Bigger Insights Finance

Asset Location: Taxable vs. Tax-favored Accounts (401k, IRA, HSA)

Asset Location (AKA Asset Placement) is a strategy for organizing your assets in an optimal way that helps you meet your financial goals. In the previous episode, we focused on asset location strategies for reducing taxes and simplifying your tax return. In this episode, we focus on asset location considerations for allocating capital between your taxable and tax-favored accounts (TFA) such as 401(k), IRA, and HSA. Topic discussed: (1) Seeing TFAs in a different light and deciding what your long-term strategy is for each account, (2) Using your projected tax liability to help guide your allocation, (3) deciding what assets you want to invest in, which will help determine your allocation, (4) Asset protection. Visit us at biggerinsights.com to request a consultation or read our blog. Please consider making a non-deductible contribution to help us keep this podcast going. OpenAlias: contribute.biggerinsights.com. Monero (XMR), Bitcoin (BTC), and Litecoin (LTC) addresses at biggerinsights.com/support-us. Disclaimer: We are not attorneys, CFAs, CFPs, CPAs, tax attorneys, or enrolled agents, and nothing in our podcast is tax, financial, legal, or other advice. We highly encourage you to consult your attorney, tax, and financial advisors before making any changes to your legal, tax, or financial situation. (C) 2023 Bigger Insights, LLC. All rights reserved.

Asset Location: Reducing Taxes & Simplifying Your Tax Return

Asset Location (AKA Asset Placement) is a strategy for organizing your assets in such a way as to reduce tax burden, simplify your tax return, and manage risk. We discuss our Asset Location strategies, which includes specifics about tax treatment for growth stocks, dividend stocks, taxable bonds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), precious metals (gold, silver), and commodities. We also detail considerations for foreign tax credit, master limited partnerships (MLPs), and Schedule K-1. Visit us at biggerinsights.com to request a consultation or read our blog. Please consider making a non-deductible contribution to help us keep this podcast going. OpenAlias: contribute.biggerinsights.com. Monero (XMR), Bitcoin (BTC), and Litecoin (LTC) addresses at biggerinsights.com/support-us. Disclaimer: We are not CPAs, tax attorneys, enrolled agents, or other tax professionals and nothing in our podcast is tax, financial, or other advice. We highly encourage you to consult your tax and financial advisors before making any changes to your tax or financial situation.

What Does it Mean to be Able to Afford Something?

Most everyone will agree that you shouldn’t buy things that you can’t afford, yet so many do. Why is that? It seems to us that one of the reasons for this is because many don’t know what it means to be able to afford something. Spoiler alert – it doesn’t mean you have enough money in the bank or have just enough income to cover it. In this episode, we're going to give you some things to think about when you're doing your budgeting, financial planning, or considering making a large purchase like a home, car, wedding, etc. Visit us at biggerinsights.com to request a consultation or read our blog. Please consider making a non-deductible contribution to help us break through Big Tech suppression and keep this podcast going. OpenAlias: contribute.biggerinsights.com. Monero (XMR), Bitcoin (BTC), and Litecoin (LTC) addresses at biggerinsights.com/support-us.

Living Trusts: What and Why You Need One

1 out of 3 US adults have an estate plan. 3 out of 3 need one. Revocable living trusts are powerful, flexible estate planning instruments which all adults should seriously consider, especially if there are children or significant assets involved. In this episode, we detail the advantages and disadvantages of living trusts. We also discuss the risks and headaches of dying either with only a last will or no estate plan at all (intestate), which furthers the case for having a living trust. Visit us at biggerinsights.com to request a consultation or read our blog. Please consider making a non-deductible contribution to help us break through Big Tech suppression and keep this podcast going. OpenAlias: contribute.biggerinsights.com. Monero (XMR), Bitcoin (BTC), and Litecoin (LTC) addresses at biggerinsights.com/support-us. Disclaimer: We are not lawyers or other legal professionals and do not practice law in any regard. Nothing in this episode, our podcasts in general, or our website should be construed as legal advice. The content of this episode is specific to the United States and may vary depending on your state and local jurisdiction. Although believed to be accurate as of the date of publishing this episode, some of this information may be inaccurate, may not be appropriate for your situation, or may change as the laws change. We encourage you to discuss any of this content with a qualified and competent lawyer in your jurisdiction.

Why You Should Consider Investing in a Roth IRA

A Roth IRA is funded with after-tax dollars, but distributions are tax-free in retirement. Everyone knows that, but Roth IRAs have special properties and use cases that rarely get mentioned. We explain what the general and special benefits of a Roth IRA are, as well as under what circumstances you may want to invest in a Roth IRA. Some of the items discussed include tax-free and penalty-free distributions, protecting your assets from taxes and inflation, and required minimum distributions (RMD). Visit us at biggerinsights.com to request a consultation or read our blog. Please consider making a non-deductible contribution to help us break through Big Tech suppression and keep this podcast going. OpenAlias: contribute.biggerinsights.com. Monero (XMR), Bitcoin (BTC), and Litecoin (LTC) addresses at biggerinsights.com/support-us. Disclaimer: We are not CPAs, tax attorneys, enrolled agents, or other tax professionals and nothing in our podcast is tax, financial, or other advice. IRA rules are rather complicated, so we highly encourage you to consult your tax and financial advisors before making any changes to your tax or financial situation.