AICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)

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Futurism & your tax and financial planning business {PFP Section} Oct 11, 2019

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Guest: Mackey McNeill, CPA/PFS

Change is a universal constant. You want to be equipped to embrace it so that you can best serve your clients as the geopolitical and economic landscapes evolve. In this podcast, Mackey McNeill, CPA/PFS interviews futurist, David Houle to get his perspective on:

What's going to be different in the 2020s and why
How do you plan inside this disruption?
What is "humanism" and how it will impact your relationships with and services provided to your clients

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Practical resources to grow, evolve and manage your practice
Demonstrate your competency in personal financial planning with the CPA/PFS credential or the personal financial planning certificate program.
About David Houle
- Moving to a finite earth economy: the future of humanity, climate and capitalism by David Houle

The episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice and by the CPA/PFS Credential program which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community and gain access to valuable member-only benefits.

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Strategies for Optimizing Incentive Stock Options {PFP Section} Oct 04, 2019

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Guest: Nadine Gordon Lee, CPA/PFS, CFP®, Managing Director, Metro NY Offices & President, Colony Group Family Office

In this podcast, Nadine Lee, CPA/PFS shares strategies and cases related to optimizing incentive stock options. She answers the questions:

What are the three ways that clients take action on incentive stock options?
What are the requirements of ISOs?
What can CPA financial planners do to help clients navigate this complex area of planning?
How do ISOs factor into a tax-smart comprehensive financial plan?

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Taxes and Financing Retirement Healthcare {PFP Section} Sep 27, 2019

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Guest: Ted Sarenski, CPA/PFS

In this episode, Ted Sarenski, CPA/PFS discusses the impact of taxes on financing retirement healthcare and answers the questions:

What are the major tax considerations CPA financial planners should take into account when advising clients on financing retirement healthcare?
What are some special tax considerations with Medicare?
What about long-term care and how to pay for it?
How can CPA financial planners help their clients navigate the overwhelming experience of finding suitable care and managing the related finances?

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Financial Planning & Tax Services hub at aicpa.org/growadvisoryservices
Retirement planning certificate, part of the PFP certificate program
Demonstrate your competence and confidence with the CPA/PFS credential!

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Regulation Best Interest {PFP Section} Sep 20, 2019

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Guest: Ellen Bruno, CPA/PFS, CGMA

In this episode, Ellen Bruno, CPA/PFS walks through the regulation best interest, Form CRS and the standard of conduct for investment advisers. She answers the questions:

What does the term solely incidental mean? What is the impact on dually-registered investment advisers?
What is the RIA fiduciary duty?
What is the customer relationship summary? And what are the compliance requirements?

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A cure for the SECURE Act: using CRTs {PFP Section} Sep 13, 2019

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Guest: Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS & David Cahoone, JD, LLM

Category: Technical

In this episode, Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS discusses the planning strategies related to the proposed SECURE Act using charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) as beneficiaries as IRAs to simulate a stretch IRA. He answers the questions:

When the SECURE Act becomes law, what happens to the stretch IRA as we know it today?
If the stretch IRA is gone for most descendants, is there any hope for continued life stretch-out?
Is a stretch-out only a tax deferral strategy or is there more to it?
How would a CRT be structured to receive retirement benefits?
What are the tax consequences of naming a CRT of a retirement plan beneficiary?
And more!

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Women & wealth: Supporting the surviving spouse (Part 4 of 4) {PFP Section} Sep 06, 2019

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Guest: Paula McMillan, CPA/PFS, CGMA, Senior Financial Advisor at Stearns Financial Group

Category: Technical

"Widow" can feel like a 4-letter word. In this episode, Paula McMillan, CPA/PFS gives an overview of the unique financial issues and challenges that women face as a surviving spouse and your role as their CPA adviser in helping them with their financial life plan and make sound financial decisions. She answers the questions:

What are the actions and words you can use when interacting with your client who has just lost their spouse?
What are the complex financial issues that widowed women face?
How can you build trust with your women clients and support them so that you can help them through this transition?

