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5 Ways to Modernize Your Estate Planning Using Flexible Trusts
Your estate plan undoubtedly includes trusts that will continue for the benefit of your spouse’s lifetime and then for the benefit of several generations of your family. Implementing and maintaining trusts that will cover the administration, investment, and distribution of trust property over the span of multiple decades is challenging and generally requires you to Read More
Read MoreHow to Avoid a Basis Management Disaster
Many of us in the legal, financial and accounting worlds discover our new clients’ well-intentioned, yet disastrous, plans after the fact. The widow has already transferred her house into her children’s names or an inherited IRA is drained to pay for a Porsche. Observing the lost planning opportunity and the financial fallout is universally gut Read More
Read MoreHow to Help Clients Avoid a Disastrous Will or Trust Contest
A will or trust contest can derail a client’s final wishes, rapidly deplete their estate, and tear their loved ones apart. But it doesn’t have to end like this. In this issue you will learn: What a will or trust contest is Who can contest a will or trust When a will or trust contest Read More
Read MoreHow to Create a Successful, Multigenerational Wealth Transfer Plan
Studies have shown that 70% of family wealth is lost by the end of the second generation and 90% by the end of the third. Don’t let your loved ones become part of these statistics. You need to understand, and work to overcome, the disconnect that occurs between generations regarding the transfer of wealth. In Read More
Read MoreYear-End Strategies for Reducing Income You or Your Trustee Can Use Now
With the end of the year approaching fast, now is the time to consider ways to reduce your 2014 income tax bill. In this issue you will learn: How charitable trust-based planning can be used to reduce your taxable income. If you are the Trustee or beneficiary of an irrevocable, non-grantor trust (such as a Read More
Read MoreParental Warning: If You Own Your Property this Way, You May Accidentally Disinherit Your Own Children
While there are several forms of joint ownership, the one most people use (and the one considered in this discussion) is called “Joint Ownership with Right of Survivorship.” When one owner dies, the jointly owned asset automatically, by operation of law, transfers to the surviving owner. Joint ownership is a very common way for married Read More
Read MoreYes, Your Family Needs Asset Protection Planning
If you’re like most people, when you hear “estate planning” or “asset protection planning,” you think of someone like JR Ewing of the 1978 show Dallas, Bill Gates, or the Kennedys. WARNING: Common Misconception A very common misconception is only wealthy families and people in high-risk professions need asset protection planning. But in reality, anyone can Read More
Read MoreHow to Protect Inherited IRAs After the Clark v. Rameker Decision
In a landmark, unanimous 9-0 decision handed down on June 12, 2014, the United States Supreme Court held that inherited IRAs are not “retirement funds” within the meaning of federal bankruptcy law. This means they are therefore available to satisfy creditors’ claims. (See Clark, et ux v. Rameker, 573 U.S. ______ (2014)) The Court reached Read More
Read MoreWarning: What You Don’t Know About Income Tax Basis Could Hit Your Bottom Line
Income tax basis may not be the most exciting topic to read about. However, it is a critically important topic to anyone who owns significant assets. Gaining an understanding of the basics of basis is a way to avoid costly mistakes. The Real Meaning of Basis According to IRS Tax Topic 703, your basis “is Read More
Read MoreWho Needs an Estate Plan?
If you’re reading this, you need an estate plan. Why? The short answer is “Everyone, age 18 and older needs an estate plan.” It doesn’t matter if you are old or young, if you have built up considerable wealth or if you are just entering adulthood —you need a written plan to keep you in Read More
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