GRATs are good Estate Planning Strategy
Grantor-retained annuity trusts, or ‘Grats,’ are a wealth-transfer technique that shift investment growth out of an estate to heirs tax-free.
November 14, 2022
Factors to Consider when Picking Trustee
One of the biggest challenges that clients encounter during the process is deciding who to appoint as their trustees, powers of attorney, health care surrogates and executors.
November 3, 2022
Frequently Asked Questions about Series I-Bonds
Series I savings bonds are drawing a lot of attention. Thanks to high inflation, those issued from May through October 2022 offer a sky-high composite rate of 9.62%.
October 31, 2022
Include Your Business in Estate Planning
When you own or operate a business, ensuring that this plan accounts for the future of the business is critical.
October 19, 2022
IRAs can be used to make Charitable Bequests
There’s a tax-smart way to make bequests by using assets from individual retirement accounts at death.
October 3, 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 should include Consideration of Income Tax
Avoidance of estate taxes is one consideration in estate planning.
August 23, 2022
Dynasty Trusts offer more Control over Assets
One type of trust, the qualified perpetual trust, can be used to pass assets down to your beneficiaries, decade after decade.
August 15, 2022
Mistakes to Avoid with Beneficiary Designations
Here are five critical mistakes to avoid when dealing with your beneficiary designations.
August 11, 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