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3 Risk Reduction Strategies for Deferred Compensation Plans

Cordant Wealth Partners

In this post, we cover three ways you can reduce the risk you have in your deferred compensation plan (DCP) for those that have a substantial portion of their net worth tied up in deferred compensation. 409(a) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plans present a fantastic way to defer taxes and build net worth.

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Intel SERPLUS Elections 2020: 4 Steps to Consider Given the Recent Company Uncertainty

Cordant Wealth Partners

409(a) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans present one of these opportunities. As a participant in your company’s deferred compensation plan, you’ve become an unsecured creditor of your company. The Benefits of Deferred Compensation Plans. The Risks of Deferred Compensation Plans.

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Concentration Risk and Your Equity Compensation: Reasons and Rebuttals

Zajac Group

While tax aware decision-making is an important part of equity compensation planning, you may have to decide which is more important to you: deferring or avoiding taxes, or reducing concentration risk? Or, you may seek to optimize tax via an exercise and hold of incentive stock options (or exercise NQSOs early and file an 83(b) ).

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How Tax Practices Can Stand Out in the Harness Marketplace to Attract New Tax Clients

Harness Wealth

As of October 9, 2024 If your firm provides comprehensive tax planning services, you’ll be better positioned to gain new clients in the Harness Marketplace compared to firms that mainly focus on tax preparation.

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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

According to the Consumer Federation of America , When they are marketing their services to the investing public and enticing clients into handing over their hard-earned savings, these sales-based financial professionals present themselves as “trusted advisors” whose only concern is their clients’ best interest. Commissions are opaque.

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Maximizing the Value of Your Equity Compensation: A Guide to Making the Right Choice for You

Zajac Group

Needs: If you need the stock’s current value to fund your current lifestyle or eventual retirement, think carefully about whether you can afford to continue putting that present value at risk. Whatever your metric, or whatever your plan calls for, evaluating how much equity you want to keep is one step in the plan.

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