Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 31, 2025

Also in industry news this week: While RIA M&A deal flow hit record levels in 2024 (both in terms of volume and the speed of completing them), firm valuations saw relatively modest gains In its latest annual regulatory oversight report, FINRA joined the SEC in flagging the potential risks to firm and client data from the use of third-party vendors (..)

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Carson Wealth

MARCH 7, 2024

By Jake Anderson, CFP ® , Wealth Planner When helping clients begin retirement planning, the same questions often arise: What should my retirement plan look like? Your lifestyle, goals, family situation, and risk tolerance will give a unique signature to your retirement plan. How much should I be saving?

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Wealth Management

JUNE 26, 2024

Notice 2024-55 clarifies two exceptions to the 10% additional tax.

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The Chicago Financial Planner

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

You’ve paid Social Security taxes over the course of your working life and you’ve earned these benefits. Many retirees and others collecting Social Security wonder about the tax treatment of their benefit. The answer to the question in the title is that your Social Security benefits may be subject to taxes.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, passed in December 2019, brought a wide range of changes to the retirement planning landscape, from the death of the ‘stretch’ IRA to raising the age for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) to 72. In addition, SECURE 2.0

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, passed in December 2019, brought a wide range of changes to the retirement planning landscape, from the death of the ‘stretch’ IRA to raising the age for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) to 72. In addition, SECURE 2.0

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MainStreet Financial Planning

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $176,100 from $168,600. The individual tax brackets for ordinary income have been adjusted by inflation. On average, tax parameters that are adjusted for inflation will increase about 2.80%.

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Carson Wealth

MARCH 28, 2024

Retirement planning is a journey that generally takes decades to complete and most of us start out along the do-it-yourself path. More than likely, your first step was to enroll in an employer-provided plan such as a 401(k) or setting up an individual retirement account, also known as an IRA.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 10, 2024

(morningstar.com) Dan Haylett talks with Eric Brotman, who is the founder and CEO of BFG Financial Advisors, about retirement as 'graduation.' humansvsretirement.com) Estate planning Why you should update your estate plans periodically. obliviousinvestor.com) Estate planning should most importantly include talking about it.

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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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Carson Wealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Like gardening or working out, tax planning is one of those activities where you get out what you put in. Tax planning is similar in the sense that you can put work in on the front end that youll reap benefits from later. Many of us just do tax preparation, dropping off a shoebox of documents with a CPA for the weekend.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 13, 2024

Most of the time, people are subject to state taxes in the states where they live and/or earn their income. So when moving to a lower-tax state or another, their income tax burden likewise shifts to the new state along with them.

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Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 15, 2024

citywire.com) Taxes There simply aren't enough tax preparers to go around. obliviousinvestor.com) It's hard to say you are a holistic financial adviser without tax management. thinkadvisor.com) Retirement Baby Boomers were supposed to retire in penury. (riaintel.com) HNW clients want additional services.

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

(morningstar.com) Rick Ferri talks all things taxes with Kaye Thoma of Fairmark.com (bogleheads.podbean.com) Housing What's the bear case for housing prices? wsj.com) Retirement How rising interest rates affect retirement planning. morningstar.com) An over-reliance on traditional IRA can be a tax problem in retirement.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 17, 2023

Like native-born workers, foreign workers need to think about saving for retirement, planning for their children’s college, managing healthcare costs, and all manner of other financial goals. For example, the tax benefits of certain accounts can sometimes work in the other direction if a non-U.S.-born

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

thinkadvisor.com) Cutting IRS workers is going to make life more difficult for tax preparers (and payers). advisorperspectives.com) Retirement planning models are just uncertainty piled on uncertainty. (citywire.com) How Jacob Turner turned a professional baseball career into a wealth management business. crr.bc.edu)

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A Wealth of Common Sense

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Bill Sweet joined me on the show this week to discuss questions about the tax benefits of owning rental properties, the tax implications of an inheritance, retirement planning for military service members and how tariffs work. Further Reading: The U.S. Housing Market vs. The Canadian Housing Market The post The U.S.

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WiserAdvisor

MARCH 13, 2024

Achieving financial freedom in retirement requires meticulous planning, dedicated effort, and strategic management. Without a solid plan, you risk drifting without direction. Within this framework, the concept of the five pillars of retirement planning emerges as a valuable strategy.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 2, 2024

To start, while the state of Social Security's trust fund reserves often receives significant media attention, in reality, the bulk of funding for paying out Social Security benefits comes from Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, more commonly known as payroll taxes (with workers and their employers each paying 6.2%

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 2, 2023

Which means that financial advisors can play an important role in adoption planning – helping clients strategically plan for the costs involved in the process, including accessing tax credits that can significantly defray these expenses. Read More.

