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This week’s episode kicks off with tax management guru Ed Slott giving advisers some solid year-end tax strategies to employ, regardless of where the Biden tax hikes end up. For his second guest, Jeff talks with David DeVoe about the pace of record-setting consolidation in the wealth management space. How long can it last, and how much is your advisory firm worth?

This week’s episode kicks off with tax management guru Ed Slott giving advisers some solid year-end tax strategies to employ, regardless of where the Biden tax hikes end up. For his second guest, Jeff talks with David DeVoe about the pace of record-setting consolidation in the wealth management space. How long can it last, and how much is your advisory firm worth?

The November 3 version of the Build Back Better Act has resurrected retirement law changes that will curb high balance accounts and popular wealth building strategies including back

As we’ve seen from recent tax proposals, Congress has retirement accounts in its sights for future tax increases, especially the larger IRAs. We know what the tax rules and tax rates are for 2021, but advisers can also help clients make some defensive moves now, just in case any of these IRA tax proposals resurface in future years.

The elimination of backdoor Roth IRA conversions has made it back into the latest version of House Democrats’ tax and spending bill.

How well do you understand required minimum distributions (RMDs), which the IRS describes as 

My wife and I are about 10 years from retirement. We want to begin converting money in our individual retirement accounts to a Roth IRA, but the tax bite looks like a problem. We’re already in a higher tax bracket than we like. Any advice? When, or how, should we start converting?