by Bryan Wisda, CFP® | Mar 12, 2023 | Advanced Planning, Tax Planning, Wealth Transfer
With the signing of the SECURE ACT 2.0, anybody over the age of 70 1/2 may fund a Charitable Remainder Trust with a QCD of up to $50,000. A QCD is short way of saying Qualified Charitable Distribution. A QCD allows people to donate up to $100,000 from their IRA each...
by Bryan Wisda, CFP® | Mar 1, 2023 | Advanced Planning, Financial Planning, Tax Planning
If you are still working in your 70s, there is way to avoid having to take required minimum distributions (RMD) from your IRA. Once you reach the magical age when you have to start taking required minimum distributions, currently 73 (going to age 75 in 2033), you are...
by Bryan Wisda, CFP® | Nov 16, 2022 | Advanced Planning, Tax Planning, Wealth Management, Wealth Transfer
The IRS has announced the 2023 Gift & Estate Tax Limitations. Gift Tax: In 2023 an individual may give $17,000 to another person ($34,000 per couple) without needing to file a gift tax return. This is an increase of $1,000 from 2016. Estate Tax: The Estate Tax is...
by Bryan Wisda, CFP® | Oct 12, 2022 | Investment Management
Congratulations Professor Douglas Diamond on being awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. Professor Diamond is a professor of finance at the University of Chicago. He is also an independent board member for Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA). Professor Diamond...
