Toby is a veteran journalist with more than a dozen years of experience in the field who joined Financial Planning in 2017 after prior tenures with the New York Daily News, Commercial Observer and City Limits. He earned an undergraduate degree in the humanities from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's degree in journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He has won a dozen business journalism awards during his time with Financial Planning, including those received for the 2020 podcast series "
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New rules for IRA beneficiaries, the expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and guidelines for qualified stock make these strategies especially relevant.
August 26 -
The decision hinging on the definition of "inventory" in the sale of a highly valuable position in a U.S. partnership resolved a saga that began 16 years ago.
August 23 -
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have laid out widely divergent plans for handling the sunset date for many parts of the TCJA.
August 19 -
Planners can help savers avoid higher taxes, IRS penalties and Medicare headaches by guiding them through the strict guidelines for the accounts.
August 12 -
Heirs and their financial advisors should start figuring out how to minimize the tax impact of the end of the so-called stretch strategy, experts said.
August 7 -
The planning strategies for large individual equity holdings pose tax, investment and behavioral questions for financial advisors and their customers.
August 5 -
While she has promoted the Biden administration's policies, she has campaigned on ideas that are more far-reaching in scope than the president's plans.
July 22 -
Former President Trump is disavowing the conservative blueprint, which advocates for radical shifts in regulations and taxes that would reverberate in the industry.
July 17 -
The combination of variable prepaid forwards with long and short equity positions outpaces the after-tax returns of a direct indexing strategy, a new study found.
July 15 -
For financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients, the opportunities and acronyms look endless. Three experts explain the key questions to consider.
July 11 -
The decisions indicated that justices will use far stricter scrutiny of government regulations moving forward, and some cases dealt a direct impact right away.
July 10 -
Art carries higher rates than most investments, but financial advisors and their clients can tap into trusts, charitable donations, loss harvesting and the stepped-up basis.
July 8 -
Many plan participants told the U.S. Government Accountability Office they didn't understand their four main options — or the potential tax consequences.
June 24 -
The growing fixed-income products carry some risks, but their returns this year are attracting more financial advisors and their clients, according to experts.
June 17 -
Jeffrey Levine and The American College of Financial Services hope to help more financial advisors branch into the related but historically separate field.
June 11 -
A decision backing the surviving shareholder in a family business could have carried major tax implications to succession plans. Instead, SCOTUS backed the IRS.
June 10 -
Tax deductions for meals come with a 50% limit in most cases. Here's a mini guide to noshing breaks for financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients.
June 10 -
The growing number of fraud victims who suffer staggering financial losses often find themselves having to pay Uncle Sam for their missing income, experts say.
June 7 -
The Section 121 exclusion and the step-up in basis are well known to financial advisors and tax professionals, but their clients will need to plan carefully to net the biggest potential savings.
June 3 -
Qualified small business stock carries major potential savings for startup founders and investors, but the benefits come with some important caveats to keep in mind.
May 28
