Proactive Planning Toolkit

Use these financial planning tools and resources to help you educate your clients and proactively plan for changes.

Legislation like TCJA, SECURE, CARES, ARP Act and other proposals have added complexity to
planning for your individual, family, and business owner clients. The following
tools and resources will help you plan proactively for your clients.

SECURE Act

Use our resources to help navigate the complexities of retirement and tax planning for your clients as a result of the passage of the 2019 and 2022 SECURE Act provisions.

SECURE 2.0: New retirement planning opportunities for your clients | webcast

Join this 90-minute webcast to prepare and get your SECURE Act 2.0 questions answered. The related slides are a great tool to view prior law and new law.

Rolling excess 529 plan funds into Roth IRA accounts | podcast

Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, interviews education expert, Ross Riskin, CPA/PFS, on the new 529 provisions in SECURE 2.0.

Personal financial planning summary of SECURE 2.0

Download our quick reference guide for the provisions in SECURE 2.0.

Visualizing Roth changes from SECURE Act 2.0

Download this visual chart to clearly see the Roth changes for catch-up contributions, required minimum distributions, 529 plan rollovers and more.

Bob Veres Media Reviews: Advice for retirement challenges

This issue of Bob Veres’ Media Reviews covers SECURE 2.0, Hiring crunch, texting policies, and more.

How SECURE 2.0 impacts clients we see in our practices | podcast

Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, explains the new SECURE 2.0 changes you need to know about to best advise your financial planning clients.

Slott and Keebler on what to watch out for with SECURE 2.0 | podcast

Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, gets Ed Slott’s take on the new retirement legislation and what to be mindful of.

Slott and Keebler on the complex new RMD rules | PFP learning library podcast archive

Ed Slott and Bob Keeber discuss the new SECURE Act regulations and what to pay attention to.

The ins and outs of the new SECURE Act proposed regulations | PFP learning library podcast archive

Robert Keebler shares what you need to know about the newly released SECURE Act proposed regulations.

How the SECURE Act affects retirement and other planning | PFP learning library archived webcast

Jeff Levine reviews the implications of the SECURE Act, so you can help your clients understand the change and advise them accordingly.

Charts

These charts, updated in 2023, are graciously provided by Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, except as noted below. They are exclusively available to PFP/PFS members.

Visualizing Roth changes from SECURE Act 2.0

Download this visual chart to clearly see the Roth changes for catch-up contributions, required minimum distributions, 529 plan rollovers and more.

75 Best Income Tax Strategies

Use this chart, provided by Bob Keebler to implement proven income tax planning strategies with your clients to minimize their tax bill.

Tax Asset Classes Chart

Compare the tax efficiency and planning strategies for various tax asset classes with this helpful chart prepared by Bob Keebler.

The Top 10 Tax Planning Ideas for 2024

This chart by Bob Keebler highlights the top tax ideas for 2024 along with presenting reasons to consider a Roth IRA Conversion.

Capital Gains Harvesting Chart

This chart from Bob Keebler helps practitioners determine if the time-sensitive strategy of harvesting gains makes sense for their clients.

Tax-Efficient Draw Down Strategies

This chart provided by Bob Keebler covers key draw down concepts, strategies, and asset classes provided in an easy to reference document.

Marginal Tax Rates Chart (Provided by Michael Kitces) 

See various factors that impact marginal tax rates for your clients including AMT, LTCG, payroll taxes and more.

Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Chart

This chart by Bob Keebler gives an overview of generation skipping transfer tax issues, the usage of the Dynasty Trusts, and reviews automatic allocation rules.

Understanding the Net Investment Income Tax Chart

Use this chart to understand the rules and planning strategies for the 3.8% Net investment Income Tax (NIIT).

Applying the 3.8% NIIT Chart

Bob Keebler explains the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) for individuals, charitable remainder trusts, and charitable lead trusts in this chart.

IRA Distribution Flowchart – For deaths after 12-31-19

Bob Keebler has shared this flowchart with PFP Section members to highlight traditional IRA distribution considerations.

Roth IRA Distribution Flowchart – For deaths which occur after 12/31/19

Bob Keebler has made this flowchart available to PFP Section members to highlight Roth IRA distribution considerations.

Roth Quadrants Reference Chart

This informative chart from Bob Keebler covers 8 different tax and potential tax penalty aspects of Roth IRAs.

PFP Tax Bracket Management Chart

The Bracket Management Chart by Bob Keebler contains impactful bracket management ideas, checklists, tax brackets and illustrative examples.

