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 maintaini...
An Estate Planning Checklist to Facilitate Wealth Transfer
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. Help your loved ones avoid becoming one of these statistics. You need to educa...
Year End Estate Planning Tip #5 – Make Gifts that Your Family Will Love but the IRS Won’t Tax
Don’t let the chaos of the holiday season prevent you from avoiding federal gift tax by making “annual exclusion” gifts, medical payments gifts, and educational gifts. Make Annual Exclusion Gift...
Year End Estate Planning Tip #4 – Check the Privacy of Your Estate Plan
With the end of the year fast approaching, now is the time to fine tune your estate plan before you get caught up in the chaos of the holiday season. One area of planning that many people overlook is ...
Year End Estate Planning Tip #3 – Check Your Mental Disability Plan
With the end of the year fast approaching, now is the time to fine tune your estate plan before you get caught up in the chaos of the holiday season. One area of planning that many people overlook ...
Year End Estate Planning Tip #2 – Check Your Beneficiary Designations
With the end of the year fast approaching, now is the time to fine tune your estate plan before you get caught up in the chaos of the holiday season. One area of planning that many people overlook ...
Year End Estate Planning Tip #1 – Check Your Estate Tax Planning
With the end of the year fast approaching, now is the time to fine tune your estate plan before you get caught up in the chaos of the holiday season. One area that married couples should revisit is...
Accidental Estate Planning
by Nathan Nelson and Thomas Fafinski Some shun having an estate plan arguing that the state laws of intestacy are probably fair. The drawback is being forced to probate the assets, which are a matter ...