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Engage Current Clients

Offer to review clients’ incentive compensation/equity award statements to help them understand the optimal time to consider diversifying concentrated shares.

Attract New Clients

For prospective clients with equity awards, ask if you can help them understand their exposures to employer stock. Offer to review incentive compensation/equity award statements. Identify any potential tax-related issues/opportunities.

Key Dates*

January 15

  • Deadline to pay the fourth-quarter estimated tax payment for tax year 2024
  • Deadline for employers to mail out W-2 forms and for financial institutions to mail out Form 1099's

*Source: Internal Revenue Service

Engage Current Clients

Remind clients to gather and review all tax-related forms (W-2s, 1099s, K-1s, etc). Communicate with clients’ accountants and other tax-related advisors as needed.

Attract New Clients

Explain the advantages of having a financial advisor who is part of their broader tax team. After-Tax Advisors are mindful of strategies to help achieve better tax outcomes.

Key Dates*

February 28

  • Deadline for businesses to mail Forms 1099 and 1096 to the IRS

*Source: Internal Revenue Service

Engage Current Clients

Help clients understand the tax challenges and investment decisions that can accompany major life events. Know the impact taxes have by creating a personalized plan for your clients that grows with them as their lives evolve.

Attract New Clients

Ask prospective clients if they are expecting any major life events and, if yes, how are they planning for them.

Key Tax Dates*

March 17:

  • Deadline for S corporations to file returns and pay taxes for tax year 2024 or to request an extension (Form 7004)

March 31:

  • Deadline for businesses to e-file Forms 1099 and 1096 to the IRS, except Form 1099-NEC

1 The U.S. Legacy Income Trusts® are offered by the U.S. Charitable Gift Trust®.

*Source: Internal Revenue Service

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The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust® (Gift Trust) is a tax-exempt public charity offering donor-advised funds and the U.S. Legacy Income Trusts (Legacy Income Trusts) are pooled income funds described in Section 642(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code. All activities of the Gift Trust and the Legacy Income Trusts and the participation of Donors and income beneficiaries in the Legacy Income Trusts are subject to the requirements of state and federal law, the terms and conditions of the applicable Declaration of Trust, the current information statement and/or gifting booklet and the completed forms submitted by each Donor. The Board of Directors of the Gift Trust (Board of Directors) reserves the right to modify the program of the Gift Trust and the Legacy Income Trusts at any time, subject to the provisions of the applicable Declaration of Trust and state and federal law. Any contribution to the Gift Trust or a Legacy Income Trust, once accepted by Eaton Vance Trust Company (Trustee), represents an irrevocable commitment. Contributions cannot be rescinded or changed, and are subject to the exclusive legal control of the Gift Trust, the Trustee and the Board of Directors. Donors to the Gift Trust and the Legacy Income Trusts should be motivated by charitable intent. As charitable giving vehicles, the Gift Trust and the Legacy Income Trusts should not be treated as, and are not designed to compete with, investments made for private gain. An intention to benefit the Gift Trust and one or more qualified charitable organizations eligible for support by the Gift Trust should be a significant part of the decision to contribute. The tax consequences of contributing to the Gift Trust or a Legacy Income Trust will vary based on individual circumstances. Prospective Donors should consult their own tax advisors. Distributions to income beneficiaries from a Legacy Income Trust are not guaranteed by any party, and are subject to investment risk. In considering potential changes in annual distribution rates of the Legacy Income Trusts, the Trustee will assess their long-term earnings potential and seek to balance the interests of current and future income beneficiaries and the charitable remainder interests. Neither the Gift Trust nor the Legacy Income Trusts has been registered under federal securities laws, pursuant to available exemptions. Neither the Gift Trust nor the Legacy Income Trusts is guaranteed or insured by the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities. Contributions are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution.

Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. is a paid solicitor of the Gift Trust and the Legacy Income Trusts, receiving compensation as described in the applicable information statement or gifting booklet. The information provided herein relating to the Gift Trust and the Legacy Income Trusts is not a solicitation for a charitable contribution and Eaton Vance Management is not providing any fundraising advice in connection with such information.

This site and the materials herein are directed only to certain types of contributors and to persons in the United States where the Gift Trust and Legacy Income Trusts are authorized for distribution.