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  • calendar_month October 28, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
  • signal_cellular_alt Intermediate
  • card_travel Tax Preparer
  • schedule 110 minutes

Tax Strategies for Advising Retirees After OBBBA and SECURE 2.0

Social Security Planning, Roth Conversions, Charitable Contributions, QCDs

$197.00

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Description

There are numerous considerations for retiring taxpayers. These taxpayers are approaching or have reached the eligible age to receive Social Security benefits, Medicare, and required minimum distributions (RMDs). Recent legislation has significantly affected tax planning for retirees. The OBBBA added a $6,000 deduction for taxpayers who are age 65 or older. The deduction is phased out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 ($150,000 MFJ). 

Changes under the SECURE Act—including raising the age for RMDs from 70 and a half to 72, eliminating stretch IRAs, and removing the age requirement for IRA contributions—complicate tax issues for these clients.

There are steps that tax advisers can use with retirees to reduce taxation of their lifetime earnings. Coordinating and planning future cash flow from pensions, Social Security, and other personal assets can amount to substantial tax savings. Roth conversions, making qualified charitable distributions (QCDs), and considering spousal and ex-spousal Social Security benefits when appropriate can minimize future tax consequences.

Listen as Lawrence K.Y. Pon, CPA/PFS, CFP, EA, USTCP, AEP of Pon & Associates, provides his insights and experiences on tax adviser techniques to minimize taxation of taxpayers approaching or in retirement.

Presented By

Larry Pon
CPA/PFS, CFP, EA, USTCP, AEP
Pon & Associates, CPA

Mr. Pon has been in practice since 1986 providing comprehensive accounting, tax, payroll, and business advisory services. He specializes in tax preparation, tax representation, tax planning, business planning, financial planning, and estate planning. Services include IRS and state audit representation, business startup services, and charitable planning. Mr. Pon is a frequent author and lecturer to financial and legal professionals and the public on tax and financial planning topics.

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Credit Information

  • BARBRI is a NASBA CPE sponsor and this 110-minute webinar is accredited for 2.0 CPE credits.

  • BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).

Date + Time

  • event

    Tuesday, October 28, 2025

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

I. Tax strategies for retirees: an overview

II. Recent legislation

A. OBBBA

B. Secure 2.0

III. RMDs

IV. Roth conversions

V. Medicare planning

VI. Charitable contributions 

A. OBBBA changes

B. QCDs

VII. Tax-efficient portfolio withdrawals

VIII. Recent IRS guidance and court cases

The panelist will review these and other critical issues:

  • Planning strategies for Social Security benefits
  • Modified adjusted gross income limits for Medicare
  • Changes made to RMDs by the SECURE Act
  • When and how to initiate Roth conversions
  • Making charitable contributions after the OBBBA
  • How QCDs can minimize tax

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Determine when and how to initiate a Roth conversion
  • Recognize when to make charitable contributions and QCDs
  • Ascertain the modified adjusted gross income limits for Medicare
  • Discern planning strategies for Social Security benefits
  • Select the most tax-efficient portfolio withdrawals
  • Determine the impact of recent tax legislation and impending tax legislation on retirees
  • Field of Study: Taxes
  • Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
  • Advance Preparation: None
  • Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
  • Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
  • Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
  • Prerequisite:

    Three years+ business or public firm experience preparing complex tax forms and schedules, supervising other preparers or accountants. Specific knowledge and understanding of individual income taxation, including itemized deductions, individual income tax credits, net operating loss limitations including carrybacks and carryforwards.


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IRS Approved Provider

BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).

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