Tax Saving Tips

Learn valuable year-end tax strategies & tips for W-2 employees and small business owners with CPA Mike Jesowshek, CEO of the Small Business Tax Savings Podcast.

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    Um, couple of housekeeping items.

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    She's tracking, uh, the text chat.

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    Um, we'll be doing q and a at the end.

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    She may even send a poll question

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    or two for you to answer along the way.

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    I'm gonna talk for about 30 minutes, 30 ish minutes,

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    and then we'll open it up to q and a

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    or you can type your question

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    or you can just, uh, uh,

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    yell at me via chat, whatever you like.

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    So this is my 22nd year going on 23 years now.

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    And the longer I'm in this business, the more I, I realize

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    how much there is to learn,

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    but especially when it comes to taxes.

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    Um, I, I googled the tax code this morning

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    and it's over 44,000 pages

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    and there's over 750 forms and schedules.

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    And so it's a very, very complex system.

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    Um, probably one of the most complex systems in the world.

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    And for a lot of us, there's, you know, there's gold

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    that can be mined in there that maybe we're not aware of.

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    So today we're gonna go through and,

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    and kind of peel back the onion on some of this stuff.

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    Um, we're gonna start out really high level,

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    and then we're gonna get more granular

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    until we get into some, some, some specific strategies.

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    And the first part is gonna be more about, um,

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    just an overview of taxes.

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    Oh, there's my disclaimer.

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    I'm not a CPA, I'm not giving tax or legal advice.

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    These are just my interpretations.

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    Please consult with your tax advisor

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    before making any tax related decisions.

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    So we're gonna, we're gonna talk about how taxes work, um,

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    what extras are included, what you actually pay,

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    maximizing deductions and, and some other strategies.

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    All right? So we will, we'll get rolling here. Okay.

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    The, the biggest, I guess, complaint that I hear

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    and I've experienced with taxes is

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    I just found out how much I owed.

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    And it's a lot more than I thought.

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    And so the, the highlight

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    of this slide is, you know, we wanna plan.

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    So we're not surprised. Um, there are a lot of ways

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    to mitigate taxes, but most of which has to be done, um,

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    beforehand, right?

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    It, there's some stuff you can fund at the last minute,

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    but usually you need to do it in

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    before the end of the year to try

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    to maximize those deductions and opportunities

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    and you wanna plan so you're not surprised.

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    So here's, um, a couple of brackets.

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    The way they work in the US

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    and I'm gonna focus, uh,

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    these are different ways you're gonna file your taxes,

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    but we're gonna focus on either single

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    or married filing jointly.

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    'cause that's 99% of our clientele.

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    So the US tax system is progressive,

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    and what that means in short is the more you make,

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    the more you pay, both in terms of a dollar amount

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    and a percentage, you start out at a very low rate of 10%

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    and then it goes to 12 22, 24, 32, 35, 37.

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    Now, we'll get into tax history later, but

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    although that's more than any of us wanna pay,

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    it is actually historically lower than whoops, than

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    what we've seen, uh, in the past.

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    But just to kind of walk through this,

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    because a lot of people get confused

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    about their marginal rate,

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    which is the highest rate they fall into here,

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    and their effective rate,

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    which is really like the average rate they pay.

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    So a married couple on their first $23,200

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    of taxable income is gonna pay 10%.

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    Okay, on the next chunk, 23 2 to 94 3,

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    they're gonna pay that 10%, that flat amount, 2320,

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    and then 12% on everything over the extra.

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    So in that, in this case, they're,

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    they're in a 12% marginal tax bracket,

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    but their effective rate is probably, you know, 11.

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    Um, next chunk you get into 22, 24,

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    and so on and so on.

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    Now you start getting towards the bottom part of that,

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    and you'll notice it's, it's getting substantially higher.

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    Uh, you'll also know,

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    if you look at the single taxpayer rates,

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    they're not perfectly half, but,

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    but they're roughly, you know, you jump to the next bracket,

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    it it right around half of, of the next one.

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    Um, so a lot of times there is a, there's a little bit

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    of benefit to, to being married from a tax perspective,

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    um, but not always.

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    Uh, and again, this is based on, so we talk about, well,

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    what is this tax debt?

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    These ordinary income tax rates are taxed on ordinary

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    income, which is essentially anything that is, you know,

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    a W2 salary, a a 10 99, uh, tips, bonuses,

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    commissions, rents, royalties, short-term capital gains.

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    And I wanna make a couple points here.

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    Non-qualified dividends and interest income.

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    So, um, now

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    that savings accounts are actually paying us interest,

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    again, keep in mind if you got 5% on a savings

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    account, so you got a hundred grand in there, $5,000,

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    that's all gonna be taxable at ordinary income.

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    So for some of you, you might give up, uh, close

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    to 40% of that in taxes.

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    And that's why we want to talk about deferral strategies.

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    Okay? What's not considered ordinary income. Alright?

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    Um, so long-term capital gains

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    and qualified dividends, we're gonna talk about this later.

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    Um, that's a good one.

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    Uh, tax-free income from Roth IRA

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    and Roth 401k municipal bond interest.

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    Certain types of, of income from

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    annuities and life insurance.

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    Uh, money from scholarships,

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    certain inheritance inheritances or gifts.

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    So if somebody, you know, a friend or family

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    or someone were to give you $10,000,

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    that's not considered ordinary taxable income.

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    Um, alimony payments for divorces after 2018.

