Business lobby rips Biden’s stock buyback tax plan
CFO Dive
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
The push to raise taxes on corporate stock buybacks could hurt America’s retirement savers, as well as entrepreneurs, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
How Advisors Can Offer Tax Planning And Stay In Compliance
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Taxes are a central component of financial planning. Almost every financial planning issue – whether it is retirement, investments, cash flow, insurance, or estate planning – has tax considerations, and advisors provide a great deal of value in helping clients minimize their overall tax burden. Team Kitces.
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EU global minimum tax plan hits Hungarian road 'bump'
CFO Dive
JUNE 27, 2022
Hungary’s eleventh hour opposition included concerns about the war in Ukraine and fears about being a first mover on the Pillar Two rules, according to a PwC report.
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Tax Advice Restrictions For Financial Advisors: How To Offer Tax Planning And Remain In Compliance
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Taxes are a central component of financial planning. Almost every financial planning issue – whether it is retirement, investments, cash flow, insurance, or estate planning – has tax considerations, and advisors provide a great deal of value in helping clients minimize their overall tax burden.
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2023 US Wealth Management Outlook: Tax Planning and Wealth Preservation
CFA Institute
JANUARY 13, 2023
While risk management may be the key component of wealth preservation, what often gets overlooked is how much smart tax planning can do to help clients retain more of their wealth. After a down year for financial markets, investors’ priorities have naturally shifted from growing their assets to preserving their wealth.
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SECURE Act 2.0: Later RMDs, 529-to-Roth Rollovers, And Other Tax Planning Opportunities
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 backdoor Roth conversions).
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SECURE Act 2.0: Later RMDs, 529-to-Roth-Rollovers, And Other Tax Planning Opportunities
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 backdoor Roth conversions).
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Tax Planning and Accounting: Essential Strategies for Small Businesses
CFO Plans
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Discover expert tax planning and accounting services designed to help you thrive. Effective tax planning and accounting are not just about compliance; they are about unlocking opportunities for growth and stability. In conclusion, effective tax planning and accounting are vital for the success of small businesses.
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What is Anaplan? And how does it exemplify Connected Planning?
Anaplan
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
The planning disconnect Every time a new year rolls around, many of us take it as an opportunity to reorder our lives. Reorganize closets or refrigerators, create an emergency go-bag, get ahead of tax planning so that the weekend before the filing deadline you’re not frantically pawing through a year’s worth of receipts – you […].
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How Advisors Can Create An Annual Financial Planning Process
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
A common service model for many financial advisory firms is to schedule annual client meetings throughout the year where the advisor meets with each client in the month they started working with the firm, and conducts a comprehensive review of all planning topics for the client. Author: Kyle Moore. Guest Contributor.
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What is Anaplan? And how does it exemplify Connected Planning?
Anaplan
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
The planning disconnect Every time a new year begins, many of us take it as an opportunity to reorder our lives. Reorganize closets or refrigerators, create an emergency go-bag, get ahead of tax planning so that the weekend before the filing deadline you’re not frantically pawing through a year’s worth of receipts – you get […].
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Get Advanced Landed Cost Automation with SAP Business ByDesign
Navigator SAP
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Like tax planning, landed costs are a subtle but important business consideration for maximizing profit margins and ensuring profitability. It seemed like an efficient purchase order. A batch of camera equipment was ordered from a UK supplier for a warehouse in Thailand based on a good unit price.
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Build (Customized) Flexible Estate Planning Strategies In A Constantly Changing Political Landscape
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 5, 2023
In recent years, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) has endured some drastic changes resulting from legislative action that have altered the strategies estate planning professionals have recommended to clients. For instance, prior to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), "A/B trusts" had become ubiquitous for spousal estate tax planning.
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Sabbatical Financial Planning: Taking Extended Time Off Without Derailing The Career Or Retirement
Nerd's Eye View
JULY 20, 2022
A sabbatical refers to a period of time in which someone takes an extended, planned break from work prior to retirement, often as an opportunity to focus on their wellbeing and/or to gain valuable perspectives of life outside of work.
