Asset Location Strategy After a Liquidity Event: Topics to Review With Your Wealth Advisor
Asset location decides which account type holds which investment. After a liquidity event, the topics to clarify with your wealth advisor multiply.
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Boot in a 1031 Exchange: Topics to Clarify With Your Tax Advisor Before Closing
Boot in a 1031 exchange can produce unexpected taxable gain at closing. Topics worth reviewing with a tax advisor before the closing date.
Qualified Intermediary Selection for a 1031 Exchange: Topics to Review With Your Advisors
The qualified intermediary holds your sale proceeds and documents the like-kind exchange. Choosing one without input from your tax and legal advisors is a common and avoidable risk.
Inherited Retirement Accounts: Topics to Review With Your Tax Advisor
Inheriting a retirement account introduces a set of timing, distribution, and tax-planning questions that benefit from a structured conversation with a qualified tax advisor.
Tax Loss Harvesting: Topics to Review With Your Tax Advisor Before Year End
Tax loss harvesting topics to clarify with a tax advisor before year end, including wash sale rules, lot identification, and coordination across accounts.
Tender Offer for Private Company Stock: Questions to Clarify With Your Advisors
A company-sponsored tender offer creates a limited window for equity holders to sell. Understanding the mechanics, tax topics, and advisor coordination questions before the offer opens can clarify the decisions involved.
Understanding Financial Advisor Fee Structures: Topics to Clarify Before Signing
Financial advisor fee structures vary widely and carry different implications for how advisors are compensated and what incentives they operate under. This guide covers the questions worth clarifying before you sign any advisory agreement.
Installment Sale Agreements After a Business Exit: Tax Questions to Review With Your Advisors
Installment sales allow business owners to spread the reporting of sale proceeds over multiple years under IRC 453. This overview covers the structure, the tax treatment topics worth discussing with advisors, and the questions that arise before and during the installment period.
IPO Lockup Expiration: Topics to Clarify With Your Advisors Before Your Shares Unlock
When your IPO lockup ends, the tax timing and planning decisions around your shares benefit from early advisor input. Here are the key topics to address.