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    Child support payments, most healthcare benefits.

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    Um, and there's a few other ones that

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    get a little more specific.

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    Uh, but those are not considered ordinary income.

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    Now, there may be some tax to some of those,

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    but for the most part, no.

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    Okay, so we talked about ordinary income tax.

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    Now we're gonna talk about

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    social security and Medicare taxes.

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    And again, for those of you still working,

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    these are much more applicable.

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    Typically, when you're retired

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    and you're drawing income, uh, you're drawing your pension,

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    you're drawing social security,

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    you're drawing from your IRA, social security

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    and Medicare taxes don't apply.

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    But for those of you who still have earned income, uh,

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    you are paying social security and Medicare taxes.

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    So for 2023, the limit is 160,000.

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    This is slide shows

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    twenty twenty four, a hundred sixty eight, six hundred

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    of your, your first

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    a hundred sixty eight six hundred of income.

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    They're gonna take 6.2% from the employee.

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    And if you work for an employer,

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    the employer pays the other half.

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    So if you're self-employed, lucky you, I know there's a few

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    of you on this call, you get to pay the full 12.2,

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    or excuse me, the 12.4% yourself.

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    So that's just shy of $21,000.

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    You get to pay to good old social security.

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    Now the key here is this is per person.

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    So my second point there, if you're a married couple, if

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    one person earns 150

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    and one person earns a hundred,

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    they're gonna take the 6.2% off.

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    Both. You don't, you don't, it doesn't stop

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    for a married couple at 1 68.

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    Um, and then in addition to that, uh,

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    we've got Medicare and Medicare starts at 1.45,

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    2.9 for the self-employed.

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    And there is no cap to Medicare.

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    If you make $10 million,

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    you pay Medicare on the full 10 million.

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    In fact, you'll see some, some brackets down there

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    where it actually increases

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    and it could be up to, um, uh, a 2.9

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    or even 3.8.

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    So you start adding all that in there.

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    And we've got, you know, up to 37% federal tax rate.

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    Um, you've got Medicare, you've got social security, uh,

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    but wait, there's more.

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    Okay, we got state income taxes.

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    So most of you watching are in Michigan.

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    Michigan, we have a flat tax, which is 4.25%.

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    So, you know, once you get a little bit of a deduction

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    and stuff, um, basically it's 4.25%.

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    It's, it's fairly straightforward, so it's kind of nice.

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    Um, I put Indiana in there, Illinois in there.

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    Um, now I don't think we have any clients in

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    California or New York.

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    Um, but just for sake of understanding the,

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    it could be worse factor.

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    Both of those states have what they call a progressive tax,

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    just like our federal tax.

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    So they'll go up to 12.3, they'll go up to 10.9.

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    So those are very, very highly taxed states.

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    Um, and then on the other side of that,

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    there are nine states.

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    I put them in here, they don't have any state income tax.

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    So Florida, Texas, Alaska, Nevada, New Hampshire,

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    South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington

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    and Wyoming have no state income tax.

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    So I, I just googled this this morning.

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    Um, Joe Rogan, who many

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    of you know the famous podcaster comedian, uh, uh,

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    UFC commentator, he, um,

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    makes $30 million a year as a podcaster.

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    And I don't know if it was two years ago,

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    but a couple years ago he relocated.

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    And some of this was political reasons,

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    but from California, Southern California to Texas.

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    Uh, so he saves $3.7 million a year

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    in state income taxes that he used

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    to be paying in California.

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    And so I'm sure the state of California misses him.

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    Um, but you know, some of you watching are retired

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    and a lot of our clients we talk about, you know, what,

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    if you wanna, um, where are you gonna live in retirement?

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    Uh, and now a lot of our folks are in Florida

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    and a lot of that is for the weather.

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    But yeah, it is nice.

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    I mean, once you claim state residency in Florida,

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    you can eliminate that 4.25% in Michigan.

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    Um, now this question gets asked every year.

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    So I'll just mention now, can you just buy a condo down

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    there and, and, and, and claim and get that?

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    No, you do have to have residency,

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    which is typically defined as six months

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    or more of living there.

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    Um, but once you can do that

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    and people do it all the time, you know that

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    that is, that is a strategy.

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    Uh, i I would say I wouldn't move there just

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    for the tax savings.

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    It, you know, you want it to be somewhere you wanna live,

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    but it is certainly an appealing benefit of, of living and,

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    and the state makes a big difference.

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    Okay? So just kind of, this is a, a, a paycheck, you know,

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    names, uh, blacked out to protect the innocent.

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    Um, just to kind of show, you know,

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    all these things that come out.

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    So this person did max out.

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    They were at like, uh, high three hundreds.

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    So they maxed out their, that,

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    that was the Maxwell security last year.

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    Took their, their Medicare,

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    they had federal state withholding on there.

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    Um, they probably had some time in, in two states,

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    'cause they had a little bit of

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    Arizona and some Michigan tax.

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    So you can see all those,

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    all those taxes coming out of there.

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    Um, now again, if you're self-employed, it's,

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    those numbers are gonna be higher,

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    but you get an idea of all the things they take out

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    of the paycheck.

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    Um, 4 0 1 KI do wanna mention 401k contributions.

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    Um, do not avoid social security and Medicare.

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    There is, there is no way around that. Okay.

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    So let's talk about some ways that,

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    that we can reduce taxes.

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    Uh, standard deductions.

