Posts tagged tax planning
Perfection is the Enemy of Good, Focus on Executing Improvements.
Perfection is the Enemy of Good, Focus on Executing Improvements.

While 2022 has been a challenging investment environment, it has been a fantastic year to see the benefits of executing financial plans over the past few years. 

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Investing, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Work Benefits, Your $ Your Independence, Small BusinessGlenn BrownAsset Allocation, Best Practice, Rebalancing, Debt Management, Cash Flows, Capital Gains, Contribution Limits, Employee Benefits, Economy, Entitlements, IRA Contributions, Investing, 401(k), Work Benefits, Local Town Pages, Inflation, Open Enrollment, Pro-rata rule, Priorities, Portfolios, Required Minimum Distributions, Savings, Tax Planning, Traditional IRA, 403(b), 457, Spending, tax planning, Investment Management, Wash Sale, Tax-Loss Harvesting, Tax Deadlines, taxes, Roth IRA, Roth Conversion, Taxes, Your Money Your Independence, Year-End
When Markets Give You Lemons, Make Roth Conversion
When Markets Give You Lemons, Make Roth Conversion

A year-end strategy to consider for turning lemons into lemonade is Roth Conversion.

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Investing, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownRoth Conversion, Roth IRA, taxes, Tax Planning, tax planning, IRAs, IRA Withdrawals, Traditional IRA, Required Minimum Distributions, Economy, Financial Planning, Investing, Investment Management, Markets, Local Town Pages, RMD, Tax Deadlines, Taxes, Your Money Your Independence, Recharacterization
Eye Opening Costs At Open Enrollment?
Eye Opening Costs At Open Enrollment?

Over past year, health insurance prices have increased 3X to US inflation. It’s time to fully understand HDHP, HSA and how to do your cost/benefit analysis.


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Insurance, Budgeting, Investing, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownBest Practice, Work Benefits, Health Insurance, Health Plans, Health Savings Accounts, HSA, Inflation, Investing, HDHP, PPO, taxes, Tax Planning, Taxes, tax planning, Employee Benefits, FSA Dependent Care, Financial Independence, FSA, Financial Planning, Goals, Healthcare, 401(k), Life Insurance, Local Town Pages, Open Enrollment, Priorities, Your Money, Your Money Your Independence, Savings, Year-End
Overdue Change Coming To MA Estate Tax Laws.
Overdue Change Coming To MA Estate Tax Laws.

Or Not!

MA House Speaker Ronald Mariano explains how MA legislature failed to pass an economic development plan which included changing outdated estate tax laws that just days before had the support of both the Democratic Senate and House, in addition support from Republican Governor Charlie Baker.

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Estate Planning, Philanthropy, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownAging Parents, Sandwichers, Best Practice, Beneficiaries, Probate, children, Cash, Local Town Pages, Caring for aging parents, Financial Independence, Financial Planning, MA Laws, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Death Tax, death, family, grandchildren, Gifting, Inflation, Investing, Joint Property, Multi-Generational Planning, inheritance, House, Priorities, Tax Planning, Your Money Your Independence, Will, Trusts, Trustee, taxes, Taxes, tax planning
Enjoy Every Sandwicher Moment.
Enjoy Every Sandwicher Moment.

This month celebrates those caring for their young children and aging parents simultaneously - Sandwichers.

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Estate Planning, Investing, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your Independence, Budgeting, College PlanningGlenn BrownAging Parents, attorney, Elder Care Law, Tax Planning, Capital Gains, Best Practice, Beneficiaries, Budget, Debt Management, Probate, College, children, Cash Flows, Caring for aging parents, Local Town Pages, Daycare, Medicare, Dependent Care, Long-Term Care, Health Care, Medical Expenses, Death Tax, Guardianship, guardians, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Entitlements, family, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, grandchildren, Goals, Giving, Gifting, Savings, Teenager, Health, Health Insurance, Home Ownership, Inflation, Investing, inheritance, Raising Kids, Kids, Markets, Will, Life Insurance, College Planning, Multi-Generational Planning, Mortgage, Minors, Income Streams, Investment Management, Joy, House, Portfolios, Social Security, Priorities, Spending, tax planning, Trusts, Total Return, Trustee, taxes, Your Money Your Independence, Education
You Can’t Always Get What You Want… But If You Try Sometimes
You Can’t Always Get What You Want… But If You Try Sometimes

With markets All Down The Line, thinking it will make you Happy to become Exile on Wall St?

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Investing, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your Independence, Economics 101Glenn BrownAsset Allocation, Bond Portfolios, Bonds, Best Practice, Rebalancing, Capital Gains, Cash, CDs, Dividend Growth, Dividends, Debt Management, ETF, Economy, Economics, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, Goals, IRAs, IRA Contributions, Inflation, Interest Rates, Investing, Investment Management, TIPs, Markets, Portfolios, Savings, Tax Planning, Budget, Your Money Your Independence, Wash Sale, taxes, tax planning, Tax-Loss Harvesting, Yields, Joy
Resolutions Gone Bad: Rein In Your New Year.
Resolutions Gone Bad: Rein In Your New Year.

How to make financial resolutions that lead to successful planning outcomes.

