Your small business clients are faced with the increasing likelihood of higher taxes in 2013 and beyond; those aiming to reduce the slope of the fiscal cliff next year will want to take a closer look at the benefits of a defined benefit plan. …. read our strategy article at http://www.advisorone.com/2012/12/13/fully-funded-retirement-in-10-years-a-db-plan-for
Archive for December, 2012
Fully Funded Retirement in 10 Years: A DB Plan for Now
Posted by William Byrnes on December 17, 2012
Posted in Retirement Planning, Uncategorized, Wealth Management | Tagged: Business, Compensation and Benefits, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Human Resources, Pension, Retirement, Small business | Leave a Comment »
The life insurance fiscal cliff: The end of a tax-preferred product class?
Posted by William Byrnes on December 7, 2012
Clients today assume that the tax-free status of life insurance is a given and may have even engaged in fiscal cliff planning that involves the purchase of life insurance to provide a source of tax-free investment income. Given today’s political climate, it is important for clients to realize that no tax preference is safe and that the tax benefits they have come to expect from life insurance are no exception.
read this article at Life Health Pro e-zine
Posted in Estate Tax, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Tax Policy | Tagged: Agents and Marketers, Business, Financial services, insurance, Life, life insurance | Leave a Comment »
the new tax strategies book “2013 Tax Facts on Investments” just released
Posted by William Byrnes on December 5, 2012
2013 Tax Facts on Investments in PRINT and E-Book format 
provides clear, concise answers to often complex tax questions concerning investments. Pertinent planning points are provided throughout.
Organized in a convenient Q&A format to speed you to the information you need, 2013 Tax Facts on Investments delivers the latest guidance on:
- Mutual Funds, Unit Trusts, REITs
- Incentive Stock Options
- Options & Futures
- Real Estate
- Stocks, Bonds
- Oil & Gas
- Precious Metals & Collectibles
- And much more!
Key updates for 2013:
- New section on captive insurance
- New section on reverse mortgages
- Expanded section on ETFs
- Expanded section on precious metals & collectibles
- More than 30 new Planning Points, written by practitioners for practitioners, in the following areas:
- Real Estate
- Limited Partnerships
- Stocks
- Interest and Expenses
- Options
- Mutual Funds
Posted in Estate Tax, Retirement Planning, Taxation, Trusts, Wealth Management | Tagged: 2013 Tax Facts, Business, Economy, Exchange-traded fund, futures real estate, incentive stock options, Investing, Investment, Mutual fund, Precious metal, Real estate investment trust, real estate limited partnerships, stocks bonds, tax, Wealth Management | Leave a Comment »
Post-Retirement Health Care: A Quarter-Million-Dollar Dilemma
Posted by William Byrnes on December 3, 2012
After expenses covered by Medicare are taken into account, many of your clients retiring this year are likely to incur about $240,000 per couple in out-of-pocket health care expenses during retirement. … You may be able to alleviate the retiree health-expense problem by using guaranteed income annuities or life insurance alternative funding solutions.
Posted in Insurance, Pensions, Retirement Planning, Wealth Management | Tagged: life insurance, medical expenses, Retirement planning | Leave a Comment »
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