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Charitable Planning with Retirement Assets

Wealth Management

Legacy IRAs and charitable remainder trusts are powerful tools to help defer or avoid certain taxes.

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12 Tax-Smart Charitable Giving Tips for 2023

Advisor Perspectives

Charitable planning is an important topic to discuss with your clients, especially if they’re facing extraordinary taxable events this year. You can add value to your clients by sharing these tax-smart giving strategies for 2023.

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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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Win-Win Charitable Giving

MainStreet Financial Planning

But what if you could do good for the charity and your taxes at the same time? Charitable donations can lock in tax deductions that will save you money. Having a simple plan and willingness to use alternatives to cash donations can help you lower your tax liability. Bunch donations. Donate directly from your IRA.

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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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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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