Estate Planning Mistake #4: Paying too much income and capital gains taxes

April 17, 2024
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Logic would tell us, if we simply plod through life, ignoring any legal opportunities to pay less income and capital gains taxes, the less we will have to spend during retirement and the less we will leave our posterity. In Episode Five of Estate Planning Made Easy, The Podcast, David reveals key investments that either postpone taxes or accumulate totally income and capital gains TAX FREE. David further explains:

* The power of using the Step-up in Basis when planning your estate.
* How The SECURE Act is the Stealth estate tax.
* Why you should convert your IRA to a Roth IRA
* Why The Family Bank Strategy, is the Holy Grail, and the premier vehicle to not only accumulate and distribute tax free wealth, but it is also the absolute best way to pass TAX FREE wealth to your posterity.

Chapters:

01:00 – First Estate Planning Mistake is to die Intestate
02:40 – Misunderstanding Portability – Mistake #3
03:00 – Avoid taxes on investments
05:00 – Step-up in basis – explanation
07:30 – Precious metals
08:00 – Deferred Annuities
09:00 – Create your own Retirement Time Machine
10:00 – Qualified accounts – Tax advantages and trade offs
11:30 – 2020 SECURE Act explained
12:15 – Break
12:30 – Roth conversion explained
13:30 – Tax bracket management game
14:30 – The Family Bank Strategy
15:30 – The Gift Tax Leverage Strategy
16:30 – Next episode introduced – The Power of gifting

Learn more:
* Estate Planning Made Easy website

* shop.empez.com
* The 10 Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes, 4th Edition, by David T. Phillips
* Generational Wealth Strategies newsletter
* The Future of Retirement Savings, by Todd Phillips
* The Bombshell Battle Plan, by David T. Phillips

Contact:
Estate Planning Specialists at 888-892-1102
The Durfee Law Group at 480 324-8000

* How to Create Your Retirement Time Machine

Receive a 50% discount on all our books and reports (not the Analysis) by using the discount code EPMEZ at https://shop.epmez.com/.

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David has been a highly recognized consumer advocate for life insurance, annuities, hybrid long-term care insurance, and estate planning for 52 years. He is the author of the bestselling books – Estate Planning Made Easy (third edition), The 10 Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, Leveraged Care Solutions, The Bombshell Battle Plan, Disinherit the IRS, and his ever-popular book The Family Bank Strategy. David has been a featured speaker at various global investment conferences and a frequent guest on national television including CNN, Fox News, CNBC, Money Talks, and Bloomberg.

David graduated from Brigham Young University. He is an active member of his church and coached the Arizona State University Water Ski Team from 1994 – 2006, winning the National Championship in 2001. David and his wife Jane have been married for 52 years and have four children and 12 grandchildren.
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