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As we approach the end of 2016, you'll likely hear many people talking about year-end tax planning. While implementing tax planning strategies at year-end is certainly advantageous, tax planning can be even more beneficial as a year-round activity. 

As a financial planner, I often advise my clients to regularly review their financial planning activities alongside the current tax strategies available to them, to minimize potential income taxes while staying on course to meet their financial goals.

Tax season is quickly approaching, and business owners will need to get organized a little earlier this year. Recent legislative actions, made an in effort to cut down on both tax fraud and identity theft, have changed the upcoming W-2 and 1099-MISC filing deadlines. 

Did you know that if your estate is large enough, up to 40% of your life insurance death benefits can be lost to federal estate tax?

Although life insurance proceeds are not subject to income tax, they are included in your taxable estate, and therefore can be subject to estate tax. To prevent the taxation of life insurance proceeds, many of our clients choose to purchase their life insurance policy using an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT), or gift their existing policy to an ILIT.