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DAF Before QCD? A Charitable Giving Strategies Q&A with Dr. James

eMoney Advisor

Below I’ve answered common questions from financial advisors on coordinating a client’s RMD with a QCD to make the most of tax benefits, whether clients should first fund a donor-advised fund (DAF) before a QCD, as well as some general guidelines to follow. The QCD is generally more tax-advantaged if you are giving cash.

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Blog #221: Testing Financial Tolerance™for Zero Estate Tax withLoan-Based Private Split-Dollar and Wealthy and Wise

Robert B. Ritter Jr.

(Click here for Blog Archive)(Click here for Blog Index) (Presentations in this Blog were created using the Loan-Based Split-dollar System and Wealthy and Wise®) Blog #221 follows up on Blog #220, which described coupling Premium Financing with Wealthy and Wise® to produce a powerful wealth planning concept called “Zero Estate Tax.”

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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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Pro Tips for Using Client Education to Boost Financial Planning

eMoney Advisor

Developing topics, engaging speakers, and creating presentation content are all time-consuming and require careful advanced planning. We also follow a cadence that helps us plan our schedule. We start the year with a session focused on budgeting and typically end the year with a webinar related to tax and charitable planning.

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Blog #220: Testing Financial Tolerance™for Zero Estate TaxUsing InsMark’s Premium Financing and Wealthy and Wise

Robert B. Ritter Jr.

The post Blog #220: Testing Financial Tolerance™ for Zero Estate Tax Using InsMark’s Premium Financing and Wealthy and Wise first appeared on Bob Ritter's Blog, ideas for financial service professionals.

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Midyear Planning Tools for 2016

Brown Advisory

And there are no looming changes to tax policy and little discussion of new proposals as we head into the general election. With tax policy in a steady state and relatively calm economic conditions, there are no strong external reasons to make major planning adjustments. Planning Tool: GRAT. Clear the Hurdle.

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

Robert B. Ritter Jr.

(Click here for Blog Archive)(Click here for Blog Index) (Presentations in this Blog were created using InsMark’s Wealthy and Wise® Advanced System.) estate planning has escaped the tax bombs Democrats wanted to drop. It looks like U.S.

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