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    So these are the standard deductions for 2023 and 2024.

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    What's worth noting here is the tax laws changed, uh,

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    in 2020, I'm sorry, 2018.

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    And the standard deductions were in essence doubled.

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    And the idea there was

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    to get most people away from itemizing to try

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    to simplify this 44,000, uh, tax page, tax code.

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    And, and to some degree it's worked.

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    About 87% of Americans as

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    of A-U-S-A-U-S-A today study in 2020

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    do take the standard deduction.

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    Uh, so what does that mean?

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    Well, if you have a hundred thousand dollars

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    of earned income and you're married filing jointly in 2024,

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    you can check the box, take the standard deduction,

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    that's going to deduct $29,200 of your income.

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    And that is not taxable.

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    And so for most of you, that's a great way to go.

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    However, if you have a lot of qualified expenses,

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    and that goes beyond the scope of today's discussion,

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    you may choose to itemize,

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    which is simply just listing out all your deductions.

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    And most good tax preparers will ask you about

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    this and, and help you.

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    And if your itemized list

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    gets you more deductions than the standard deduction

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    you can choose itemize.

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    We itemize every year 'cause we have a, a lot of deductions.

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    Um, so just wanted to walk through that.

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    Uh, there are also what's what are called exemptions

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    that if you have children

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    and your income qualifies,

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    you may even get some exemptions on there which further

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    reduce your taxable income.

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    What else can you do? Well, we've got all kinds

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    of pre-tax savings accounts.

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    So here's the jargon.

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    401k, 4 0 3 B, 4 57 sep, simple.

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    IRA deferred compensation plans.

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    One key point with all of these, and

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    'cause I think this is missed, this is tax deferral.

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    You're deferring the income tax to later.

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    It doesn't mean never the government is gonna

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    want their pound of flush.

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    So it may make sense to defer that and pay later.

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    You may be in a lower tax bracket, the word may,

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    but it is going to be taxable.

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    And if you don't spend the money, it's gonna be taxable

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    before it goes to your heirs.

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    The other side of the fence are these post-tax,

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    tax free options such as a Roth 401k.

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    Now there's a Roth 4 0 3 B and a Roth IRA.

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    They're all different plans,

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    but they work the same in the sense

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    that you don't get a deduction now,

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    but the money grows tax deferred,

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    you don't pay any tax on the growth

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    and you get the distribution, the gain tax free.

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    So you're kind of balancing the, uh,

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    the two sides of the coin there.

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    Uh, here are some of the limits for 2024.

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    And this is probably gonna look like a bunch of googly gunk,

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    but I'll just point out a couple of highlights.

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    4 0 1 Ks this year. 23,000.

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    For those of you 50 and older, you've got a $7,500 catch up.

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    So you can personally put in up to 30,500 into your 401k.

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    That's a great way to save for retirement.

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    Defer taxes, the whole nine,

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    that does not include your company maps.

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    So if you work for an employer, they can go up to that.

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    If you're a sole employer, you can actually, uh,

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    it's $69,000, uh, this year plus a catch up.

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    Uh, again, you know, you've got things like IRAs, subject

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    to income restrictions, uh, $7,000

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    for those under $58,000

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    for those over 54 50 sevens

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    or the 4 0 3 Bs, which is the kind of the um, uh,

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    nonprofit version of the 401k.

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    Uh, same and similar limit.

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    Okay, so we're gonna look at a scenario,

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    and this is,

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    is a household couple under 65 making

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    $150,000 each.

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    See if my hyperlink works. Oh, here we go. Good job, Tara.

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    Alright, and this may be small print.

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    Let's see if I can make this a little bigger.

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    Uh, so the first scenario,

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    the couple makes no retirement contributions, uh, $300,000.

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    They take the standard deduction.

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    They have 270,000 of taxable income.

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    They pay $51,527 in federal tax.

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    Their marginal rate, highest effective rate is 24.

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    Their average rate is 19.

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    And if I keep going down,

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    we can see then they've got another $12,282 in

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    state income taxes.

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    Okay, so 51

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    and 12 roughly, they're at $63,000 in change.

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    Okay? Same couple,

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    but they decide to maximize their 4 0 1 Ks.

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    Uh, assuming they have that ability, they do.

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    So that's gonna be $46,000,

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    therefore they're taxable wages

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    because that comes off now become 254,000.

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    Okay? So that 46 comes right off the top, um,

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    by paying themselves.

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    Now, they've reduced same standard deduction.

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    Now their total tax is $40,000.

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    So they just shaved $11,000 off their tax bill.

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    They did the, the trade off is they, they set aside,

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    they didn't spend that extra money.

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    They set aside $46,000,

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    but they shaved it right off their tax bill

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    and reduce their Michigan State tax a little bit

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    by about $2,000.

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    Third option, same couple, uh, $300,000,

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    but we'll say they own a small business.

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    And so through a bunch of strategies of deductions

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    maximizing 4 0 1 Ks, et cetera, they get their tax bill

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    and income down to one 50.

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    They're at 16,000 6 82 in taxes

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    versus the original 51.

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    So you can really see how, you know,

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    being strategic about this can,

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    can really make a difference in your bottom line.

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    Uh, here was the numbers.

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    The first one, the total was 63 8 0 9, state and federal.

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    The second one, uh, saved 21%, $13,000.

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    The third one paid $40,000 less in tax.

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    So again, the key takeaway to be strategic about it,

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    you know, pay is, is a little as legally possible

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    and really explore the code to get opportunities.

