We break down Form 706 United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return and the portability election, a key feature that allows a surviving spouse to utilize their deceased spouse’s unused estate tax exclusion. Learn how this can save your family millions in estate taxes, the qualifications, special filing rules, and common complications when preparing the form.
Director of Research Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, is joined by Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP® to advise an investor who recently split from her partner and knows nothing about her IRA—how much she’s contributed, what she’s invested in, and what she can do with the account.
Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA is joined by Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, and Associate Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS® to advise a couple preparing for one spouse to die. They cover the importance of using a records organizer, titling accounts, Powers of Attorney, and including the spouse in meetings with their trusted advisers.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associate Michael Griffin, CFP®, and Jessie Thomas, CPA, Tax Manager with Henssler CPAs & Advisers, to recommend actions an investor and his son can do when filing the final tax return for his deceased wife.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, and Associate Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS®, advise a couple who have decided on a divorce and are in the process of unwinding 20 years of combined finances and assets.
Managing Associate K.C. Smith CFP®, CEPA, provides some preliminary steps for navigating a divorce and discusses important dos and don’ts during this challenging period.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, and Senior Financial Planner Adam Stadalius, CFP®, cover an investor’s options when he inherits his wife’s IRA. With three young children to care for while adjusting to life as a single parent, this investor must to consider when to access the money, taxes, and plans for his family’s future.
The tax laws are carefully written to keep married taxpayers from filing separately to manipulate the tax laws to their benefit. We explore a list of the more commonly encountered tax disadvantages – some might call them tax penalties –when filing as MFS.
Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Associate Peter Lynch are joined by Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, to discuss how when clients divorce, a financial adviser goes from one client as a couple to two clients who are looking out for themselves.
If you lost your spouse in 2022, you’re probably looking to rebuild and move forward in 2023. However, you still have 2022’s tax returns to tackle with several filing status choices to choose from.
