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Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs)
A properly structured GRAT can help your clients transfer significant assets to their beneficiaries with no estate tax and a significantly reduced gift tax cost. Help your clients manage the assets they wish to pass to their beneficiaries.
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Goals-based investing: A time-segmented approach to portfolio selection
A goals-based investing approach centers on time horizon and cash flow needs, and constructs sub-portfolios of investments to achieve each identified goal. Learn how you can help your clients invest based on what is important to them.
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4 steps to navigate Medicare open enrollment
Many retirees pick a Medicare plan as they approach age 65 and never change it, but selecting coverage shouldn't be a one-time decision. Help your clients review their needs and make sure they have the right coverage.
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Understanding cryptocurrency taxation
Understanding how cryptocurrency is taxed is key to tax-efficiently incorporating it into your clients' overall investing plan. Help your clients navigate the current tax landscape for cryptocurrency.
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Tax Bracket Management
Go beyond investment management strategies for your clients and explore these tax planning techniques that may help them increase after-tax wealth. Learn methods that can help “smooth” your clients’ annual earnings.
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Year-End Tax Planning Checklist
Now is an ideal time to discuss year-end tax planning strategies with clients to help potentially reduce their taxes and help them achieve their long-term financial goals. Review this checklist below and consider which strategies may apply to their financial situation.
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Systematic Annual Roth Conversions
A disciplined, annual approach to Roth conversions can increase balances in tax-free savings vehicles and reduce taxes over the long term. Learn how your clients may benefit from moving assets to a Roth over multiple years.
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Washington State Capital Gains Tax: What You Need to Know
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that a capital gains tax on the sale of certain assets is constitutional. Learn more about who is impacted and the types of securities that are affected.
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What is the generation-skipping transfer tax?
For high-net worth families, multi-generational wealth transfers could be subject to both the generation-skipping transfer tax (GSTT) and federal gift and estate taxes. Learn more about the GSTT and strategies to help tax -efficiently transfer assets across multiple generations.