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    Hidden Value: Beware the Social Security Tax Torpedo

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    Hidden Value: Beware the Social Security Tax Torpedo

    Hidden Value is a new column in ThinkAdvisor where Joe Elsasser, CFP®, answers common questions with insights advisors and their clients may not have considered. This week he discusses avoiding the tax torpedo and how combinations of different retirement incomes can create ugly distortions in tax rates.
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    A Closer Look at the New Tax Clarity Updates: Dependent Tax Credit

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    A Closer Look at the New Tax Clarity Updates: Dependent Tax Credit

    At the beginning of April, Covisum rolled out four new features to the Tax Clarity® software. The new dependent tax credit feature allows advisors to demonstrate the impact of the revised dependent tax credit, including for dependents over the age of 16
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    A closer look at the new Tax Clarity updates: pass-through deduction

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    A closer look at the new Tax Clarity updates: pass-through deduction

    At the beginning of April, Covisum rolled out four new features to the Tax Clarity® software. The new pass-through deduction feature is particularly important for advisors with certain clients who own small businesses. The update allows advisors to demonstrate the impact of the deduction for pass-through income and the phase-out of the deduction under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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    Financial Planning highlights survey that suggests consumers want an advisor with tax knowledge

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    Financial Planning highlights survey that suggests consumers want an advisor with tax knowledge

    A recent article in Financial Planning highlighted a report from 1st Global that suggests the top priority among affluent and emerging affluent consumers when choosing a financial advisor is tax knowledge.
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    A Closer Look at the New Tax Clarity Updates: Saver’s Credit

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    A Closer Look at the New Tax Clarity Updates: Saver’s Credit

    At the beginning of April, Covisum rolled out four new features to our Tax Clarity® software. The new Saver’s Credit feature allows an advisor to demonstrate the impact the Saver's Credit can have on a client’s retirement plan, which is particularly relevant for semi-retired clients who have choices on which accounts to draw from in order to supplement part-time work.
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    Dream Team: Financial Advisors & CPAs

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    Dream Team: Financial Advisors & CPAs

    Collaboration Leads to Better Client Thinking Financial advisors can capitalize on this era of new tax laws by forming mutually beneficial relationships with CPAs. CPAs can add value to your practice, both by providing tax advice and by referring clients who need financial plans. Tax advice that a CPA gives is different than the advice you can give for a tax-efficient retirement plan. But when paired together, this advice empowers your client to make the best financial decisions. Use our free CPA introduction letter template to forge the relationships that will result in better retirement plans for your clients.
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    A closer look at the new Tax Clarity updates: self-employment tax

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    A closer look at the new Tax Clarity updates: self-employment tax

    At the beginning of April, Covisum rolled out four new features to our Tax Clarity® software. The new self-employment tax calculates the impact of paying both the employee and the employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes for self-employed clients.
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    ThinkAdvisor: Covisum's advisor and quant discuss the impact of tax reform on investment portfolios

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    ThinkAdvisor: Covisum's advisor and quant discuss the impact of tax reform on investment portfolios

    In an ongoing series exclusive to ThinkAdvisor, Joe Elsasser, CFP® and Ron Piccinini, PhD provide readers with two distinct perspectives on the same topic. Check out the most recent installment, "How New Tax Law Affects Investment Portfolios." In this edition, we asked both Joe and Ron what kind of impact tax reform has on investment portfolios. Joe's response included:
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    4 New Features in Tax Clarity Help Advisors Make an Impact for Their Clients

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    4 New Features in Tax Clarity Help Advisors Make an Impact for Their Clients

    Everyone in the financial services industry is talking about how the changes to the tax law will impact clients, and the most prepared advisors will be able to capitalize on this enormous opportunity. With Tax Clarity®, you can provide tax alpha and quickly identify sub-optimal situations, showing clients how to make retirement decisions in the most tax-efficient way.
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