Nerd's Eye View

MAY 12, 2023

Also in industry news this week: Why industry groups representing investment advisers and others have blasted an SEC proposal that would significantly expand its Custody Rule A new study suggests that organic client growth and profit margins are the key factors driving RIA valuations, with the firm’s affiliation model having little to no impact (..)

Tax Planning 85

Tax Planning Practice Management Valuation Investments 85

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Welcome to the October 2023 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!

Communication 91

Communication Tax Planning Technology Planning 91

CFO Share

APRIL 5, 2022

Register with appropriate states and municipalities for a sales tax license. File returns and remit sales taxes routinely. While your in-house accounting team could perform steps 3 and 4, small businesses’ sales tax compliance is often outsourced entirely to agencies like CFOshare for efficiency and effectiveness.

Sales 98

Sales Auditing Compliance Tax Planning 98

CFO Share

JULY 13, 2023

At our fractional CFO firm , we believe there are three primary financial issues that small businesses face: Planning growth through uncertainty. Turning numbers into insights. Growth planning through uncertainty Business owners struggle to forecast new business growth due to uncertainty. Turn numbers into insights.

CFO 40

CFO Forecasting Tax Planning Advertising 40

Michigan CFO

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tax Planning With Your SaaS CFO. You might be wondering, “Okay, but can my SaaS CFO handle taxes?” While your CFO is not (usually) a tax accountant, they can interface with your tax accountant on your behalf to explore all possible deductions your business might be able to claim. Learn More.

CFO 52

CFO Budgeting Forecasting Tax Planning 52

Boston Startup CFO

OCTOBER 13, 2015

I’m not an expert in anything related to accounting, so I reached out to one of my networks to get people I could have do these functions. So I hired a part-time accountant who sent a part-time bookkeeper every week to do our books. So I hired a part-time accountant who sent a part-time bookkeeper every week to do our books.

CFO 52

CFO Tax Planning GAAP Budgeting 52

The CFO College

APRIL 8, 2021

For many bookkeepers and accountants, working remotely is a reality that has breathed energy back into the passion they feel for their work and their life. For us numbers people, one of the hardest things can be getting out in front of a CEO and talking yourself up enough to land a new client. You are in charge.

CFO 52

CFO Benchmarking Tax Planning Accounting 52

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As reported by Fortune, Vestager said in a statement that “the General Court judgment raises important legal issues that are of relevance to the Commission in its application of state-aid rules to tax planning cases. The Commission also respectfully considers that in its judgment, the General Court has made a number of errors of law.

Compliance 64

Compliance Tax Planning Construction eCommerce 64

Creative CFP

JANUARY 17, 2019

In theory and simply put, cash flow management is: Cash coming into the business as early as possible, Cash exiting the business as late as possible, Keeping an eye on the future and planning accordingly and, Ensuring the numbers make sense. It all comes down to proper cash planning. Careful planning is essential.

Cash Flow Forecasting 52

Cash Flow Forecasting Invoicing Forecasting Manufacturing 52

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 28, 2022

includes a significant number of Roth-related changes (both involving Roth IRAs as well as Roth accounts in employer retirement plans), though notably, the legislation does not include any provisions that restrict or eliminate existing Roth strategies (e.g., In addition, SECURE 2.0 backdoor Roth conversions).

Tax Planning 98

Tax Planning Securities Planning Accounting 98

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 28, 2022

includes a significant number of Roth-related changes (both involving Roth IRAs as well as Roth accounts in employer retirement plans), though notably, the legislation does not include any provisions that restrict or eliminate existing Roth strategies (e.g., In addition, SECURE 2.0 backdoor Roth conversions).

Tax Planning 98

Tax Planning Securities Planning Accounting 98

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 23, 2022

We also have a number of articles on spending and budgeting: Why advisors might want to consider using a client service calendar to organize the wide range of services they provide for clients throughout the year. Also related to Roth accounts, the legislation would align the rules for employer-retirement-plan-based Roth accounts (e.g.,

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 130

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Planning Valuation Securities 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

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. Luckily, advisors have a large number of ways to add value to their clients’ lives (more than 101 in fact!) Tax Planning.

Tax Planning 130

Tax Planning Planning Investments Profit and Loss 130

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Tam noted that FP&A professionals will then need to “revisit their financing and liquidity strategies, centralize decisions for cash release upon the applications of government stimulus, and implement tax planning strategies that can reduce cash expenditures and preserve budget.”. Empowering the new FP&A professional.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Forecasting Planning Foreign Exchange 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are one of the most popular savings vehicles because of their triple-tax advantage: account owners can take an above-the-line tax deduction for eligible contributions, growth in the account is tax-deferred, and withdrawals are tax-free if they are used for qualified healthcare expenses.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Planning Accounting Investments 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And so, what we did, and I guess the advantage of being with a broker-dealer is those are now Commonwealth house accounts. Just they’re Commonwealth house accounts, so that slice of what was 6% of revenue, it goes to them. They’re just handling the existing house accounts that are there. Stacey: Absolutely.

Planning 130

Planning Accounting Compliance Math 130

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 10, 2023

Also in industry news this week: Altruist’s self-clearing custodial platform has gone live, offering RIAs of all sizes an alternative to larger, legacy custodians While the SEC is planning to increase the number of on-site examinations it conducts, the odds that a firm will experience an exam in a given year appear to be remaining steady From (..)

Tax Planning 91

Tax Planning Budgeting Practice Management Planning 91

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, I am once again so thankful to all of you, the ever-growing number of readers who continue to regularly visit this Nerd’s Eye View Blog (and share the content with your friends and colleagues, which we greatly appreciate!). Executive Summary.

