Key Topics Directly Impacting Your Financial Future in 2021

In addition to dramatic lifestyle and workplace changes, we are now having to guess what lies ahead in terms of policy from a new administration. With these issues to consider, along with the usual life changes like retirement, divorce, education and growing families, there has never been a more important time to review you and your family’s financial plan.

In the coming months, we will provide our thoughts in navigating the many obstacles, challenges, and new opportunities as they present themselves. Our intent is to provide meaningful advice and analysis that is timely and actionable for you and your family.

Some of the topics we will be discussing:

*Estate Planning *rules and regulations that have resulted from the 2019 SECURE Act, and how they can affect important pieces of your Estate Plan. Your 401(k), IRA, Roth IRA and even your pension could be impacted. Updating your beneficiary information on these assets as well as life insurance can reduce costs to your family. Do you have a written Transfer on Death? (TOD)

Review all of your legal documents including Rights of Survivorship, Last Will, Living Will, Powers of Attorney, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts and other matters that are critical to keep current. Organizing these affairs now will avoid any devastating surprises that can occur later. (Hello 2020)

Income tax planning will move to the top of everyone’s list in 2021, as there are many pending proposals and changes coming from Congress and the Administration. Deductions, capital gains, death tax and many other issues will need expert review in the coming months.
If you are planning for college education for your children or grandchildren, you need to know about new changes and opportunities that could impact your strategy. In addition, if you are active in Charitable Giving, you will want to know the many ways of gifting that can most benefit your charity as well as your own taxable situation.

Often overlooked as a critical component of anyone’s long-term planning,** life insurance **requires detailed review as lifestyle changes occur. Do you have enough? Too much? Are your beneficiaries up-to-date?

These and many other issues will be addressed by our team. New ideas and strategies are always being discussed by our Financial Planning Roundtable, and we’ll be sure to provide our updates with the most current information and analysis.

If there are topics or questions that you would like to see addressed in this new year, please reach out to us below.

We are excited to see what 2021 will represent for all of us.