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    And if, and if you're not aware of it, then then talk

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    to some folks who are,

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    okay, additional strategies.

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    Uh, health savings account, you know,

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    we don't talk enough about this.

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    This is probably like the eighth wonder of the world.

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    It is the only thing you can do

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    where you can get a deduction going in.

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    You can get tax deferral

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    and you can get it tax free on the backside.

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    Now the caveat is you have to have a,

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    a high deductible health plan to qualify,

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    but if you do, uh, these are no-brainers.

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    Um, I mean you can put money in, get the deduction,

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    you don't have to take it at a certain age.

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    You can let it grow. You can do all kinds of great things.

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    Excellent, excellent idea. A lot

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    of places now are also allowing you to invest that money.

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    So if you're gonna build the account instead

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    of just putting it into savings,

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    you can put it in the market.

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    It's a really, really cool feature.

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    Uh, flex spending accounts.

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    So these are not h uh, health savings accounts.

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    Um, you can put up

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    to 3,200 a year in the key there is you have to use it

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    for the most part within the year.

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    Um, but a, you know, a no brainer for this is if you're,

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    you know, you have kids and they're in daycare

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    and you're spending thousands of dollars a year on daycare,

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    put that money in a flex spending account,

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    and then use a flex spending to pay for the daycare.

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    And you're essentially paying

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    for your daycare on a pre-tax basis.

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    Uh, and then five 20 nines.

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    Again, not gonna get into the weeds.

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    I think a lot of you're familiar with that,

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    but this is, you know, college savings plan

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    that works like a Roth, IRA, uh, you can also use it for,

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    um, um, primary school up

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    to $10,000 a year, kind of a new rule.

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    And, and those are good strategies to look at.

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    Okay, I told you I'd come back to this, this,

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    this capital gains taxes.

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    So we're gonna call this an after-tax investment account.

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    A KAA managed account, a KAA brokerage account.

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    Let's just keep it simple.

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    It's not an IRA, it could be in, in, in John Smith's name,

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    Jane Smith's name, Jane and John Smith.

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    Joint tenants, the John Smith Trust.

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    Whatever, it's, it's not an IRA, it's not a 401k,

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    it's just a, a a, a brokerage account.

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    The big advantage you have of this, in addition to the fact

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    that you can make a very good return in equities over the

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    long term, is if you're invested in equities, stocks,

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    um, you have two ways they grow, right?

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    They grow by capital appreciation,

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    which is you buy the stock at $10, it grows to $12.

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    That's growth. And, and then you have dividends.

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    And dividends is, you know, can be taxable.

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    But a lot of growth stocks don't pay a lot of dividends

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    and they get their growth a lot

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    of times from the share price appreciating.

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    Now in that scenario, you don't pay any tax

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    unless you sell the stock, right?

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    So for a lot of you, you're not gonna

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    sell the stock until later.

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    And if you hold it 12 months

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    or longer, the sale of

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    that is considered a long-term capital gain.

    461

    00:21:06.375 --> 00:21:09.795

    So this is 2024 long-term capital gains rates, uh,

    462

    00:21:09.925 --> 00:21:14.275

    let's focus on this married joint at the 15% here.

    463

    00:21:14.335 --> 00:21:18.355

    So this in encapsules a lot of people, if you're

    464

    00:21:18.355 --> 00:21:22.235

    between 94,580 3000, you only pay 15%

    465

    00:21:23.165 --> 00:21:27.425

    versus what could be 37% for ordinary income.

    466

    00:21:28.235 --> 00:21:31.175

    If you can get under 94,000, you don't pay anything.

    467

    00:21:31.675 --> 00:21:34.455

    And even if you're, you know, very, very, you know,

    468

    00:21:34.845 --> 00:21:38.255

    high income, 37%, the maximum rate right now is 20%.

    469

    00:21:38.755 --> 00:21:41.175

    So many of you may have heard the comment over the years,

    470

    00:21:41.195 --> 00:21:42.415

    Warren Buffet says, well,

    471

    00:21:42.415 --> 00:21:45.095

    my secretary pays more in taxes than I do.

    472

    00:21:45.995 --> 00:21:49.615

    The truth of that statement is his secretary pays a higher

    473

    00:21:49.795 --> 00:21:51.095

    tax rate than he does

    474

    00:21:51.095 --> 00:21:52.895

    because he gets most of his wealth

    475

    00:21:52.895 --> 00:21:55.495

    through capital gains sales, which is a maximum of 20%.

    476

    00:21:55.915 --> 00:21:57.855

    And I would assume Warren Buffet's secretary is,

    477

    00:21:57.925 --> 00:21:59.295

    it's probably in a 24

    478

    00:21:59.315 --> 00:22:02.495

    to 37% tax bracket, probably paid quite well.

    479

    00:22:02.955 --> 00:22:04.735

    So that's, that's what he was inferring to.

    480

    00:22:05.565 --> 00:22:09.585

    So again, the brokerage account, um, great, great option.

    481

    00:22:10.005 --> 00:22:12.945

    And you know, there's no minimums, there's no maximums.

    482

    00:22:13.405 --> 00:22:15.825

    Um, you can build this money and accumulate

    483

    00:22:15.845 --> 00:22:19.185

    and then kind of control your taxes to some degree

    484

    00:22:19.805 --> 00:22:20.865

    for, for down the road.

