by Springwater Wealth | Apr 16, 2024 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Taxes, Wealth Management
If you are charitably inclined, you should consider making your gifts to your favorite charities through a Donor Advised Fund (or “DAF”). What is a Donor Advised Fund (or “DAF”)? A Donor Advised Fund (or “DAF”) is a philanthropic giving vehicle that allows donors to...
by Springwater Wealth | Feb 14, 2024 | Financial Planning, Taxes, Wealth Management
If you are 70 ½ or older and you are charitably inclined, you should be making your gifts to your favorite charities through Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from your retirement accounts. What is a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)? A QCD is a...
by Springwater Wealth | Apr 25, 2023 | Financial Planning, Investment Management, Retirement Plans
SECURE 2.0 Act On December 23, 2022, Congress passed legislation enhancing the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019. The 2022 version, referred to as SECURE Act 2.0, was signed by President Biden days later. The plan includes...
by Springwater Wealth | May 21, 2021 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Retirement Concerns, Wealth Management
Any experienced mountaineer will tell you that the most dangerous part of a climb is the descent. More serious accidents and fatalities happen when climbers are descending than when they are climbing upward. There are lots of reasons for this. Climbing can be very...
by Springwater Wealth | Jan 10, 2020 | Newsletter
It’s a new year, and for some owners of IRAs and other retirement accounts that means the cycle of calculating your Required Minimum Distributions (“RMDs”) begins all over again. In December 2019 Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the...