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Estate planning is commonly a big point of discussion, as well. And for most advisors that takes us down a road of tax planning and lots of different types of trusts and family limited partnerships and GRATs and IDGTs and all the different strategies that are out there, or at least as long as Congress lets us keep playing those games. .”

Communication 130

Communication Planning Education Numbers 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We also have a number of articles on investments: Fixed-income ETFs saw inflows this year, while their mutual fund counterparts experienced significant outflows, suggesting that the dominance of bond mutual funds could be eroding. How advisors are increasingly purchasing individual bonds rather than bond funds in client accounts.

Auditing 130

Auditing Planning Investments Securities 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

How firms can best leverage their internal data to improve the number of client referrals they receive. We also have a number of articles on retirement planning: While weak stock and bond market performance has challenged advisors and their clients this year, these trends have likely increased the ‘safe’ withdrawal rate for new retirees.

Education 130

Education Planning Benchmarking Investments 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

And so, that’s how this actually started was, at first, I knew I wanted to just get a deeper dive into our numbers, into our business, our process, and, so, I engaged in the CFO solutions services. A lot of them scored high as a quick start, right, and I wasn’t looking for that. ” That’s what we did.

Leverage 130

Leverage Planning Concentration Tax Planning 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Ultimately, with the potential for added wealth that solo 401(k) plans can create, making the process of managing the plan a little easier for clients is a great opportunity to provide value that the client can see from year to year. 20,500 is the smaller number, so that is the maximum employee contribution.

Planning 130

Planning Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Accounting 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

How confident are they that no year-end-tax-planning opportunities were missed across their entire client base? scheduling out tasks related to tax, insurance, estate, and foundational planning issues at different times of the year) across all of the firm’s clients can reduce errors and increase efficiency.

Planning 130

Planning Concentration Communication Tax Planning 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

” I think your number at the time was somewhere like 15 great fit clients to take on every year. And it was just an unmanageably large number of clients. He did an immense number of sales, and had cultivated a huge number of relationships. All of the tax planning, and all of the behind-the-scenes work.

Planning 130

Planning Communication Profit and Loss Education 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

But we want it on the calendar so that we keep clients and ourselves accountable so that we make sure that those meetings actually do happen. And the four pillars are the financial plan, risk management, so just checking all their what-if scenarios that something…a husband dies, wife dies, long-term care, disability.

Restructuring 130

Restructuring Planning Accounting Marketing 130

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 19, 2022

RAMPULLA: I went to Drexel part time while I was at Vanguard, did that commute down to Philadelphia from the suburbs, you know, three times a week for a number of years. I was employee number one in London. So there’s the, “Hey, I’ll work with you and we’ll develop goals and a plan how to get there.”

Investments 108

Investments Profit and Loss Education Advertising 108

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 28, 2022

includes a significant number of Roth-related changes (both involving Roth IRAs as well as Roth accounts in employer retirement plans), though notably, the legislation does not include any provisions that restrict or eliminate existing Roth strategies (e.g., In addition, SECURE 2.0 backdoor Roth conversions).

Planning 130

Planning Securities Accounting Tax Planning 130

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Number one is just the fact that we have multiple fee structures. So, that’s number one. So, I don’t have to have this great call and then at the end of it, tell someone, “Yeah, that all sounds great and if you want that, you move all your accounts over and that’s the only way we’ll work with you.

Planning 130

Planning Math Numbers Investments 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And one of the flyers that came out said that I did estate planning, and tax planning, and business succession planning, and all these things I didn’t know anything about. And so, ultimately, I… Michael: Not actually that deep on your business succession planning experience as a 20-year-old.

Education 130

Education Planning Numbers Securities 130

Musings on Markets

MAY 11, 2021

In the United States, the discussion of what individuals pay as taxes on their investment income is complicated by where that investment income originates. For dividends, since about 37% of equities are held by tax exempt investors (pension funds) that pay no taxes, I will assume that the remaining 63% pay taxes).

Investments 52

Investments Valuation Treasury Forecasting 52

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

Or at least the top, pick a number, 30, 40%. I don’t remember the number. ” 29, 87, 74, just pick any 50 plus percent number and certainly 2000 and ’08, ’09, a major index gets cut in half. So you’re talking about an average of a large number. It’s part of their own tax planning.

Benchmarking 52

Benchmarking Investments Marketing Treasury 52

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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Tax Planning 70

Tax Planning Budgeting Planning Securities 70

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

We also have a number of articles on retirement planning: How advisors can incorporate Social Security benefits into a client’s retirement asset allocation. The end of the year is often a busy time for financial advisors, as they help clients with year-end tax planning, taking the proper RMDs, and other time-sensitive tasks.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 130

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Planning Securities Investments 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

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. A new research study suggests that delaying taxes in retirement is often not the optimal course of action. cash management programs ).

Planning 130

Planning Leadership Healthcare Accounting 130

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And so after a week there, I, I said to the guys on desk, Hey, can I open an account and do this? Yeah, you’re, you’re, you’re allowed to open an account. So I opened an account and I sat there and I traded the, the New York Chicago Gold arbitrage for the next sort of close to month. Gary Cohn ] 00:05:28 Be?

Marketing 106

Marketing Treasury Banking Profit and Loss 106

CFO Share

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Moreover, S-corps and pass-through companies are facing tax increases too…. Elimination of pass-through tax deductions. If you are a high-income S-corp, partnership, or sole proprietor, the proposed tax plan will eliminate your Qualified Business Income Deduction , commonly referred to as the pass-through deduction.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss CFO Tax Planning Auditing 52