    485

    00:22:23.185 --> 00:22:24.645

    Uh, two other strategies,

    486

    00:22:24.705 --> 00:22:28.245

    and again, just just sort of high level deferred annuities.

    487

    00:22:28.545 --> 00:22:30.805

    Um, these are gonna offer tax deferral.

    488

    00:22:31.515 --> 00:22:34.205

    They are predominantly, I'll say for retirement only

    489

    00:22:34.205 --> 00:22:36.645

    because you can't really touch that money to 59 and a half

    490

    00:22:36.665 --> 00:22:37.685

    or you have penalties.

    491

    00:22:38.145 --> 00:22:41.405

    Um, but right now with interest rates, we can get 5% plus.

    492

    00:22:42.025 --> 00:22:44.685

    Uh, and people are asking a lot about CDs.

    493

    00:22:44.705 --> 00:22:47.765

    I'm not a big CD fan. Here's, here's the big difference.

    494

    00:22:47.825 --> 00:22:50.645

    If you did a deferred annuity, you get the 5%

    495

    00:22:50.785 --> 00:22:52.725

    and you don't pay the tax every year.

    496

    00:22:53.225 --> 00:22:55.965

    So you get additional growth by not having to pay that tax.

    497

    00:22:56.425 --> 00:22:58.445

    You get 5% in a savings account.

    498

    00:22:59.325 --> 00:23:02.835

    Let's say you're in a, you're in a 35% tax bracket,

    499

    00:23:03.335 --> 00:23:06.995

    you know, your net is closer to 3.5% after you pay the tax.

    500

    00:23:07.055 --> 00:23:09.595

    So every year you get that 10 99 from that,

    501

    00:23:09.595 --> 00:23:11.715

    that interest taxable from that CD

    502

    00:23:11.715 --> 00:23:13.955

    or that savings, you're not getting the

    503

    00:23:13.955 --> 00:23:15.115

    full, the full benefit there.

    504

    00:23:16.015 --> 00:23:17.995

    Uh, another one is permanent life insurance.

    505

    00:23:19.015 --> 00:23:22.205

    Lot of caveats to this.

    506

    00:23:22.205 --> 00:23:24.885

    One has to be done correctly, has to be funded correctly.

    507

    00:23:25.425 --> 00:23:28.885

    Um, you know, generally this is gonna be for higher earners

    508

    00:23:28.905 --> 00:23:31.045

    who are already maxing out other plans.

    509

    00:23:31.505 --> 00:23:34.005

    Um, but you can generate a, a pretty nice rate

    510

    00:23:34.005 --> 00:23:35.885

    of return on these if they're structured correctly.

    511

    00:23:36.505 --> 00:23:38.885

    Uh, many states they're also credited, protected.

    512

    00:23:39.305 --> 00:23:42.045

    You don't have to wait till 59 and a half to get the money.

    513

    00:23:43.025 --> 00:23:45.525

    And in, in most of the programs,

    514

    00:23:45.525 --> 00:23:46.845

    depending on which one you're using,

    515

    00:23:47.115 --> 00:23:48.485

    they're never gonna go backwards.

    516

    00:23:48.745 --> 00:23:51.085

    So they don't have that market risk component to 'em.

    517

    00:23:53.135 --> 00:23:55.825

    Okay, so, uh, let's get into

    518

    00:23:57.355 --> 00:23:58.515

    retirees now, right?

    519

    00:23:58.655 --> 00:24:00.675

    Uh, you're retired and you're still paying taxes.

    520

    00:24:01.175 --> 00:24:03.555

    Yes you are. And, and you know, it's that old expression.

    521

    00:24:03.555 --> 00:24:05.875

    Nothing is certain except death and taxes.

    522

    00:24:06.735 --> 00:24:08.795

    Um, yes, that is very true.

    523

    00:24:10.055 --> 00:24:12.475

    So this is where I wanna come back and,

    524

    00:24:12.475 --> 00:24:13.595

    and do a little bit of history.

    525

    00:24:13.655 --> 00:24:15.995

    And this is one of my favorite nerdy charts.

    526

    00:24:16.535 --> 00:24:18.875

    Um, what you see on the right here is the

    527

    00:24:18.875 --> 00:24:20.075

    history of income tax rates.

    528

    00:24:20.535 --> 00:24:23.835

    And, and in the seventies, up through the mid eighties, some

    529

    00:24:23.835 --> 00:24:26.835

    of you may remember this, the highest bracket was 70%

    530

    00:24:27.015 --> 00:24:28.995

    and there were over 15 different brackets.

    531

    00:24:29.655 --> 00:24:31.675

    And since then, you know, we've had changes.

    532

    00:24:31.775 --> 00:24:33.595

    But we've predominantly, if I were to draw a line,

    533

    00:24:33.595 --> 00:24:37.915

    we've come down, highest bracket was 39 20 18 cuts

    534

    00:24:37.915 --> 00:24:38.955

    that made it down to 37.

    535

    00:24:39.335 --> 00:24:41.675

    And there were about five brackets, okay?

    536

    00:24:42.335 --> 00:24:45.235

    At the same time, this little red line,

    537

    00:24:45.865 --> 00:24:47.835

    this is the national debt, okay?

    538

    00:24:48.765 --> 00:24:52.755

    And so what, what I would submit to you

    539

    00:24:53.375 --> 00:24:55.275

    is this is where tax rates were.

    540

    00:24:55.825 --> 00:24:57.075

    This is where they are.

