Donor Advised Funds (DAF) | One Minute Tax Tips

This week’s One Minute Tax Tip discusses managing your #charitablegiving in a tax-smart way by considering opening and funding a DAF, or donor advised fund. In addition to the benefit of potentially receiving an immediate #incometaxdeduction, opening and funding a DAF allows you to transfer and donate stocks, bonds, and other appreciated investments, helping you to avoid paying capital gains …

One Minute Tax Tips – Roth IRA conversions

Wealth advisor Matt Regan, with the first in a weekly series, One Minute Tax Tips, discussing Roth IRA conversions. In today’s low (and possibly temporary) current income tax environment, considering paying some tax *this year*, in 2020, to do a partial Roth conversion and gain the benefit of having sheltered additional money in a tax free Roth IRA may make …

Strategies to Own a Concentrated Stock? 05.20.2023

Own a Concentrated Stock Position? Our 5 Strategies to Help Manage Risk and Taxes Stock compensation can be a wonderful complement to a traditional compensation package, oftentimes contributing significantly to an investor’s net worth. However, there is an overlying risk to investors who have too much of their net worth concentrated in the stock of one company. …

Towerpoint Wealth’s President Featured in Financial Advisor IQ Magazine

Our President, Joseph F. Eschleman, CIMA®, was profiled in Financial Advisor IQ’s October issue, discussing how the proper use of social media helps independent wealth management firms, and individual advisors, to establish thought leadership, gain credibility, and engage with current and prospective new clients. We’re biased, but it is a great article – click HERE to read what he had …