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Lathrop GPM

[Webinar] Planning for Retirement Accounts that Outgrow Retirement - August 19th, 9:00 am PT

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Lathrop GPM attorneys Allie Itami and Sara Hire will walk through key legal and tax considerations that arise when retirement accounts grow beyond personal retirement needs. From alternative investments to estate tax...more

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Going Once, Going Twice…(but who’s it going to? And what’s it worth?)

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Host Warren K. Racusin, Chair of Lowenstein's Trusts & Estates practice, invites Meghan M. Federman and Joanne Mournet, President at DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers, to cover how estate planning for art and valuables differs...more

Offit Kurman

Not Maintaining an Up-to-Date Inventory of Art and Collectibles for Estate Planning

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A well-organized inventory is essential for effectively managing and planning the distribution of collectibles, including art. Clients may struggle to track their assets without an inventory, making future distribution and...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, January/February 2025

Managing your residuary estate - Even with a comprehensive estate plan, it’s likely you’ll have some assets in a residuary estate. Like the sediment at the bottom of your glass after you finish a fine wine, an estate plan...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, September/October 2024

Moving to another state? Revisit your estate plan - If you recently relocated to a new state — or you’re planning such a move — it’s a good idea to review and update your estate plan. You won’t have to throw out your...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Massachusetts Doubles Estate Tax Threshold as Part of $1 Billion Tax Reform Act

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On October 4, 2023, Massachusetts enacted a new law called “An Act to improve the Commonwealth’s competitiveness, affordability, and equity” (the “Act”). The Act makes several tax law changes relevant to Massachusetts...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Estate Planning With Limited Liability Companies: Transfers of Business Interests as a Planning Opportunity

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Limited liability companies ("LLCs") are used regularly in estate planning to achieve estate tax savings and to consolidate asset management.  The first of these objectives can be realized when a business entity is...more

Winstead PC

When One Is Not Enough: Dividing Fiduciary Powers and Dispositions - Presentation

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Winstead Shareholder David F. Johnson participated in a panel presentation entitled “When One Is Not Enough: Dividing Fiduciary Powers and Dispositions” for the State Bar of Texas’s 29th Advanced Estate Planning Strategies on...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

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, November/December 2022

Rising rates spark interest in charitable remainder trusts - If you wish to leave a charitable legacy while generating income during your lifetime, a charitable remainder trust (CRT) may be a viable solution. In addition...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Greener Pastures: Five Things to Consider When Leaving One Jurisdiction for Another

Is the grass always greener on the other side? Like any major life decision, deciding to uproot yourself (and potentially your family) and move from one state to another is not an easy decision. Although laws, taxes and...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

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Selling Assets to Reduce Your Estate Tax Exposure - Act Before September 30

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If you have an estate that may be subject to estate tax next year, particularly if the November election results in a greatly reduced federal estate tax exemption in 2021, now is the time to remove assets from your taxable...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Move Forward with Your Estate Tax Planning Before it is Too Late

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While it is hard to imagine there could be anything advantageous about today's uncertainties and depressed asset values, the following factors, coupled with historically low interest rates...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

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Understanding Potential Pros and Cons of Using Dynasty Trusts

Wealthy individuals and families have long used different types of trusts to pass on their assets at death. Properly-structured trust instruments can eliminate the need for probate court and the publicity that comes with it...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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