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Securing a Comfortable Retirement in the Age of Spending


Total Credits: 8 including 8 Taxes - Technical

Average Rating:
   6
Categories:
Partner Produced |  Tax
Speaker:
Kenneth Greenwood
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
8 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 40 day(s) after program date.

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Description

This course gives CPAs the knowledge to help their clients plan for retirement by evaluating how much retirement income they will require and planning for how to reach their retirement goals.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Help clients determine how much retirement income is necessary for the desired retirement lifestyle
  • Identify resources available for retirement
  • Understand how to build the three-legged retirement stool: employer retirement, savings, and Social Security
  • Develop Plan B when the ideal retirement goal is not achievable
  • Explain ways that clients can convert the equity in a home to retirement income
  • Explain how the value of a small business can be converted to retirement income
  • Explain survival possibilities and how first-to-die and last-to-die survival probabilities are used in retirement planning for married couples
  • Understand timing regarding the use of taxable retirement funds and nontaxable funds, and strategies to minimize income tax on Social Security
  • Recognize the role of various investment types, such as life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, equity holdings, and bonds in retirement planning
  • Summarize key points of recent research on the sustainability of retirement income and maintenance of desired retirement lifestyles

Major Subjects
  • Retirement planning using variables such as desired lifestyle, travel plans, housing plans, medical needs and family needs to customize a retirement plan unique to the client
  • Using the residence and other real estate as retirement assets through equity and rent
  • Using the small business as a retirement resource through creative retirement plans, non-qualified deferred compensation, and converting the value of the business through sales within the family or to an outside party
  • Asset allocation, portfolio management, portfolio rebalancing, and investment selection concepts, before and after retirement, tax-saving investment transactions, and the optimal asset mix between retirement plans and taxable savings
  • Developing a three-legged retirement stool of employer retirement, savings, and Social Security, and timing the use of the legs of the stool to maximize after tax retirement benefits
  • Distribution/asset liquidation planning including the pros and cons of various annuity options, guidelines/strategies using the minimum required distribution rules for qualified plans and IRAs, beneficiary elections, and the use of trusts
  • Sustainable portfolio withdrawal rates during retirement for differing stock/bond/cash asset allocations, inflation rates, and tax rates both from tax deferred accounts and taxable accounts
  • Analysis of the most current/important research on retirement planning and sustaining retirement income levels and lifestyles and the impact of the most recent tax laws, regulations, and rulings 

Course Materials

Speaker

Kenneth Greenwood Related Seminars and Products


Kenneth R. Greenwood is a seasoned leader in the business and finance industry. He is currently a finance director within the ConAgra Foods Company, and was previously a Finance Director for the Campbell’s Soup Company a finance manager for Procter & Gamble, and a management consultant for Ernst & Young.
Mr. Greenwood has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, where he also spent time as a facilitator for the Leadership Exploration and Development programs, tasked to instruct students on leadership and management.


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of retirement planning
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For CPAs looking to advise clients on retirement planning, and CPAs looking for effective strategies for their own retirement
Original Recording Date 06/21/2019
Yellow Book No
Course Developer Surgent McCoy
Date Added to Catalog 03/29/2019

Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).
Official Registry Statement Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org
Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
Course Registration Requirements Online Registration
Refund/Cancellation Policy Please contact the ACPEN help desk 1-877-602-9877 or help@acpen.com if you wish to cancel your attendance for a previously purchased webcast and are requesting a refund or transfer.

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Total Reviews: 6