Tax Planning

Welcome to Tax Season 2026

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Welcome to Tax Season 2026

The IRS today opened the 2026 tax filing season and began accepting and processing federal individual income tax returns for tax year 2025.

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May 14, 2021 

How to Get the Most Tax Benefits from the American Rescue Plan

Reach out to your clients as you learn about new legislation or guidance to give them your insights and the digestible version of what it means for them. This is your chance to cut through the technical jargon with easy-to-digest insights and showcase ...

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April 24, 2021 

Planning For Tax Season: The Essentials

Taxes can be stressful and even overwhelming, whether you’re an individual taxpayer, a college student, or a small business owner. With tax laws changing, various deadlines, and wondering how much you’ll owe or get back, making sure you stay organized is

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January 9, 2018 

Estate Planning and the New 2018 Tax Law

The estate tax exemption and the gift tax work together in a sense that you have a unified lifetime credit for gifts, which match the estate tax exemption. The unified credit increases each year, along with the estate tax exemption. Each year there is ...

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August 30, 2017 

Estate Planning Part III – Bypass Trusts

In the final part of my estate planning series, I would like to tackle more complicated themes that build on the first two parts. The first thing that I would like to discuss in this article is a trust that was once used frequently before portability.

Craig Smalley