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How Advisors Can Offer Tax Planning And Stay In Compliance

CFO News Room

And the consequences for incorrect tax advice can include legal and financial penalties if a client were to be harmed by the wrong advice – which is often not covered by the firm’s E&O insurance –creating an expensive liability when tax advice goes wrong. Might be a source of tax-free income ( unless the IRS says otherwise )!

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (December 23-24)

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Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that Envestnet has published research highlighting a number of key trends that they believe will shape the growth of the advisory industry in 2024 and beyond, which reflect at a high level advisors' ongoing shift towards providing (..)

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Using A Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust (T-CRUT) To Give Twice To Both Loved Ones And Charitable Organizations

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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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The Best Of Weekend Reading 2023: Top 25 Articles You Might Have Missed

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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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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Oct 15-16)

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Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries will be 8.7% for 2023, the largest COLA since 1981. Why accounting firms have become hot acquisition targets for RIAs.

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Highlights From The 2024 T3 Advisor Conference

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those that offer both digital robo-advice and human touch) are growing faster than almost everyone else, with 24% of net new cashflows despite the low aggregate number of firms with this business model. Likewise, while CRM usage has slipped by about 5%, the overall number of advisors who use a CRM still remains at a dominant 92%.

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What to Know About the Corporate Transparency Act

CFO Simplified

The CTA and the disclosure obligations it imposes upon reporting companies is designed to help safeguard national security and provide US law enforcement agencies with an additional tool to fight financial crimes, such as money laundering, trafficking, tax fraud, and other illicit activities.