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Debt Management, College Planning, Investing, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your Independence, Retirement, BudgetingGlenn BrownAsset Allocation, Sandwichers, taxes, Budget, Best Practice, Rebalancing, Debt Management, children, Children, Cash, Cash Flows, Dividend Growth, family, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, Fee-Only Fiduciary, Financial Independence, Goals, IRA Contributions, Income Streams, Investing, Investment Management, Joy, Kids, Markets, 401(k), Work Benefits, Local Town Pages, Priorities, Portfolios, Pension, Savings, Spending, Tax Planning, Total Return, tax planning, Your Money Your Independence, HELOC, Mortgage, Home Equity Line of Credit, Retirement, Resolutions, Experience Spending, Taxes, Year-End, Your Money
September is the Best Tax Planning Month. Yes, really.
September is the Best Tax Planning Month. Yes, really.

Reconcile tax planning strategies for the current year while positioning for the year ahead.

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Tax Planning, Retirement Planning, Your $ Your Independence, Work Benefits, Investing, InsuranceGlenn BrownSandwichers, Tax Deadlines, Tax Planning, Tax-Loss Harvesting, taxes, tax planning, Taxes, Dependent Care, FSA, FSA Dependent Care, DC-FSA, Child Tax Credit, children, HSA, Health Savings Accounts, Roth Conversion, Work Benefits, 401(k), 403(b), Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, Gifting, HDHP, IRAs, IRA Contributions, Social Security, Life Insurance, Local Town Pages, Roth IRA, RMD, Traditional IRA, Wash Sale, Year-End, Your Money Your Independence, IRA Withdrawals, Required Minimum Distributions
Your Teen Working This Summer? Fund Their Roth IRA.
Your Teen Working This Summer? Fund Their Roth IRA.

Roth IRA for Kids can save for retirement, qualified educational expenses and introduce personal investing.

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College Planning, Investing, Retirement Planning, Retirement, Tax Planning, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownSandwichers, Beneficiaries, children, College, Contribution Limits, Children, College Planning, Financial Planning, Financial Aid, FAFSA, EFC, family, Financial Independence, Education, grandchildren, Gifting, IRAs, Investing, Raising Kids, Kids, Local Town Pages, Multi-Generational Planning, Minors, Roth IRA, Goals, Priorities, Retirement, Traditional IRA, Teenager, Savings, Tax Planning, Your Money Your Independence, Expected Family Contribution, taxes, IRA Contributions, Taxes, tax planning
Take this job and shove it!? Measure twice, cut once.
Take this job and shove it!? Measure twice, cut once.

May be good reasons to change jobs or quit, best to remove emotions and seek validation before resignation.

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Budgeting, Work Benefits, Small Business, Your $ Your Independence, Retirement PlanningGlenn BrownSandwichers, Budget, Best Practice, Debt Management, children, Cash Flows, Local Town Pages, Employee Benefits, Economy, Economics, Work Benefits, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, family, FSA Dependent Care, Financial Independence, WFH, Goals, Health Plans, HELOC, Healthcare, Health, Home Office, Inflation, Income Streams, IRA Withdrawals, Raising Kids, Life Insurance, Mortgage, Interest Rates, House, Priorities, Refinancing, Retirement, Savings, Spending, Tax Planning, Your Money Your Independence, taxes, Taxes, tax planning, Year-End
The SECURE Act: Congress spins “Taxman” for next generation
The SECURE Act: Congress spins “Taxman” for next generation

New 10-Year Rule eliminates waiting for taxes and forces assets out of Roth IRAs.

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Estate Planning, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Work Benefits, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownAging Parents, Tax Planning, Savings, Beneficiaries, Best Practice, taxes, tax planning, Estate Planning, children, designation, death, Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, family, Guardianship, Gifting, IRAs, inheritance, Minors, Kids, Will, 401(k), Work Benefits, Raising Kids, Local Town Pages, Multi-Generational Planning, RMD, SECURE Act, Roth IRA, Required Minimum Distributions, Retirement, Roth Conversion, Trusts, Trustee, Traditional IRA, Teenager, Sandwichers, Your Money Your Independence, Estate Tax, Your Money
Tax planning in September? You should and here’s why.
Tax planning in September? You should and here’s why.

Now, not December or April, is an opportune time.

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Tax Planning, Work Benefits, Your $ Your Independence, Retirement Planning, InvestingGlenn BrownTax Planning, Best Practice, Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, HSA, Health Savings Accounts, Health Plans, Investment Management, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, 401(k), Investing, Roth IRA, Roth Conversion, Recharacterization, tax planning, Your Money Your Independence, Tax-Loss Harvesting, Year-End
Are you a Sandwicher? Embrace it!
Are you a Sandwicher? Embrace it!

In planning for 3 generations, ways to embrace communication and change.

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Budgeting, Estate Planning, Insurance, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your Independence, College PlanningGlenn BrownSandwichers, tax planning, Best Practice, children, Caring for aging parents, College Planning, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Focus on your why, family, grandchildren, Health Care, Kids, Aging Parents, Medicare, Long-Term Care, Retirement, Savings, Tax Planning, Trusts, Your Money Your Independence, Your Money
Estate Planning: Evolve Beyond “Death & Taxes”
Estate Planning: Evolve Beyond “Death & Taxes”

Couples in their 30’s and 40’s with young families often view estate planning as “death & taxes” and think to do it when their old, like their parents age. Big mistake.

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College Planning, Tax Planning, Estate PlanningGlenn BrownEstate Planning, Trusts, Will, Kids, Children, Joint Property, Sandwichers, Gifting, Minors, family, guardians, Trustee, Probate, Estate Tax, Death Tax, Beneficiaries, tax planning, children, death, life insurance, IRAs, designation