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

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Each week in Weekend Reading For Financial Planners, we seek to bring you synopses and commentaries on 12 articles covering news for financial advisors including topics covering technical planning, practice management, advisor marketing, career development, and more.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Oct 15-16)

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While this will help seniors keep pace with rising prices, it also creates tax planning opportunities for advisors and raises the possibility that the Social Security Trust Fund could be depleted sooner than expected. for 2023, the largest COLA since 1981. Why accounting firms have become hot acquisition targets for RIAs.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 13-14)

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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 (..)

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Nov 19-20)

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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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Offering Tax Preparation As A Solo Advisor: How To Attain Designations And Create A Schedule By Next Tax Season

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investment reviews in the summer, retirement projection updates in the fall, and year-end tax planning in the winter) created enough efficiency through systematizing the ongoing financial planning process that allowed him to fit in tax preparation without reducing any of his other service offerings!

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101 Ways Financial Advisors Can Add Value For Their Clients

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Tax Planning. In addition to managing investments, tax planning is another area where advisors can demonstrate their value in dollar terms. This often starts with reviewing the client’s tax return to ensure they received the credits and deductions for which they were eligible.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 16-17)

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Also in industry news this week: CFP Board this week announced changes to its Sanctions Guidelines and revisions to its Fitness Standards that clarify the factors that determine how potential sanctions are determined and revise the framework use to determine whether a candidate is eligible to become a CFP certificant The Financial Services Institute (..)