Ten million taxpayers are inside the Social Security benefits “tax torpedo”. This is where if more income is taken, more Social Security benefits are taxable. Such taxpayers can have a marginal federal tax rate of 40.7 percent or 49.95 percent even though they don’t have very high taxable income.
Join Professor Greg Geisler when he will review the following:
- What the Social Security (benefits received) tax torpedo is and how to identify clients who are inside of it
- Determine their effective federal tax rate, which could be 40.7% or 49.95%, using three number from their tax return.
- Proper financial advice for these high marginal tax rate but moderate taxable income clients
- Choose the appropriate accounts to withdraw funds from to limit the negative tax impact of the SSBs Tax Torpedo.
*CE/CPE Eligible: 1 CE credits are available to subscribers with these designations: CFP, CLU, ChFC and RICP. CPA subscribers will earn 1 CPE credits.
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this session.
Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
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