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Are you committed to having a tax-planning conversation outside the tax season? The only way to win in the tax game is to have a proactive approach when it comes to tax planning.
It’s important to be committed to having some kind of tax-planning conversation on any topic, especially with a professional outside of the traditional tax period.
In this episode of the Secure Your Retirement podcast, we have Steven Jarvis, a CPA, owner of Retirement Tax Services, the host of Retirement Tax Podcast, and is knowledgeable in tax planning. We discuss the benefits of tax planning and a few ways how you can get intentional to avoid paying more tax than needed.
In this episode, find out:
- The importance of tax planning to avoid the pain of the tax-paying experience.
- How (QCDs) can lower your taxable income even when taking standard deductions.
- How doing a QCD can help you pay lower premiums for Medicare.
- The benefits of the donor-advised fund, allowing lumping of multiple years of charitable contributions into a single year.
- Why you should consider getting your money into a tax-free bucket according to your tax bracket.
- The reasons why you should or shouldn’t consider doing a Roth conversion.
Tweetable Quotes:
- “Everyone should consider a Roth; it does not mean anyone should do one.”- Radon Stancil
- “If you have any concerns that tax rates might go up, getting dollars into a tax-free bucket is going to set you up for success.”- Steven Jarvis
- “The only way we get ahead with tax planning is if we have an intentional approach.”- Steven Jarvis
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