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Tax1/Accounting Sensitive Portfolio Management
Knowing and addressing the effects of client-specific tax/accounting circumstances has been fundamental to NISA’s tax/accounting sensitive strategies since the firm’s inception in 1994. We believe the appropriate measure of performance for a taxable portfolio is the after-tax return versus the pre-tax return.
Tax/accounting sensitive strategies are customized to achieve client-specific objectives. Strategies may include loss harvesting, gain/loss restrictions, turnover management, dividend/interest management and/or considerations of state and local tax treatment. We partner with clients with realized loss constraints as well as those who desire to maximize the realization of losses.
Our approach is commonly referred to as a direct indexing solution customizable for tax/accounting sensitivities.
Portfolio losses are realized with the assumption that the client will use these losses to offset gains. To the extent the client does not have gains available to offset in the current period, the value of the tax benefit of such losses will be less than reported.
1 NISA Investment Advisors, LLC does not purport to and does not, in any fashion, provide tax, accounting, actuarial, recordkeeping, legal, broker/dealer or any related services. You should consult your advisors with respect to these areas and the material presented herein.
The risks identified below will vary based on the selected strategies for tax and accounting sensitive management. Portfolio losses are realized with the assumption that the client will use these losses to offset gains. To the extent the client does not have gains available to offset in the current period, the value of the tax benefit of such losses will be less than reported.
Tax rate changes are a risk, as Federal and State tax rates have changed numerous times over the past several years and certain changes to the tax code may not be optimal given a client’s selected strategy. In multi-manager scenarios, trades must be communicated between managers to avoid issues such as wash sales, presenting a trade communication risk. An operational accounting risk exist if the official recordkeeper of the account holds different lots than NISA’s accounting systems, leading to differing realized gain loss scenarios and potentially inefficient trading.
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