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6 Items to Put on Your Estate Plan Checklist

Integrity Financial Planning

An estate plan is a legal document that outlines a person’s wishes for the distribution of their assets and property after their death. It is essential to create an estate plan to ensure that your family and loved ones are taken care of in the event of your passing. Contact us today to get started!

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The HSA ‘Deathbed Drawdown’: Making Tax-Efficient Distributions Of Large Balances (When There Isn’t Much Time)

Nerd's Eye View

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) feature useful tax advantages that make them a popular savings vehicle. One possible outcome of ‘superfunding’ an HSA, however, is that the account owner may not actually use up all of their HSA funds over their lifetime, which can have significant tax consequences. Read More.

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Estate Planning: A Key Part of Any Financial Plan

Harness Wealth

Estate planning is a critical component of a comprehensive financial plan. Furthermore, estate planning includes aspects such as tax minimization strategies, asset protection, and charitable giving. There are many different types of trusts, each designed to address specific estate planning needs.

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Master the Family Meeting for Estate Planning Success

eMoney Advisor

And if they’re unprepared—or worse, if the family estate planning strategies are less than buttoned up—how will that affect your practice down the line? To start the conversation with clients preparing to transfer wealth, you can simply say: “Tell me about who in the family was involved in the development of your estate plan.”

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The 5 Pillars of Retirement Planning You Should Be Aware of

WiserAdvisor

Investment planning also plays a crucial role in tax optimization, enabling you to minimize tax liabilities and maximize after-tax returns. Additionally, tax-loss harvesting, and other tax-optimization strategies can further improve the tax efficiency of your investment portfolio, thereby enhancing overall returns.

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The Future Of Financial Advice: How Tech and Approaches In 2030 Will Differ From Today

Nerd's Eye View

represents our current state of healthcare, in which genetic makeup and the environment play a major role in illness and disease, and where the focus of doctors lies primarily on the administration of treatments to cure and mitigate human ailments; and Medicine 3.0 In the context of the financial planning industry, whereas Financial Advice 1.0

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The 5 Most Common Estate Planning Myths

Park Place Financial

ESTATES The 5 Most Common Estate Planning Myths Schedule a Complimentary Financial Review CLICK HERE TO SCHEDULE. Estate planning is a crucial component of financial preparation for many individuals, as it enables their wealth to have a lasting and meaningful impact on their loved ones.