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Tax Planning

Incorporating tax planning into your overall financial plan means you’ll avoid higher taxes—or stiff penalties for errors. Whether you’re:

Saving for retirement or college
Thinking about selling investments to help with the down payment on a new home
Preparing to take an annual required minimum distribution from your 401(k) plan or IRA

Or in the midst of many other money scenarios, proper tax planning is a smart move.

Without it, your actions—or inactions—may result in a higher annual federal and state tax bill. These could even push you into a higher tax bracket. And you may not be taking advantage of tax-reducing benefits offered by certain kinds of investment accounts.

Tax rules are complicated and change regularly. That’s why you may want to join so many families and individuals who rely on a fiduciary financial advisor to identify ways that make your financial plans more tax efficient.

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Key tax planning questions a financial advisor can answer

How can I reduce capital gains when I sell investments at a profit?
Should I shift more of my taxable account assets to tax-advantaged securities like municipal bonds?
Does a traditional IRA or Roth IRAmake the most sense for me from a tax perspective?
Which college savings plan options won’t require me to pay federal and state taxes on qualified withdrawals my children make to pay for higher education expenses?
How can I reduce the tax impact of required minimum distributions from my retirement accounts?
Should I convert some or all of my IRA and 401(k) account assets to a Roth IRA? If so, what’s the most tax-efficient way to make these conversions?
What can I do to minimize or avoid estate taxes when my assets and property are passed on to my heirs?
How can I exercise and sell my vested stock options without a huge tax bill?
How can I get the greatest tax benefits from my charitable donations?

Tax-Planning Challenges

How a fiduciary financial advisor in the Wealthramp network can address your tax-planning challenges

Serving as your financial advocate, your financial advisor in the Wealthramp network works directly for you. Collaborating with your tax advisor, they can examine every aspect of your financial life and offer recommendations and strategies to help reduce the tax consequences of spending, saving and investing.
Their work may include:

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Shifting more of your taxable investment accounts to index stock funds and ETFs that have lower capital gains distributions

Suggesting municipal bonds that generate income free from federal and state taxes

Using tax-loss harvesting to offset capital gains by selling other investments at a loss

Recommending a retirement savings strategy to help lower your current taxable income through pre-tax contributions to a 401(k) while offering you future tax-free benefits if you also contribute to a Roth IRA or Roth 401(k)

Creating a plan that minimizes the tax consequences of exercising and selling stock options

Architecting a legacy planning strategy that utilizes trusts or other options to remove assets from your estate

Implementing various charitable-giving strategies that maximize the tax benefits you receive when donating money, appreciated securities or property to qualified nonprofits

Avoid expensive tax mistakes

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The biggest investing & diversification mistakes

Failing to understand that any short-term capital gains you realize from selling stocks or exercising stock options could move you into a higher tax bracket

Investing in expensive, poorly performing mutual funds that make significant capital gains distributions every year

Rebalancing your portfolio in a tax-inefficient manner

Neglecting the income-lowering benefits of pre-tax contributions for 401(k) plans

Paying early withdrawal penalties and taxes on withdrawals made from 401(k) and IRA accounts before age 59½

Incurring IRS penalties for failing to take annual required minimum distributions by year-end deadlines

Work with an expert to avoid costly tax planning mistakes

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