Tax planning and surge meetings with Micah Shilanski
May 6, 2024
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Experienced Certified Financial Planner Micah Shilanski and Steven Jarvis discuss tax planning strategies, Roth conversions, client communication during surge periods, and continuous monitoring of tax planning actions. They emphasize the importance of instilling confidence in clients and effective communication between advisors and tax preparers. The podcast also covers navigating uncertain tax times, strategies for enhancing professional skills, and upcoming summits for professionals.
Surge meetings are crucial for delivering value to clients with intentional discussions and extensive preparation.
Ongoing tax planning involves planting seeds about tax considerations, optimizing tax outcomes, and managing emotional responses.
Deep dives
The Importance of Surge Meetings and Value Season
During surge meetings, financial professionals focus on delivering mass amounts of value to clients. These meetings, lasting an hour per client, are packed with intentionality and value-driven discussions. The client may not see all the behind-the-scenes work in preparing for these meetings, emphasizing the importance of having a well-defined process for success and consistently delivering value throughout the client interaction.
Continuous Tax Planning and Preparation
Highlighting the importance of ongoing tax planning, financial advisors engage in continuous preparation for clients' tax situations. By planting seeds in every meeting about tax considerations for the year ahead, advisors ensure they are keeping track of critical tax-related decisions like Roth conversions, QCDs, and other financial moves to optimize tax outcomes for clients.
Emotional Impact and Communication in Tax Planning
Tax planning involves managing clients' emotional responses to financial decisions. Communicating in advance about potential tax liabilities, estimated payments, and having a process in place to navigate tax-related stress helps clients understand and prepare for tax obligations. Ensuring consistent communication about tax planning decisions fosters confidence and trust in the overall financial plan.
Sales Communication Strategy for Roth Conversions
When discussing Roth conversions with clients, advisors focus on guiding clients through a decision-making process. By presenting a guided discovery approach and asking clients to choose between current and potential future tax rates, advisors help clients understand the logic behind Roth conversions. Additionally, aligning personal practices with client recommendations and communicating these decisions effectively helps build trust and ensures client understanding.
Fresh off of the spring surge and the tax filing deadline Steven Jarvis, CPA is joined once again by Micah Shilanski, CPF (r) to talk about tax planning in the real world. Micah and Steven both share recent experiences with clients and best practices on communicating the complexities of tax planning in a way that clients will remember and take action on. They of course nerd out on all things Roth and share opportunities for Advisors to get more involved so be sure and listen through to the end.