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Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Estate Planning and Estate Administrations During Economic Downturns

In uncertain economic times, many individuals are concerned about the value of their investments, and for good reason. When the stock market dips or real estate prices fall, the effect isn’t just felt in personal investment...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, November/December 2024

Loan or gift? Handle intrafamily transfers with care - If you’re like most people, an important goal of estate planning is to provide financial assistance to your children or other loved ones, ideally at the lowest...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, July/August 2024

Employee stock ownership plan - A versatile business exit and estate planning tool - If you own a closely held business, a significant portion of your wealth may be tied up in it. So, to prepare for retirement and...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Fideicomisos (“Trusts”): Entendiendo Para Que No Se Deje Engañar

Los Fideicomisos (“Trusts”) son vehículos que pueden ayudar en la preservación de la riqueza y la propiedad para las generaciones futuras, proteger activos o llevar a cabo un propósito caritativo. Un Fideicomiso es una...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Understanding Trusts So You Are Not Mislead By The Word “Trust”

Trusts are vehicles that can assist in the preservation of wealth and property for future generations, protect assets, or carry out a charitable purpose. A trust is an entity created and governed under the state law in which...more

Freeman Law

Why You Should Hire a Tax Professional to Review Your Trust

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Trusts come in many variations, rendering them often difficult for non-attorneys to follow and comprehend.  Indeed, this variation can often be seen in the nomenclature used for trust arrangements, which includes terms such...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Family Advancement Sustainability Trust: A Flexible Trust That Can Achieve Many Estate Planning Goals

While, ultimately, you create an estate plan to meet technical objectives, such as minimizing gift and estate taxes and protecting your assets from creditors’ claims, you should also consider “softer,” yet equally critical,...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Estate Tax Planning for Large Company Stock Holdings: Four Tips for Using Record-High Lifetime Exemptions

- Annual inflation-indexing continues to increase the historically high lifetime exemption amount for gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Those of considerable wealth who have not yet made gifts, such as...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner - July/August 2020

Don’t overlook foreign assets when planning your estate - You’d be surprised how often people fail to disclose foreign assets to their estate planning advisors. They assume that these assets aren’t relevant to their “U.S.”...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

COVID-19 and Estate Planning: Strategies to Consider Now

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic fluctuations in the stock market and the value of closely held businesses.  Although we all hope that the massive dips in values are temporary, these challenges present unique...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner - January/February 2020

Now or later - When’s the right time to transfer your wealth? - To gift or not to gift? It’s a deceptively complex question. The temporary doubling of the gift and estate tax exemption — to an inflation-adjusted...more

Burr & Forman

Tax Reform and Estate Planning: How the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impacts Estate Plans for McNair Clients

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When the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed, significant changes were made to the Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, the most prominent of which is the increased applicable exclusion amount, which...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Estate Planning for a Non-U.S. Citizen Spouse

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There are special estate tax planning considerations when a non-U.S. citizen spouse is part of the picture. To be clear, a non-U.S. citizen spouse may be living in the U.S. and even hold a green card, but he or she does not...more

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