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Mani Mahadevan

@manimahadevan

Democratizing tax mitigation at valur.com // playing infinite games with long term people // prev: Apple Card @GoldmanSachs @Medallia (IPO) @McKinsey

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Everyone feels that taxes are overwhelming and undigestible. It's no accident, the tax code has growth by about 150,000 words per year for the last 50 years. The result? Less trust in the government and a system that *historically* only the wealthiest can take advantage of

Everyone feels that taxes are overwhelming and undigestible. 

It's no accident, the tax code has growth by about 150,000 words per year for the last 50 years. 

The result?

Less trust in the government and a system that *historically* only the wealthiest can take advantage of
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More than half of the 100 wealthiest Americans use this special type of trust to save hundreds of millions in taxes Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg & Oprah Winfrey have all set these up for their family Here's how it works: (& why it becomes especially significant in 2025):

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We're excited to soon launch a new product here in partnership with Valur & Mani Mahadevan It's a new type of supercharged GRAT that uses automation & modern technology to save even more in taxes Follow along and stay tuned for an announcement shortly 👀

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Excited to introduce a slightly insane new product that will save families a lot of money on estate taxes The Direct-Indexed GRAT Instead of helping you set up one trust to lower taxes, we will instead create up to five hundred (!!) of them Here's how and why this works:

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One of the few things the majority of Americans agree on is on Taxes! And that taxes are: - too complicated - too high - a bad value - need to be changed The sad news is taxes will (likely) - get more complicated - increase - become a worse value due to debt!

One of the few things the majority of Americans agree on is on Taxes! 

And that taxes are:

- too complicated 

- too high

- a bad value

- need to be changed 

The sad news is taxes will (likely)

- get more complicated 

- increase 

- become a worse value due to debt!
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The unsaid piece here is every tax increase and new type of tax just incentives more tax structuring and at a certain point reduces tax revenues (known as the Laffer curve). Starting to tax unrealized capital gains taxes means successful business owners are forced to sell their

The unsaid piece here is every tax increase and new type of tax just incentives more tax structuring and at a certain point reduces tax revenues (known as the Laffer curve).

Starting to tax unrealized capital gains taxes means successful business owners are forced to sell their
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Want to learn more about the tax benefits of investing in solar + energy projects? We're bringing in Mani Mahadevan to teach a free workshop next Wednesday at 2pm ET streamyard.com/watch/eMEPH7dp… We'll go through this step-by-step, talk about pitfalls, where to find projects & more

Want to learn more about the tax benefits of investing in solar + energy projects?

We're bringing in <a href="/ManiMahadevan/">Mani Mahadevan</a> to teach a free workshop next Wednesday at 2pm ET

streamyard.com/watch/eMEPH7dp…

We'll go through this step-by-step, talk about pitfalls, where to find projects &amp; more
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New video course live for Carry members: Tax Benefits of Energy Investing I interview Mani Mahadevan to learn: - Tax benefits of oil & gas investing and commercial solar projects - How they can be used by business owners & W-2 employees - Offsetting active income & more

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We just raised a $10M Series A for Carry! Carry exists to help business owners grow their net worth by saving money on taxes In less than 2 years, we've grown to 1400+ customers, ~$900K in ARR and $35M+ in assets on our platform And we're just getting started... 🧵

We just raised a $10M Series A for Carry!

<a href="/carryhq_/">Carry</a> exists to help business owners grow their net worth by saving money on taxes

In less than 2 years, we've grown to 1400+ customers, ~$900K in ARR and $35M+ in assets on our platform

And we're just getting started... 🧵
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We're hosting a LIVE webinar about Crummey trusts next week. Join us to lean why the Crummey Trust is a powerful estate planning instrument. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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Hendrik Bessembinder, a Arizona Professor, analyzed ~29,000 public stocks from 1925 -2023 to understand "Which U.S. Stocks Generated the Highest Long-Term Returns?" Some interesting insights (mostly reaffirming traditional wisdom here): - Stock picking is hard - 51.6% of stocks

Hendrik Bessembinder, a Arizona Professor, analyzed ~29,000 public stocks from 1925 -2023 to understand "Which U.S. Stocks Generated the Highest Long-Term Returns?"

Some interesting insights (mostly reaffirming traditional wisdom here):

- Stock picking is hard - 51.6% of stocks