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

youtube.com) Retirement Why planning in retirement is so challenging. Rowe Price about non-financial considerations in retirement. morningstar.com) People work in retirement for any number of reasons. humansvsretirement.com) 3% rates make holding a mortgage in retirement easier.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 1, 2024

(morningstar.com) Thomas Kopelman and Jacob Turner talk with Ankur Nagpal about tax considerations when selling a business. podcasts.apple.com) Jordan Haynes talks with Justin Castelli about the important role of life planning. wiredplanning.com) Retirement Spending guardrails are important in retirement, but the details matter.

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Darrow Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Unlike most types of retirement plans, the SEP IRA is funded by the employer. Here’s more on what a SEP IRA is, tax benefits, contribution limits, and important deadlines. The SEP IRA is a straightforward and cost-effective way for small business owners to save for retirement. What is a SEP IRA?

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 26, 2024

The survey also suggests that a firm's tech stack can affect its ability to attract and retain clients, with 93% of advisors who said they work with state-of-the-art technology reporting that they have added new clients as a result of another firm's bad technology, and 58% of all advisors surveyed reporting they had lost new business due to bad technology. (..)

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Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The intellectual case for getting rid of tax-advantaged retirement plans is strong, and the political case is catching up.

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Darrow Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The idea of living off dividends in retirement sounds nice, but investors often don’t realize how much money they’ll need invested to generate enough income from dividends to cover lifestyle expenses. So historically, every $1 million invested would yield annual dividend income of $19,800 on average… before tax.

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 15, 2023

(open.spotify.com) Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Robert Powell about generating income in retirement. wsj.com) Retirement Retirement planning is a moving target. humbledollar.com) Retirement is, in part, about declaring career victory. kindnessfp.com) When does it make sense to get help with your taxes?

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The Chicago Financial Planner

JANUARY 17, 2022

Annuities are often touted as the “cure” for all that ails your retirement. Annuities typically offer tax-deferred growth of earnings and may include a death benefit that will pay your beneficiary a specified minimum amount, such as your total purchase payments. An annuity can offer diversification in your retirement income stream.

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Carson Wealth

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Strategic charitable giving not only benefits the recipient but can also create significant tax advantages for the giver. While many people approach their financial planning with careful strategy, its easy to overlook the same level of intention when it comes to charitable giving. It just needs to be given to a qualified 501(c)(3).

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Seasoned financial advisors have likely worked with clients with a wide variety of workplace retirement accounts, which can vary in terms of their investment offerings, fees, and other characteristics. But given that the U.S.

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Harness Wealth

MARCH 7, 2025

This weeks Tax Advisor news roundup covers key updates for financial professionals. Last but not least, we have a rundown of the IRSs ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams for 2025. Wealth Taxes in Europe, 2025 ( Cristina Enache , Tax Foundation) Net wealth taxes are recurrent taxes on an individuals wealth, net of debt.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

(citywire.com) Creative Planning is expanding its reach in the retirement plan space. papers.ssrn.com) Taxes A 2023 year-end tax planning guide. citywire.com) Choreo is buying the wealth management business of BDO USA. investmentnews.com) M&A The RIA model continues to take share.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 28, 2023

Podcasts Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Fritz Gilbert and Eric Weigel about retirement planning mistakes. financial-planning.com) Retirement How a Flexible Spending Strategy works in retirement, with some caveats. ofdollarsanddata.com) A first hand tale of un-retirement. Meir Statman.

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Retirement Planning Estate Planning Retirement Wealth Management 245

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 31, 2024

In late 2019, Congress passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, introducing several significant changes to retirement planning. This shift has led financial advisors to explore new strategies for mitigating the resulting tax-planning challenges.

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Carson Wealth

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Retiring abroad can be a dream come true for many Americans, offering the opportunity to explore new cultures, enjoy different climates, and potentially stretch retirement savings. But moving to a new country involves significant financial planning. tax return every year. Tax treaties between the U.S.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 1, 2022

A new bill would make many parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 permanent, including its changes to tax brackets, the higher standard deduction, and the cap on state and local tax deductions. What advisory firms can do to make the most out of client testimonials and avoid negative reviews on third-party websites.

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Financial Planner Retirement Planning Advertising Taxes 245

Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Podcasts Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak discuss the recent "The State of Retirement Income" report. wsj.com) Retirement Why you need a plan in retirement. washingtonpost.com) Rising interest rates change the retirement income equation. awealthofcommonsense.com) Everything good in life comes with a tax.

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