What Is Legacy Wealth Planning?
Jul 27, 2015
Creating an estate plan can be more than simply devising a roadmap for the distribution of property after death. With a legacy wealth plan, you can incorporate your legacy into your estate plan, there...
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Incapacity Can Strike Anybody
Jul 20, 2015
Incapacity is not limited to the elderly who suffer from age-related dementia diseases. We all try to ignore the possibility, but the truth is that incapacity could strike anyone at any time. A trag...
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What is a Generation Skipping Tax?
Jul 13, 2015
The Generation Skipping Tax (GST) imposes a tax on both outright gifts and transfers in trust to or for the benefit of unrelated persons who are more than 37.5 years younger than the donor or to relat...
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Deciding How Much to Give Your Children in Your Estate Plan
Jul 06, 2015
If you are fortunate enough to have a sizeable estate to leave behind when you die, then one of your biggest decisions is how much to leave your children. There is no easy answer for such an important...
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Do I Pay Taxes If Someone Dies and Leaves Me Something?
Jun 17, 2015
It depends, one of the primary purposes of creating an estate plan is to ensure that estate assets are passed on to the people to whom you intend them to be passed to upon your death, and with a minim...
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Stretching Your IRA
Jun 08, 2015
In the context of this article, stretching your IRA refers to retitling an inherited IRA so that you can continue receiving payments over the course of your lifetime. Better yet, with smart planning a...
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How Long Does It Take to Set Up a Trust?
Jun 01, 2015
Estate planning today typically involves much more than just executing a Last Will and Testament. One common addition to an estate plan is a trust. The amount of time it takes to set up a trust depend...
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Should I Use a Corporate Trustee?
May 29, 2015
Deciding who to appoint as the trustee of a trust has a significant effect on the success, or failure, of the trust. People often appoint a family member or close friend to be the trustee. There are...
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What Is a Crummey Power?
May 12, 2015
Trusts are often used to preserve and protect assets for a minor until the minor reaches the age of majority. When a trust is used for this purpose the trust may include “Crummey powers” to ensure tha...
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Will I Retain Control Over Property Transferred to a Living Trust?
May 04, 2015
A concern that people have when considering a living trust is continued control over property transferred into the trust. If you create the right type of living trust, you will have continued control...
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