When tax season ends, tax planning begins. Join host Bryan Bibbo as he sits down with Chad Weigl, CFF, BPC, NSSA, lead advisor at JL Smith Holistic Wealth Management, a Prosperity Capital Advisors company, to walk through what high-income earners and pre-retirees should consider once their return is filed.

With more than a decade of experience in retirement income planning, tax strategy, Social Security, and estate planning, Chad breaks down which line items on your return reveal some of the biggest missed opportunities, and how to translate this year’s outcome into a smarter plan before the window closes.

Key Topics:

• Your Tax Return as a Planning Tool: Why filing it away until next April can be a costly mistake, and which specific line items deserve your attention right now.

• The Hidden Cost of Capital Gain Distributions: How internal trades by mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) managers can generate surprise taxable events, and what strategies may help reduce them.

• Tax-Efficient Withdrawal Strategies: How structuring distributions across pre-tax, post-tax, and Roth accounts can help keep you in the lowest possible bracket throughout retirement.

• Roth Conversions and Market Downturns: Why periods of market volatility can create timely opportunities to convert more shares at a discount and let them recover tax-free.

• Planning for High-Income Earners: How to approach deferred compensation elections, restricted stock units (RSUs), and equity compensation, and why many of these decisions often need to be made a full year in advance.