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Maximizing Profits Through Proper Tax Planning

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With more than 30 million small businesses in the US, effective tax planning is essential to maximizing profits and minimizing taxes, keeping more of what is earned, and lowering your taxes for the future. You can contribute to HSAs from your current income. And the account itself will continue to grow tax-free.

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These Are the Retirement Accounts You Should Withdraw From First

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None of this common knowledge applies to actually getting your money out of your retirement accounts. In the next few paragraphs, I’m going to outline a standard withdrawal order for which of your accounts to withdraw from and when. These include individual, joint and revocable trust accounts. Don’t get into credit card debt.”

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Five Tax Strategies Retirees Should Consider Before Dec. 31

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A tax puzzle emerges with, sometimes, very favorable, or very unfavorable, results. The fourth quarter is for tax planning, not tax reporting. I realize that I’m in the minority in thinking that tax planning is fun. When you retire, your taxable income, and thus your tax rates, fall.

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Consider These Two Common Strategies to Optimize Your Taxes

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Roth conversions Taxes are extremely important and can have a huge impact on your retirement income. One strategy that can help lessen your tax burden later in life is converting your accounts to Roth IRAs. At the end of 2025, our current income tax brackets will likely revert to their pre-2018 rates.

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Professionals on the Move – May 2024

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Karin Ecroyd has 34 years of experience , with deep technical knowledge and broad multistate tax experience advising large multinational corporations, pass-through entities, and closely held businesses in a wide variety of industries. Ecroyd has split her career between in-house roles and public accounting at local and international firms.

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Three Ways to Cut the Tax Stress of RMDs

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Guy, RICP, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Making tax-deductible contributions to your retirement accounts can seem like a luxury. However, they might become a burden in retirement if you don’t plan ahead. An RMD is the minimum amount you must withdraw annually to avoid a tax penalty. By Robert A.

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Take Advantage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Provisions Before They Sunset

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529 plan accelerated gifts. Current tax law allows you to accelerate five years of gifts to educational accounts for your children and grandchildren (as well as any other friends or relatives). In addition, the death benefit paid out to your beneficiaries is income that’s also considered tax-free. million to $11.2

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