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The 18 Best Financial Advisor Conferences To Attend In 2025

Nerd's Eye View

As a result, I am often asked for my own suggestions of what, really, are the industry's 'best' conferences to attend, and back in 2012, I started to craft my own annual list of 'best-in-class' top conferences for financial advisors.

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What Triggers an IRS Audit?

Harness Wealth

of individuals earning $10 million or more audited by the IRS between 2012 and 2020. As a result, the IRS will pay closer attention. The higher your income, the greater the audit probability, with 8.5% Home office deductions The IRS has strict requirements for claiming the home office deduction.

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Financial Advisor Showcase: FSC Wealth Advisors

FMG

So I chose to join the family business as an advisor in 2012 and continued on until becoming president and CEO in 2021. We’ve made several changes to our business since 2021, going from being a traditional investment advisor to becoming a holistic financial planner with a focus on tax planning, investments, and estate planning.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

The Big Picture

You still had 2012 to 2017 to finish the bet. It’s part of their own tax planning. It’s much more about security selection and a relatively static portfolio construction. So I think that argument is very valid in those couple of years, 2009, 2010 probably, maybe 2011, which was a tough year for hedge funds.

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Tax Court Rules $2 Million Bequest to Spouse Isn’t QTIP

Wealth Management

Martin had created a revocable trust on March 8, 2012, and executed a second amendment to such trust on July 30, 2018. In this role, he advises clients on all aspects of estate & gift tax planning, asset titling, family governance, philanthropy and business succession strategies.

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Blunt, unfiltered truth about Indexed Universal Life

Sara Grillo

A tax advantaged asset Death benefit Tax planning needs Cash value growth Cash value liquidity benefits #2 Use a realistic (low) crediting rate in the illustration The assumed interest rate in an illustration is what is driving the long term performance. He is also the Executive Editor of The Life Product Review since 2012.

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Transcript: Gary Cohn

The Big Picture

So I think when we look back at this with enough years of data with the covid blip being a blip, not, not that it’s a blip, it’s a blip in tax terms, 01:19:21 [Speaker Changed] It was a couple of years in tax terms for sure. 01:19:23 [Speaker Changed] I i I think that we’ll say, Hey, this tax plan worked pretty well.

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