is now being considered in the Senate would increase the number of firms classified as “small entities” and would require the SEC to assess the impact of proposed regulation on this newly enlarged class of investment advisers (which tend to have fewer compliance staff and resources available compared to larger (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 2, 2023

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: Holistiplan, after achieving success with its tax planning and analysis software, has announced an investment from Lead Edge Capital, signaling that it may be ready to expand into other financial planning areas beyond tax – (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 25, 2023

We start with several articles on retirement planning: Data showing where American retirees currently stand, from their average net worth to how they spend each hour of the day How, according to a recent study, delaying Social Security benefits typically leads to greater lifetime wealth than claiming benefits early in order to reduce portfolio withdrawals (..)

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oXYGen Financial

MARCH 24, 2024

[CDATA[ When it comes to managing your finances, it's not just about saving and investing wisely. Tax planning is a crucial aspect of personal finance that often gets overlooked and plays a pivotal role in your overall financial health and wealth accumulation.

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Carson Wealth

JANUARY 8, 2025

They consider your current financial situation, risk tolerance, and future objectives to help develop a comprehensive plan. Behavioral Guidance and Emotional Support Investing often involves emotional decision-making, which can lead to impulsive actions during market volatility. The post Why Should I Hire a Financial Advisor?

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 12, 2022

investmentnews.com) Tax planning Why financial advisers need to be careful when offering tax advice. kitces.com) Tax planning is an ongoing process. blogs.cfainstitute.org) Advisers How the SEC now regulates investment performance advertising. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that."

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 12, 2022

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, after years of working in an environment where she saw first-hand how ultra-high-net-worth clients keep and grow their wealth (and the lack of diversity among those clients), Kamila decided to build a practice that focused on providing holistic financial planning to communities of color with emerging wealth, (..)

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Carson Wealth

MARCH 19, 2024

Most people look at me a little funny when I say that I try to run tax projections for their plan. The reason I do this is because those dollars, while they are “invested” in a sense in your civic life, they are forever gone. The growth horsepower of those dollars is gone forever once they are spent.

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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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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 21, 2024

Initiate the year with direct indexing, encompassing tax planning, personalized investing strategies, rejuvenating sidelined cash, and navigating concentrated stock positions or financial windfalls.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 31, 2023

However, even though the PTET can result in higher state taxes, the savings in Federal taxes that can result from being able to deduct the PTET as a business expense (including not just income tax but potentially self-employment taxes, net investment income tax, and additional Medicare taxes as well) might still make the election worth it overall.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 3, 2024

Develop a risk management plan to implement strategies that minimize or eliminate risks, and protect your business with appropriate insurance coverage, such as liability, property and business interruption insurance. Get Help with Tax Planning Tax planning is a critical component of financial management.

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