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April 06, 2020 at 04:54 PM
Industry groups are urging lawmakers to include in the next stimulus plan a restoration — and expansion — of the deductibility of fees on professional investment and financial planning advice that was repealed with the sweeping tax overhaul enacted in 2017.
“The repeal of the deduction may have appeared inconsequential with 2017’s rising stock market, sustained job growth and slowly increasing real wage growth,” said Kevin Keller, CEO of CFP Board, in joint statement. “But in this moment of crisis, millions of Americans, including many near retirement, are watching the money they worked so hard to earn and to save evaporate virtually overnight. It is crucial that they have affordable access to competent, ethical advice now and in the foreseeable future.”
Other groups joining the CFP Board include the Investment Adviser Association, Financial Services Institute, National Association of Personal Financial Advisors and the Financial Planning Association.
Prior to the 2017 tax law, the deduction was allowed only for taxpayers whose advisory fees exceeded 2% of adjusted gross income (AGI), the groups explained. Many criticized that limitation as unfairly benefiting upper-income households.
