Yocum Wealth · Services · Proactive Tax Planning
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Tax planning that runs ahead of the return.

Multi-year tax projections, Roth conversion strategy, tax-loss harvesting and coordination with your CPA — designed to lower your lifetime tax bill, not just this year's.

What's included

Decisions made before December 31.

Most tax savings are won in the months before year-end, not in April when the return is being filed.
01

Multi-year projections

We model the next 10–20 years of taxes so you can see what your future self is actually paying.

02

Roth conversion strategy

Conversion windows mapped against bracket fills, IRMAA thresholds, and surviving-spouse risk.

03

Tax-loss harvesting

Lot-level harvesting and replacement that keeps you invested while banking the loss.

04

Asset location

The right account types hold the right assets — bonds in IRAs, equities in taxable, growth in Roth.

05

CPA coordination

We work directly with your accountant before year-end, not after the return is filed.

06

Withdrawal sequencing

For retirees, the order of accounts you draw from changes the math significantly.

How we do it

From rearview to windshield.

A planning practice that closes action items before December — not a return that just confirms what's already done.
Step 01 — Pull the picture

Returns, tax forms, projections in one place.

We bring last year's return, this year's pay stubs, and a forward projection into a single view.

Step 02 — Find the windows

Bracket gaps, conversions, harvesting.

We identify the specific years and amounts where action moves the needle.

Step 03 — Execute before year-end

Action items closed by December.

Conversions processed, harvests booked, gifts completed — before the calendar runs out.

Who it's for

For households whose taxes are about to get more complex.

  • Pre-retirees with large traditional IRA or 401(k) balances facing future RMDs
  • Executives with concentrated stock or unusual income years
  • Retirees managing IRMAA, Social Security taxation, and bracket creep
  • Recent retirees in the conversion-window years between retirement and RMDs
  • Anyone whose CPA "just files the return" and never plans ahead

Ready to lower your lifetime tax bill?

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