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Susan Travis: Well, you hit on one of the biggest misunderstandings about Roth to start with, and that is people think that they can’t do a Roth conversion because they make too much money. Roth conversions is more how much you can stomach paying the tax now. So, what we do for clients is we look at various scenarios. The important thing is now we are in probably the lowest income tax brackets that we are going to be in. And we can show over a lifetime, whether it’s just 10 years, or if it’s 40 years, how much tax we can save clients by doing Roth conversions now. And oftentimes, that savings gets into the millions of dollars.
Doug Fabian: Great good site. So, one other aspect of the SECURE Act was some changes regarding 529 plans. Explain those to us.
Susan Travis: Sure, if you’ve ever had an advisor say the 529 plan isn’t for you, it’s time to relook at that. They have become better. Then, of course, K-12 education continues to be available for 529 plans. So, one thing that’s not changing is the price of college continues to go up. The annual growth rate is 6.8%. So, 529 plans have become even more of an important planning tool for parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, anyone that wants to help out with college education costs in the future.
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Doug Fabian: So, let’s talk about the future of tax and estate laws in America. Now, today, we know there are no new tax laws that have been passed by the Biden administration, but there are some proposed changes. In addition, there is a change coming that is under the radar of most families, and that is the sunset provision or expiration of the $11.7 million exemption from estate taxes that exists today. But in 2026, that exemption is going to revert to the old rules, which is approximately 5.5 million.
Very, why don’t we start there as this is informative. This might be a change which is informative. As I was talking with richer family members, In my opinion that the is the alter that individuals shall be considering now. Thus, Susan, question to you personally, what would be to families which have insightful $10 million or even more today, referring to full wide range today, what as long as they be thinking to deal with the potential of a great upcoming home income tax responsibility?
Susan Travis: Families with 10 million of assets or more, they can consider many different planning avenues. We would say that our primary goal is making sure the client is taken care of. Sorry, Doug, but I’m going to go back to that balance sheet again. We want to put together projections to make sure each client is going to have financial security and freedom. All right, from there, we need to take into consideration many details, and it starts at what state you live in. Is it a common law or a community property state? That, in and of itself, will dictate how your property needs to be titled, and what state documents you’ll need. From there, we need to look at the type of assets you own. Is most of your wealth in qualified accounts? By that, I mean IRAs and 401ks. This will determine what planning is best for you then.