As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that many small-business owners base their retirement on rough estimates they used when determining their business’s value; however, this can have implications far beyond the sale price.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that while high-income taxpayers can back their way in to a Roth IRA, there may be tax consequences.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Tax Manager Jessie Thomas, CPA, and Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, to help a couple who tried to do a back-door Roth IRA on their own. Jessie and D.J. cover the nuances of a back-door Roth and some pitfalls investors can make when reporting it on their tax forms.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that because nonqualified retirement plans fall outside the tax codes that govern plans like 401(k)s, they are not required to be offered universally to all employees.
Jim Crone, CLU®, CFS®, Director of Insurance Planning, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP® join Chief Investment Officer, Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, to provide some guidance to a C-suite executive who is considering a job that is offering a nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Jim explains how they work and the risks while Giuliana discusses their role in one’s retirement planning.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that a QTIP trust is designed to provide financial security to your surviving spouse while allowing you to control the ultimate distribution of your assets.
Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Associate Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS®, team up to help an investor who wants to provide for his wife when he passes but is also concerned about keeping certain assets in the family.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explores interval funds, an investment in the alternative asset class that is sold like a mutual fund for individual investors.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, look at a situation where an adviser is recommending some alternative investments to a couple of investors. The investors are concerned about the increased risk and if they are the right fit for this strategy.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that while the options a spousal beneficiary has when inheriting their late spouse’s IRA are plentiful, the distribution chosen should be dictated by their overarching financial plan.