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Broadridge Advisor's Women's resource center (free access to PFP/PFS members) includes extensive-content written by CPAs, attorneys and other experts on planning strategies, new relevant laws, etc. that are articulated in client terms.
Retirement planning podcast series by Paula McMillan

Don't miss the other episodes in this series, Women & Wealth: Her Unique Needs:

Women taking the reins: financial influence on the move
Breadwinner women: sandwiched between career, children, and caregiver
Women navigating divorce: independence and finances
Widow can feel like a 4-letter word: supporting the surviving spouse

Tax & investment planning in an ultra-low interest rate environment {PFP Section} Aug 30, 2019

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Guest: Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS & Bob Gordon

Category: Technical

In this episode, Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS interviews Bob Gordon of Twenty-First Securities Corporation about the planning strategies in an ultra-low interest rate environment. He answers the questions:

What are the unique investment opportunities when interest rates are very low?
What special election can taxpayers make to reduce taxable income with bond premiums?
What tax arbitrage opportunities exist when rates are low?
What does it mean to have negative interest rates?

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Broadridge Advisor's client alerts on market volatility (free access to PFP/PFS members) includes extensive-content written by CPAs, attorneys and other experts on planning strategies, new relevant laws, etc. that are articulated in client terms.

Women & wealth: Women navigating divorce, independence and finances (Part 3 of 4) {PFP Section} Aug 23, 2019

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Guest: Paula McMillan, CPA/PFS, CGMA, Senior Financial Advisor at Stearns Financial Group

Category: Technical

In this episode, Paula McMillan, CPA/PFS gives an overview of the unique financial issues and challenges that women face when navigating divorce and your role as their CPA adviser in helping them with their financial life plan and make sound financial decisions. She answers the questions:

What are the complex financial issues that women face when navigating divorce?
What are some key tenants you can share with your clients when they are navigating divorce, independence and finances?
How can you be an indispensable adviser for your clients when they are navigating divorce?

Access the related resources from this podcast:

Broadridge Advisor's Women's resource center (free access to PFP/PFS members) includes extensive-content written by CPAs, attorneys and other experts on planning strategies, new relevant laws, etc. that are articulated in client terms.
Retirement planning podcast series by Paula McMillan

Don't miss the other episodes in this series, Women & Wealth: Her Unique Needs:

Women taking the reins: financial influence on the move
Breadwinner women: sandwiched between career, children, and caregiver
Women navigating divorce: independence and finances
Widow can feel like a 4-letter word: supporting the surviving spouse

Are we headed for recession or not? What the inverted yield curve means {PFP Section} Aug 20, 2019

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Guest: Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS & Dr. Robert LeClair

Category: Technical

In this episode, Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS interviews Dr. Robert LeClair about the recent market volatility and the lower interest rate environment, including:

What is an inverted yield curve?
What is the significance of an inverted yield curve?
What defines a recession?
What are the key indicators to look for when recession may be on the horizon?

Access the related resources from this podcast:

Broadridge Advisor's client alerts on market volatility (free access to PFP/PFS members) includes extensive-content written by CPAs, attorneys and other experts on planning strategies, new relevant laws, etc. that are articulated in client terms.

The episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice and by the CPA/PFS Credential program which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at https://www.aicpa.org/interestareas/personalfinancialplanning.html to join our community and gain access to valuable member-only benefits.

Women & wealth: Breadwinner women sandwiched between career, children and caregiver (Part 2 of 4) {PFP Section} Aug 16, 2019

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Guest: Paula McMillan, CPA/PFS, CGMA, Senior Financial Advisor at Stearns Financial Group

Category: Technical

In this episode, Paula McMillan, CPA/PFS gives an overview of the unique financial issues and challenges that women face and your role as their CPA adviser in helping them with their financial life plan and make sound financial decisions. She answers the questions:

What are the pressures facing women who are breadwinners?
What are the complex financial issues that these women face?
How can you help them navigate financial decisions?

Access the related resources from this podcast:

Broadridge Advisor's Women's resource center (free access to PFP/PFS members) includes extensive-content written by CPAs, attorneys and other experts on planning strategies, new relevant laws, etc. that are articulated in client terms.
Retirement planning podcast series by Paula McMillan

Don't miss the other episodes in this series, Women & Wealth: Her Unique Needs:

Women taking the reins: financial influence on the move
Breadwinner women: sandwiched between career, children, and caregiver
Women navigating divorce: independence and finances
Widow can feel like a 4-letter word: supporting the surviving spouse

The episode is brought to you by the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Section, the premier provider of information, tools, advocacy and guidance for professionals who specialize in providing tax, estate, retirement, risk management and investment planning advice and by the CPA/PFS Credential program which allows CPAs to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing these services to their clients. Visit us online at https://www.aicpa.org/pfp to join our community and gain access to valuable member-only benefits.