    541

    00:24:58.015 --> 00:25:00.635

    Do you think they will go down, go up

    542

    00:25:00.735 --> 00:25:01.875

    or stay the same in the future?

    543

    00:25:03.235 --> 00:25:04.995

    I don't know any anything's possible,

    544

    00:25:05.695 --> 00:25:08.355

    but the, you know, the assumption of the,

    545

    00:25:08.915 --> 00:25:10.875

    everyone will be in a lower tax bracket than

    546

    00:25:10.875 --> 00:25:12.075

    they re when they retire.

    547

    00:25:13.455 --> 00:25:15.655

    I would question that it's gonna work for some people.

    548

    00:25:16.135 --> 00:25:17.495

    I don't think it's gonna work for everybody.

    549

    00:25:17.595 --> 00:25:20.015

    And that's why you kind of wanna plan money on

    550

    00:25:20.015 --> 00:25:21.095

    both sides of the line.

    551

    00:25:21.115 --> 00:25:25.375

    You know, some deferred pre-tax, 4 0 1 KIA,

    552

    00:25:25.805 --> 00:25:28.855

    some tax free, is it Ross Insurances, et cetera.

    553

    00:25:29.795 --> 00:25:32.455

    Uh, okay, back to the slide.

    554

    00:25:32.755 --> 00:25:36.295

    Um, where you get income in retirement matters

    555

    00:25:36.715 --> 00:25:38.735

    and how you layer that in structure matters.

    556

    00:25:39.195 --> 00:25:40.215

    I'm gonna give you an example,

    557

    00:25:40.755 --> 00:25:43.415

    but let's just walk through some of these income sources.

    558

    00:25:43.855 --> 00:25:48.675

    Pensions, some of you have 'em, um, federal employees,

    559

    00:25:49.395 --> 00:25:51.875

    teachers, firemen, policemen, uh,

    560

    00:25:52.265 --> 00:25:54.315

    very few corporate corporations these days,

    561

    00:25:54.315 --> 00:25:55.515

    but some of you have pensions.

    562

    00:25:55.655 --> 00:25:57.995

    Uh, all our electrician friends, God bless you.

    563

    00:25:58.455 --> 00:26:02.235

    Uh, not very nice pensions, a hundred percent taxable. Okay?

    564

    00:26:03.105 --> 00:26:04.835

    IRAs 4 0 1 Ks, 4 0 3 Bs.

    565

    00:26:05.065 --> 00:26:08.605

    Taxable social security benefits up to 85%.

    566

    00:26:08.955 --> 00:26:13.165

    Taxable rental income, taxable gonna go work part-time

    567

    00:26:13.875 --> 00:26:16.085

    taxable income, and you'll probably pay some FICA

    568

    00:26:16.925 --> 00:26:18.245

    required minimum distributions.

    569

    00:26:18.555 --> 00:26:21.085

    What are those? When you hit your mid seventies now

    570

    00:26:21.385 --> 00:26:24.005

    and they make you start taking money out of your IRAs,

    571

    00:26:24.005 --> 00:26:26.695

    4 0 1 Ks and you gotta pay taxes on it.

    572

    00:26:27.635 --> 00:26:32.355

    So these are all taxables, okay? Uh, what does that mean?

    573

    00:26:33.605 --> 00:26:37.115

    Well, we're gonna go with Grandpa John and grandma.

    574

    00:26:37.305 --> 00:26:41.895

    Grandma Jane. Scenario one, they want a retirement income

    575

    00:26:41.895 --> 00:26:43.205

    of 150,000 a year.

    576

    00:26:43.555 --> 00:26:46.605

    They get $70,000 from Social Security.

    577

    00:26:47.365 --> 00:26:50.015

    They take $80,000 from their IRAs.

    578

    00:26:50.065 --> 00:26:54.735

    Their net after tax is 13,690. Um, not bad.

    579

    00:26:54.985 --> 00:26:57.855

    Total taxes of $15,000, only 10%.

    580

    00:26:58.515 --> 00:27:02.935

    Um, but, and I, I had this hyperlink

    581

    00:27:08.465 --> 00:27:11.445

    or maybe I don't, uh, if we did another scenario,

    582

    00:27:12.605 --> 00:27:14.375

    same couple, same gross income,

    583

    00:27:14.375 --> 00:27:18.815

    but this time on, uh, from their $80,000, uh,

    584

    00:27:19.065 --> 00:27:22.035

    40, this has a typo in it.

    585

    00:27:22.035 --> 00:27:23.555

    So this time they want $80,000.

    586

    00:27:23.865 --> 00:27:26.155

    Only 40 of it comes from a taxable.

    587

    00:27:26.235 --> 00:27:27.235

    IRA 40

    588

    00:27:27.255 --> 00:27:31.075

    of it comes from tax resources like a Roth or something like that.

    589

    00:27:31.945 --> 00:27:36.055

    This is gonna reduce the amount of social security

    590

    00:27:36.055 --> 00:27:38.575

    that's taxable by over 27,000

    591

    00:27:38.765 --> 00:27:40.535

    because there's a special threshold for that.

    592

    00:27:40.995 --> 00:27:45.135

    So the same couple, uh, taxes owe drop from 15,000

    593

    00:27:45.195 --> 00:27:47.215

    to only 43 42.