The Roth Conversion Decision Chart

This chart from Bob Keebler will walk you through whether your client should convert to a Roth IRA and gives important advisor considerations on the decision.

2024 Individual, Estate, and Gift Tax Cheat Sheet

This chart provides a high-level summary of the 2024 key tax numbers to keep handy as you work through client engagements.

Understanding §199A Qualified Business Income

If you’re looking for a tool to help with understanding § 199A Qualified Business Income, this chart is for you.

IRA Trust Client Summary

With inherited IRA distributions now required to be paid out over ten years, you will want to consider whether the owner’s IRA should be payable to a trust.

IRAs Payable to Trusts after the Secure Act

Get access to a simple decision chart that will help you determine the specifics of IRAs payable to trust after SECURE.

Useful Estate and Trust Decision Charts

Steve Oshins provides four useful charts to help you help your clients plan including the domestic asset protection trust state rankings, dynasty trust state rankings, trust decanting state rankings, and the non-grantor trust state income tax chart.

Practice Guide

V1 – The Adviser’s Guide to Financial & Estate Planning – 14th Ed

Use this resource as a reference library of deep technical financial and estate planning content written in simple terms to guide you with advising your clients.

V2 – The Adviser’s Guide to Financial & Estate Planning – 14th Ed

This volume is a vital resource if you want to help business owner clients with topics like employee benefits, choice of business form and succession planning.

V3 – The Adviser’s Guide to Financial & Estate Planning – 14th Ed

Use this resource as a reference library to the latest technical guidance as you advise clients in the areas of Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid and so much more.

V4 – The Adviser’s Guide to Financial & Estate Planning – 14th Ed

This volume provides annual updates as well as checklists, planning pointers, and questionnaires to simplify the planning process.

Audio Learning

Biden’s 2024 budget proposals that impact individuals | podcast

Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, gives an overview of the Biden proposals that impact wealthier clients.

Slott and Keebler on what to watch out for with SECURE 2.0 | podcast

Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, gets Ed Slott’s take on the new retirement legislation and what to be mindful of.

How SECURE 2.0 impacts clients we see in our practices | podcast

Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, explains the new SECURE 2.0 changes you need to know about to best advise your financial planning clients.

Inside look at the Inflation Reduction Act | Tax Section Odyssey

The Inflation Reduction Act, H.R. 5376, is now law and includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, various energy credits and increased IRS funding.

How the newly proposed clawback regulations impact estate planning | PFP learning library podcast archive

Robert Keebler discusses how the new clawback regulations affect popular estate planning strategies.

Slott and Keebler on the complex new RMD rules | PFP learning library podcast archive

Ed Slott and Bob Keeber discuss the new SECURE Act regulations and what to pay attention to.

The ins and outs of the new SECURE Act proposed regulations | PFP learning library podcast archive

Robert Keebler shares what you need to know about the newly released SECURE Act proposed regulations.

Why it may now be easier for clients to retire prior to age 59 ½ | PFP learning library podcast archive

Robert Keebler, CPA/PFS, explains the new IRS notice 2022-6 and how this impacts retirement.

The future of Social Security | PFP learning library podcast archive

Ted Sarenski, CPA/PFS, discusses the predicted Social Security shortfalls and what to do for clients.

The impact of the Van Hollen bill on current estate administration | PFP learning library podcast archive

Marty Shenkman, JD and Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, MST discuss new developments for clients with estate administration in process.

The unexpected state tax consequences of employees who work from home | PFP learning library podcast

Mark Klein, JD, and Lauren Minch, CPA, CFA shares what you need to be considering with state taxation.

How the SECURE Act affects retirement and other planning | PFP learning library archived webcast

Jeff Levine reviews the implications of the SECURE Act, so you can help your clients understand the change and advise them accordingly.

Upcoming Personal Financial Planning Webcasts and Free CPE

Our webcasts give PFP section members and CPA/PFS credential holders the opportunity to learn about timely issues as well as interact with their peers.

Client Communications

Broadridge Advisor 

Extensive client-friendly content written by CPAs, attorneys, and other experts on planning strategies, new laws, and more. Use your professional judgment to determine whether this education is relevant to your clients.

Additional Tools and Resources

Paycheck protection program resources

Find tools to help you educate and advise your clients on the PPP.

Tax updates related to the latest legislation

Tax resources to help you guide clients with recent law changes.

AICPA tax reform resource center

A central hub to find all things related to the TCJA and other tax changes.

Legislative and regulatory news

A library of law changes that impact the way you plan for clients.