Cut Taxes and Help Causes You Love in 2025 Tax rules change all the time. Many people now skip itemizing deductions since the standard deduction is higher. In 2025 (for filing in 2026) the standard [...]
From FA to Trusted Advisor: Harnessing the Intersection of Wealth Management and Philanthropic Legacies In the world of finance, where numbers often reign supreme, there exists a unique intersection between wealth management and the warmth [...]
Third quarter results are in and clients are looking to you for their year-end planning strategies. If your clients are like most, they may have left you scrambling to optimize their taxes before the December [...]
As financial advisor, you are in a unique position to give your clients a deeper understanding of the variety of options for charitable giving tax strategies. Living a lifestyle of generosity involves giving wisely and [...]
As financial advisor, you are in a unique position to give your clients a deeper understanding of the variety of options for charitable giving tax strategies. Living a lifestyle of generosity involves giving wisely and [...]
How a Donor Advised Fund helped establish a generational philanthropic legacy The Family Snapshot Martha, a widowed 84-year-old matriarch, has a large family of four children and twelve grandchildren. Under her financial advisor’s guidance, she [...]
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) present a unique opportunity for you, the financial advisor, to engage more deeply with your clients, particularly across generations. By facilitating meaningful conversations around family values and philanthropic goals, you add [...]
As a trusted financial advisor, you are uniquely positioned to help clients successfully navigate the complexities of wealth management and inheritance planning. One tool that remains underutilized by many advisors is the Donor Advised Fund [...]
As families plan for the transfer of significant wealth to younger generations, ensuring that this transition is both smooth, meaningful, and successful becomes paramount. One effective strategy to prepare heirs for their future responsibilities while [...]
Starting at age 70½, clients (and qualified spouses) can now make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), up to $100,000 each, to eligible charities, from their traditional IRAs with no effect on taxable income. Problem: [...]
