Financial Advisers Advise Their Clients To Prepare For The U.S. Tax Reform

Advisor December 4, 2017

The package of tax reform is said to aim at fixing the broken system and the undersigned have one shared perspective about this: There will be an acceleration in economic growth if the Jobs Acts and Tax Cuts pass. This will lead to a progressive economic effect: increase of employment, higher wages, and a better way of living for the people of the United States. On the other hand, the failure of the bill would mean risks of the continued economic underperformance of America. The U.S. is not as strong as it was and economically speaking, it is incompetent.

What Happened To the United States?

Why is U.S. economy not competitive?

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The corporate tax rate is untouched virtually for more than three decades until it topped the chart and recorded as the highest in the industrialized world above the OECD average by 15 percent. The loss of economic edge had led to forfeiting 4,700 companies from 2004 until 2017 to cheaper ones abroad. America took it slow while everyone else in the world took different steps to lower their corporate rates and even to a point of lowering the wages of American workers and cutting them off by thousands of dollars annually.

Regardless of support or direct opposition to the present plan, the current record-breaking rate at which the U.S. taxes creating jobs should be acknowledged. Taking action on the comprehensive overhaul will ignite the U.S. economy with growth levels not seen for generations. It would help produce a boost in GDP between 3 and 5 percent. The debate about it examines the deficit implications. It is important to consider the $1 trillion new revenues for the federal government which is four-tenths of a percentage of the growth in GDP.

The financial advisors are warning clients to be cautious about making big moves in swaying tax bills until the Congress finalize the cuts in taxes as well as the Jobs Act.

On Friday, Senate Republicans verbally expressed their confidence on having the support they need to pass the proposed tax bill. When that happens, the Senate and the House will need to meet halfway and settle the differences in their bills prior to presenting the final version to President Trump.

There was a statement by financial advisors that the uncertainty about what might or might not make it to the ultimate bill would mean that the consumers should tread carefully. According to Erika Safran, certified financial planner and founder of Safran Wealth Advisors in New York, it would be hard to reconcile doing something that would be financially damaging if some particular change doesn’t go through. You have got nimble.

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Consumers should focus on the current tax law when it comes to making the year-end moves to cut their tax bill according to financial advisors. Only until there is a final version of the said bill that you are advised to have a consultation with your accountant and advisor.

The best advice is to focus on taking actions that would advance your overall financial situation regardless of the changes in legislation. Such moves could be done by pre-tax max out of contributions to your 401 (k) plan and extend donations to charities.

Safran even added that it would be good to do all the things you can within the present framework.

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Kevin Meehan, the regional president for Wealth Enhancement Group in Itasca, lll, and a certified financial planner, said that once the final version of the reform bill on tax is finished, you should be quick in coordinating with your tax professional and financial advisor. They will be able to run some projections that could determine how provisions in tax reforms would be able to affect you.

You are going to have to watch out the main areas. Ask which is better: should you accelerate income, defer, or deduct? These are just some of the advice people like Meehan does. There is a possibility for last-minute moves to make before the year ends depending on the timing. Barry Glassman, founder, and president of Glassman Wealth Services in Vienna, Va, said that there could also be a shift in strategies in going forward. You’re going to have to move quickly. As soon as you know what you have, what do you do about it?