    594

    00:27:47.595 --> 00:27:49.815

    So that's a 60% reduction in taxes,

    595

    00:27:50.045 --> 00:27:54.375

    roughly an extra $11,000 in their pocket every year

    596

    00:27:54.995 --> 00:27:57.975

    or, or not paid to the IRS every year in retirement.

    597

    00:27:58.595 --> 00:28:01.495

    Now the point of this is just to illustrate that

    598

    00:28:01.495 --> 00:28:05.015

    where you draw your money from in retirement matters and,

    599

    00:28:05.115 --> 00:28:07.015

    and it's important that it's not as simple

    600

    00:28:07.035 --> 00:28:08.215

    as just splitting a switch.

    601

    00:28:08.275 --> 00:28:10.815

    You can't just, um, convert these.

    602

    00:28:11.445 --> 00:28:14.135

    Technically you could convert almost everything in a year,

    603

    00:28:14.315 --> 00:28:15.935

    but you'd pay a monster tax bill.

    604

    00:28:15.955 --> 00:28:17.775

    So a lot of times it's important

    605

    00:28:17.775 --> 00:28:19.655

    to have these discussion years in advance

    606

    00:28:20.035 --> 00:28:23.175

    and strategically move money over, over time

    607

    00:28:24.035 --> 00:28:26.975

    to just give yourself the as many options and,

    608

    00:28:27.235 --> 00:28:29.135

    and things in retirement as possible

    609

    00:28:29.135 --> 00:28:30.815

    because the tax code's gonna change.

    610

    00:28:31.155 --> 00:28:33.455

    And that's the one thing we know it is gonna change.

    611

    00:28:33.515 --> 00:28:35.455

    And that's why we look at this every single year.

    612

    00:28:35.755 --> 00:28:37.375

    Run numbers every single year for folks.

    613

    00:28:38.945 --> 00:28:41.035

    Okay, a couple other pitfalls

    614

    00:28:41.075 --> 00:28:43.035

    and then I'm gonna open it up to questions

    615

    00:28:43.295 --> 00:28:44.875

    and uh, we'll see.

    616

    00:28:44.935 --> 00:28:46.835

    You guys can stump me. It probably won't take much.

    617

    00:28:47.505 --> 00:28:48.635

    Corporate executives.

    618

    00:28:48.735 --> 00:28:52.355

    Uh, we, we work with a handful of Stryker folks, um,

    619

    00:28:52.655 --> 00:28:55.435

    and some other corporate executives, um, around the country.

    620

    00:28:56.055 --> 00:28:57.755

    And if you're an executive, you know, one

    621

    00:28:57.755 --> 00:29:01.995

    of the benefits is an nice bonus sometimes and stock options

    622

    00:29:01.995 --> 00:29:04.995

    and RSUs and with a lot of these companies,

    623

    00:29:05.065 --> 00:29:07.635

    they typically are not going to withhold enough tax.

    624

    00:29:08.015 --> 00:29:11.675

    Um, Stryker for example, always withholds about 22% tax

    625

    00:29:12.215 --> 00:29:13.755

    and from almost everyone, that's,

    626

    00:29:13.755 --> 00:29:14.755

    that's nowhere near enough.

    627

    00:29:15.175 --> 00:29:17.675

    And so if you're not proactive, you end up

    628

    00:29:17.715 --> 00:29:19.875

    with a really big tax bill on penalties at the end.

    629

    00:29:20.055 --> 00:29:22.075

    And so planning ahead is really, really important.

    630

    00:29:23.035 --> 00:29:25.015

    Uh, another one is business owners.

    631

    00:29:25.595 --> 00:29:27.175

    You know, if you sell your business

    632

    00:29:27.195 --> 00:29:29.655

    or have a monster income year, you get ready

    633

    00:29:29.655 --> 00:29:33.135

    for a monster tax bill un unless you can do some planning

    634

    00:29:33.155 --> 00:29:35.135

    and avoid it and, and getting out in front of it.

    635

    00:29:36.195 --> 00:29:40.015

    And then the retirees, um, this one we have all the time.

    636

    00:29:40.135 --> 00:29:42.925

    I always tell everybody, and, and please take me up on it.

    637

    00:29:42.925 --> 00:29:44.925

    If you're gonna want a chunk of money, it's your money,

    638

    00:29:45.425 --> 00:29:46.445

    but please call us

    639

    00:29:46.445 --> 00:29:48.325

    and let's talk about where to take it from

    640

    00:29:48.675 --> 00:29:51.045

    because certain things, like I showed you

    641

    00:29:51.045 --> 00:29:53.885

    that example a minute ago where you take the money matters

    642

    00:29:53.985 --> 00:29:56.005

    and sometimes, you know, you may not think about it like,

    643

    00:29:56.005 --> 00:29:59.205

    oh, well I wanna grab 25,000 for this one time vacation

    644

    00:29:59.505 --> 00:30:00.605

    or this one-off expense.

    645

    00:30:01.185 --> 00:30:03.725

    It can, it can really bump up all your

    646

    00:30:03.725 --> 00:30:04.965

    taxes if you're not careful.

    647

    00:30:05.825 --> 00:30:08.685

    And then there's a really sneaky little deal that some

    648

    00:30:08.685 --> 00:30:12.565

    of you, uh, are in, uh, this Irma Medicare surcharge

    649

    00:30:12.565 --> 00:30:15.605

    where if you make too much income, it can have you paying up

    650

    00:30:15.605 --> 00:30:19.245

    to an extra $400 plus a month for, for your Medicare.

