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How the One Big Beautiful Bill Impacts Tax Advisors

Harness Wealth

This limits casual or one-off giving from qualifying and encourages more deliberate, charitable planning. The bill’s most dramatic element for high-net-worth clients, perhaps, is its increase in the estate tax exemption to $15 million. With inflation adjustments built in, this completely transforms estate planning.

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What High-Net-Worth Prospects (Really) Want From A Financial Advisor

Nerd's Eye View

For example, an advisor may think of "risk management" in terms of life and property insurance coverage, whereas HNW clients may instead think of tax and estate-planning strategies as asset protection measures – particularly for the future wealth of their heirs.

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Identifying the four stages of transition for widows 

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

This is the time to do comprehensive financial planning: retirement planning, investment planning, tax planning and estate planning. Discuss more advanced estate planning, charitable planning and special family issues.

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Charitable Giving: Enhancing Wealth with Purpose and Impact

Ballast Advisors

Financial and Tax Benefits of Charitable Giving From a financial perspective, charitable giving offers significant tax benefits. Charitable Trusts: Setting up charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) or charitable lead trusts (CLTs) can provide income streams for you or your beneficiaries while eventually benefiting your chosen charities.

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Blog #217: Tax Bombs That Never Exploded(More on Grantor Trusts)

Robert B. Ritter Jr.

estate planning has escaped the tax bombs Democrats wanted to drop. With Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) collapsed, it’s back to rational planning concepts, like the intentionally defective […]. It looks like U.S.

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Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets

Brown Advisory

These planning opportunities are driven primarily by four factors: Materially lower market values for publicly traded securities, and a likely downturn in valuations of real estate and other illiquid assets. CHARITABLE PLANNING Charitable Giving. tax code that are not permanent. Sales of assets (i.e.

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Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets

Brown Advisory

These planning opportunities are driven primarily by four factors: Materially lower market values for publicly traded securities, and a likely downturn in valuations of real estate and other illiquid assets. CHARITABLE PLANNING. Charitable Giving. tax code that are not permanent. Sales of assets (i.e.