Steps to Ensure a Smooth Probate
The probate process can be expensive for some estates. Settling an estate through probate can cost you both time and money.
December 7, 2022
Funds Available to Help Seniors Age in Place
It’s common for older adults to leave their homes and move into a new living space – like a family member’s house, assisted living facility or nursing home – but a recent effort by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is hoping to change that and help older homeowners instead age in place.
November 17, 2022
Community Property Trust is Potential Tool
Getting a step-up in basis when each spouse dies can be a big tax advantage. It has not been available to those who live in common-law states. However, it may now be–through a community property trust.
October 17, 2022
Maximizing Lifetime Social Security Benefits
As retirement nears, you may be wondering when to start taking Social Security payments. These benefits are primarily based on your earnings during your working years and your age when you start receiving benefits.
September 28, 2022
There are Benefits to a QTIP Trust
A qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust allows an individual, called the grantor, to leave assets for a surviving spouse and determine how the trust’s assets are split up after the surviving spouse dies.
September 26, 2022
Ways to Minimize Your Probate Estate
Estate planning is not just for the wealthy. Anyone with a bank account, house, car or other personal property should have a will.
September 19, 2022
How Do Inherited IRAs Work?
When someone dies with money left in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), the funds can get passed on to the person’s loved ones through an inherited IRA.
September 14, 2022
Estate Planning is critical for Blended Families
Traditional, very simple estate planning may not be sufficient to accomplish estate planning goals in many blended family situations.
September 13, 2022
Avoid naming Estate as an IRA Beneficiary
It may sound like it makes sense, and it might be easier than picking a person (or two) to name, however there are some serious downsides to naming your estate as the beneficiary for your IRA.
September 6, 2022
IRS Extending Time to File Portability Exemption
The IRS issued a revenue procedure (Rev. Proc. 2022-32) Friday that allows estates to elect ‘portability’ of a deceased spousal unused exclusion (DSUE) amount as much as five years after the decedent’s date of death.
August 9, 2022