    651

    00:30:20.265 --> 00:30:23.085

    So, um, again, just be mindful of those.

    652

    00:30:23.465 --> 00:30:25.165

    Um, they're, they're very specific

    653

    00:30:25.305 --> 00:30:27.645

    so there's not a general one size fits all advice,

    654

    00:30:27.945 --> 00:30:30.325

    but it's something we'd be happy to, to discuss with you.

    655

    00:30:32.135 --> 00:30:34.185

    Okay. Alright, we whip through that.

    656

    00:30:34.685 --> 00:30:38.345

    Uh, I'm gonna stop the screen share

    657

    00:30:38.345 --> 00:30:42.065

    and uh, Tara, I don't know if you wanna open up the lines.

    658

    00:30:43.115 --> 00:30:44.615

    We will see if there's any questions

    659

    00:30:45.035 --> 00:30:46.055

    and we'll go from there.

    660

    00:31:09.435 --> 00:31:12.115

    I must have just answered every question ever known on

    661

    00:31:12.115 --> 00:31:13.155

    the face of the earth for taxes.

    662

    00:31:19.355 --> 00:31:22.395

    I have a question, Ryan, what is the, um,

    663

    00:31:23.055 --> 00:31:24.355

    income limit for the Roth?

    664

    00:31:24.455 --> 00:31:27.115

    You had mentioned that, um, income limits apply

    665

    00:31:27.215 --> 00:31:29.715

    for contributing to a Roth and I'm curious what that is.

    666

    00:31:30.275 --> 00:31:31.965

    Yeah, great question. And uh,

    667

    00:31:32.065 --> 00:31:33.325

    you got me right outta the gate.

    668

    00:31:33.325 --> 00:31:37.045

    It's like I gotta Google it. It is, it is around 200,000.

    669

    00:31:37.955 --> 00:31:39.655

    Uh, I need to google the exact number,

    670

    00:31:39.715 --> 00:31:42.255

    but for a married couple that's around 200,000

    671

    00:31:42.275 --> 00:31:44.095

    for a single person, it's about half that.

    672

    00:31:44.925 --> 00:31:49.295

    However, there are strategies if you're over that,

    673

    00:31:49.295 --> 00:31:50.815

    which a lot of our clients are,

    674

    00:31:51.355 --> 00:31:53.095

    and it may not work for everybody,

    675

    00:31:53.155 --> 00:31:54.655

    but it's called a backdoor Roth.

    676

    00:31:54.875 --> 00:31:57.335

    And it's, it's probably beyond explaining in this webinar,

    677

    00:31:58.035 --> 00:32:01.255

    but just because you're over the threshold doesn't mean you

    678

    00:32:01.255 --> 00:32:03.655

    can't do a Roth IRA in a sense.

    679

    00:32:04.475 --> 00:32:06.495

    You just have to be a little more strategic about it.

    680

    00:32:06.495 --> 00:32:07.775

    There's a, there's a few steps

    681

    00:32:08.245 --> 00:32:10.895

    that still allows most people to be able to do it.

    682

    00:32:11.435 --> 00:32:12.495

    And I also wanna mention,

    683

    00:32:12.895 --> 00:32:16.655

    'cause you brought up the question that does not apply in,

    684

    00:32:16.655 --> 00:32:17.895

    in a 401k.

    685

    00:32:18.275 --> 00:32:23.135

    So, so a lot of employer plans now are offering Roth 401k

    686

    00:32:23.135 --> 00:32:24.215

    or Roth 4 0 3 B.

    687

    00:32:24.715 --> 00:32:27.975

    The great thing about those plans, there is no income limit.

    688

    00:32:28.555 --> 00:32:29.575

    So people have been like,

    689

    00:32:29.575 --> 00:32:31.415

    well I saw I had the Roth in my 4 0 1,

    690

    00:32:31.415 --> 00:32:32.535

    but I make too much money for that.

    691

    00:32:32.645 --> 00:32:34.335

    Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.

    692

    00:32:34.555 --> 00:32:38.735

    Um, inside of 401k, there is no income limit like there is

    693

    00:32:38.735 --> 00:32:40.805

    for a traditional Roth IRA.

    694

    00:32:40.985 --> 00:32:42.765

    So good question Tara. Thank you.

    695

    00:33:00.275 --> 00:33:03.135

    Oh, well, I'm gonna assume everybody is, is just shy

    696

    00:33:03.395 --> 00:33:06.615

    and I, I know the participants on here have our information

    697

    00:33:06.795 --> 00:33:09.815

    so, um, if we don't have other

    698

    00:33:10.015 --> 00:33:11.215

    questions, I'm gonna wind it up.

    699

    00:33:11.315 --> 00:33:12.655

    Let everybody get back to their lunch.

    700

    00:33:13.395 --> 00:33:16.215

    As always, we are here as a resource for you,

    701

    00:33:16.245 --> 00:33:17.295

    your family and friends.

    702

    00:33:17.395 --> 00:33:19.175

    Please don't hesitate to reach out.

    703

    00:33:19.755 --> 00:33:23.455

    Um, if you would like a copy of this video, please reach out

    704

    00:33:23.455 --> 00:33:26.375

    to Tara or this recording rather and we can get you that.

    705

    00:33:26.835 --> 00:33:28.535

    And, uh, hope you all enjoy the rest of your day.

    706

    00:33:28.555 --> 00:33:30.415

    Thanks for tuning in, spending some time with us.

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