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New Tax Planned As eCommerce Soars In Thailand
PYMNTS
AUGUST 26, 2019
The company has also introduced a taxi-hailing and meal delivery service in Bangkok and three surrounding provinces, with plans to expand into other major cities such as Pattaya, Phuket and Chiang Mai by next year.
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How To Set Up Solo 401(k) Plans For Self-Employed Workers
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Among the several different types of retirement plans that are available to self-employed workers, solo 401(k) plans can offer the most flexibility and the ability to contribute the highest amount of tax-advantaged savings. Self-directed plans, meanwhile, offer more ability to tailor a plan’s features to an individual’s needs.
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Tax planning should not extend to evasion: Dhankhar to CAs
CFO News
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Dhankhar stressed that tax evasion and financial frauds endanger the financial stability and economic growth of the economy. “As As watchdogs, your capacity is potent enough to contain these,” he told the gathering of CAs.
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Pass-Through Entity Taxes: Mechanics, Considerations, And Planning Opportunities For Navigating SALT Cap Workarounds
Nerd's Eye View
MAY 31, 2023
Ultimately, for a subset of taxpayers – namely high-income owners of pass-through businesses in high-tax states, who preferably only do business in 1 or a small number of states to reduce the overall complexity – PTETs can provide an opportunity for significant Federal tax savings.
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The Future Of Financial Advice: How Tech and Approaches In 2030 Will Differ From Today
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 8, 2024
These changes all have the potential to change the industry by shifting the current focus on selling financial products (including financial plans themselves) to providing a more in-depth and personalized experience that helps anticipate future issues in a client's life and better help them identify the goals that will help them thrive.
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When Does a Business Need a CFO?
CFO Selections
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A CFO has a deep understanding of your business model and your banking relationships, works with your board of directors, prepares detailed financial and management reports, works with auditors, oversees tax planning, and sets policies around controls and payroll.
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Why Pre-Tax Retirement Contributions Are Better Than Roth In Peak Earning Years (Even If Tax Rates Increase)
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
tax policy are predicting that Congress will inevitably be forced to again increase tax rates in order to raise revenue and balance the national budget – and that the current regime of relatively low tax rates will prove to be a temporary phenomenon. However, with the national debt expanding rapidly, observers of U.S.
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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: EU Watchdogs Make ‘Big Tech Hit List’; France To Go Ahead With Digital Services Tax Plan
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 19, 2020
However, the OECD cautioned about the potential of an international trade war brought by different nations rolling out digital services taxes on their own to assist in their economic rebounds from COVID-19 in the event nations don’t all agree on the new tax regulations. France Will Proceed With Controversial Digital Services Tax Plan.
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#FASuccess Ep 412: 3X’ing The Business With No More Than 50 Great Clients By Hyperfocusing On Who You Can Add The Most Value For, With Anjali Jariwala
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
So, whether you're interested in learning about building a profitable hyperfocused practice, implementing a marketing approach that reaches a firm's ideal target client, or adding value for clients by offering advanced tax planning, then we hope you enjoy this episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast, with Anjali Jariwala.
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Kitces & Carl Ep 152: Advisory Fee Confidence And Building The Happy-Client Stoke File
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Still others may choose a hybrid model, combining AUM fees with additional charges for other services like tax planning. Pricing the impact of financial planning can be challenging, because many of its benefits – like peace of mind – are intangible, compelling in value but difficult to match with an exact price.
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Govt unlikely to roll back tax plan on high-value life insurance
CFO News
MARCH 15, 2023
The Indian government is unlikely to make changes to its budget proposal of taxing the total returns on high-value life insurance policies, two government officials said on Wednesday, amid demands by insurance companies to reconsider the move.
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#FA Success Ep 297: From $0 To $70M In 2 Years By Leveraging Facebook Groups To Share Authentic Expertise, With Andy Panko
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
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101 Ways Financial Advisors Can Add Value For Their Clients
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients. Combined with growing advisor (and consumer) interest in comprehensive financial planning services, the number of ways advisors can add value for their clients has expanded greatly. Executive Summary. Team Kitces.
