Topic: Tax Smart Strategies for Business Owners and Individuals
Speaker: Mike Garmone, CRPC®, CexP, Partner and Wealth Advisor with Carson Wealth
Presentation
- Long-Short SMA (Separately Managed Account) Investment strategy seeking excess returns while deferring gains and realizing tax losses
- DAF - Donor Advised Fund - You contribute assets, take the tax deduction right away, and then recommend grants to charities over time, whenever you like. A DAF can help to offset a portion of AGI for up to 5 years depending on the size of the DAF contribution.
- QCD - Qualified Charitable Donation - Send funds directly to a charity from an IRA. Funds are not taxed. Must be over 70 1/2
Speaker's bio:
Mike is the Owner of Carson Wealth in Gilbert AZ.
His team focuses on holistic wealth management, which integrates retirement planning, estate strategies, insurance, charitable giving, and business interests into a single cohesive plan. Tax planning sits at the heart of that process. We look for opportunities to reduce your lifetime tax burden through strategies like Roth conversions, tax-loss harvesting, long-short strategies and charitable gifting vehicles such as Donor Advised funds, and Qualified Charitable Donations.
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With 389 members, the FENG Phoenix chapter is continuing to provide support, mentorship, and networking opportunities in the metropolitan Phoenix area. The active membership is comprised primarily of former CFOs among a broad base of industries.
We continue to meet via Zoom. We generally meet the 1st Tuesday afternoon of each month. Exceptions: January will be on the 2nd Tuesday, and we take a summer hiatus in July and August.
Contact Chair for more information:
Mark Johnson
(602) 882-3086
[email protected]
Thank you for your interest in the Phoenix chapter.
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| Total Members | 256 |
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| Alumni | (55%) 142 |
| Active | (38%) 96 |
| Associate | (1%) 2 |
| Retired | (6%) 16 |