Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits
Live Virtual Seminar
4.00 Credits
Member Price $200.00
Price will increase by $50 on 9/6
Non-Member Price $260.00
Price will increase by $50 on 9/6
Overview
The leading edge of the baby boomer generation has already reached retirement age. Financial and tax planners can expect increased demand for strategies that dovetail Social Security with other retirement and estate planning objectives. This course provides tax and financial planning professionals with both the background information on the Social Security system and the strategies clients will need in dealing with Social Security, and the myriad other related retirement planning issues.
Highlights
- Retirement benefits: What the amount of benefits is in various circumstances
- Spousal benefits: Should a spouse return to work? What benefits does a spouse have and when and how do they relate to benefits decisions by the client?
- Claiming Social Security: Advantages and disadvantages at ages 62, full retirement age, and 70
- Planning: What clients approaching retirement age should consider now with respect to benefits for them, their spouses, and their children
- Coordinating benefits: Should you take Social Security first and higher-balance IRA distributions later, or take IRA balances first and enhanced Social Security benefits later?
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of retirement planning
Designed For
Practitioners who have clients contemplating receipt of Social Security
Objectives
- Identify who is entitled to retirement benefits and in what amounts
- Summarize the factors one must consider in determining when to take benefits
- Discuss the taxation of Social Security benefits and how this impacts other income tax planning
- Identify and describe the potential effects of retirement and estate planning strategies
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
William Murphy
William F. Murphy is an expert in tax consulting and financial planning who works with corporations, news and publishing organizations, and professional practices in Indiana. Besides being a CPA, he is accredited in business valuation and holds designations of personal financial specialist and certified valuation analyst. Bill has appeared as an expert witness in cases involving marital and business disputes and has lectured on valuation and tax issues for the National Business Institute, Western CPE, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indiana CPA Society, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, among others. He is also a member and former chairman of the Ethics Committee for the Indiana CPA Society and a contributing expert to FOX News, CNBC and other media.
Non-Member Price $260.00
Member Price $200.00