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7 Lessons Learned Launching A Sustainable Business Model To Serve (And Attract!) Profitable Millennials And Gen Z Clients
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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The Financial Challenge of Employee Benefits for Growing Businesses
CFO Plans
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
For businesses poised for expansion, understanding and strategically planning for these costs isn’t just advantageous—it’s essential for success. Optimize Your Hiring Strategy with CFO Plans Business Tax Planning as a Route to Savings In financial management, business tax planning is often an overlooked yet vital component.
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Using A Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust (T-CRUT) To Give Twice To Both Loved Ones And Charitable Organizations
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. Read More.
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CEO Peer Groups: A Strategy For Financial Advisors To Build Trust With And Attract Business Owner Clients
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
When it comes to focusing on a niche for financial advisors, business owner clients can be an appealing target as they can have complex financial planning problems ranging from cash flow management to tax planning to acquisition strategies. Ultimately, the key point is that for advisors who work with (or would like to work with!)
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (November 16-17, 2024)
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Also in industry news this week: NASAA has proposed an amendment to its broker-dealer conduct model rule that would restrict the use of the terms “advisor” and “adviser” for broker-dealers and their registered representatives who are not also investment advisers or investment adviser representatives A recent study suggests that (..)
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Automated Tax-Loss Harvesting Technology: Is The Value Overstated?
Nerd's Eye View
OCTOBER 5, 2022
And when factoring in the fees charged by those technology platforms, the value of such ‘tactical’ tax-loss harvesting might exceed the value the investor would have realized by relying on a technology solution to do it automatically! Read More.
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Wealth.com Raises $30M To Provide Estate Documents To Advisors’ Clients (And More Of The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech – October 2024)
Nerd's Eye View
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (August 10-11)
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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Financial Planning for Efficient Financial Management
Spreadym
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Financial planning is the process of assessing your current financial situation, setting financial goals, and creating a strategy to achieve those goals. It involves evaluating your income, expenses, assets, and liabilities to develop a comprehensive plan for managing your finances effectively.
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 24-25) 2022
CFO News Room
DECEMBER 23, 2022
Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that Congress appears poised to pass “SECURE Act 2.0”, a series of measures that will have significant impacts on the world of retirement planning. Adam is an Associate Financial Planning Nerd at Kitces.com.
2022 Best-Of Highlights From The Nerd’s Eye View Blog
CFO News Room
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Personally, it has been a big year of change as well, with the Kitces.com platform adding new team members, rolling out a new IAR CE offering and our latest Estate Planning course, and introducing the AdvisorTech Directory, among other additions, to fulfill our own mission of “Making Financial Advicers Better and More Successful”.
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How Advisors Can Help (Not-So HNW) Clients Maximize Asset Protection By Assessing Strategies, Tools, And Education
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
While asset protection is a popular planning topic for High-Net-Worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth clients, those who are not HNW are susceptible to the same threats to wealth. For instance, qualified plan assets (e.g.,
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Offering Tax Preparation As A Solo Advisor: How To Attain Designations And Create A Schedule By Next Tax Season
Nerd's Eye View
MAY 8, 2023
In this post, Kitces.com Senior Financial Planning Nerd Ben Henry-Moreland writes about how he went from being hesitant to offer tax preparation at his solo RIA (given how common it is for tax preparers to work long hours throughout tax season) to embracing it as a core part of the business’ service offering.
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (September 7–September 8)
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Notably, while the rule will create an additional compliance burden, the due diligence advisers offering comprehensive planning services (as well as their investment custodians) are likely already conducting on their clients to create an effective financial plan could be a 'defense mechanism' for these firms against criminals looking to take advantage (..)
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 22-23)
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 21, 2024
million in assets to both retire and pass on a legacy interest (though many have yet to establish an estate plan), according to a recent survey. Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that affluent Americans believe they need an average of $5.5
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (October 28-29)
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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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Nov 19-20)
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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