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Santa Clarita wealth management firm creates new planning approach for business owners  Powerful business solution integrates life and business planning while reducing tax burden Santa Clarita, Calif. — Santa Clarita wealth management firm Vance Wealth announced a new business offering designed to help business owners simplify their planning approach to life and business. Simplify365 is a business…

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Empowering Women to Achieve More Those who know me know that I am passionate about educating young adults with money smarts. Unfortunately, financial literacy isn’t taught in schools (although I see this increasing!), and often the conversations aren’t happening at home. College kids are graduating with credit card debt and student loan debt. A study…

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More often than not, the most costly tax mistakes we see are not errors, but missed opportunities, including overlooked opportunities for long-term planning, strategic deductions, and reduction of your lifetime tax liability. “That’s all the more true for business owners, who have complex tax blueprints that include both personal and corporate returns,” explained John Vance,…

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The Value of Having Your Kids Work in the Family Business

Carrisa Flores, Paraplanner As the firm’s Paraplanner, Carrisa Flores finds passion and purpose in the focused, structured work it takes to support the Wealth Advisors at Vance Wealth. Originally from the Inland Empire, Carrisa began her career as a respiratory therapist at Riverside Medical Clinic. While she found it both challenging and rewarding, she eventually…

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The Value of Having Your Kids Work in the Family Business

Keeping up with our commitment to community involvement, the Vance Wealth team gets together for a local nonprofit event or fundraiser each quarter. In October, that meant teeing up to support the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce. The 2022 Oak Tree Classic Golf Tournament was held at The Oaks Club in Valencia and did…

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In a challenging market, the path to financial success can quickly start to feel unclear, uncertain, and overwhelmingly stressful. Trusting that you’re still on your way to achieving more isn’t easy. But that’s precisely when we aim to make the biggest difference for our clients. “We consider it our responsibility to not only steer you…

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The FED Moves Forward by Looking Backward The FED’s stated mission is to ensure price stability and full employment, which explains the heavy focus on inflation and unemployment data. Unfortunately, both of those series represent lagging indicators that only see the impacts of monetary policy after delays that are long and variable. In times like…

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The IRS has increased the 401(k) plan contribution limits for 2023. Millions of Americans can save more in their retirement accounts in 2023 due to inflation adjustment increases to contribution limits recently updated by the Internal Revenue Service. The higher limit contributions offer significant savings opportunities. Please see our updated fact sheet for more details.…

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