by Christine | Apr 14, 2015 | Asset Protection, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Estates, Living Trust, Probate, Trusts, Widow, Wills |
As Mary Todd Lincoln’s character in “The Widow Lincoln” faces dozens of unpaid bills for home furnishings, clothes and jewelry, she asks, “How will I ever pay these debts? I am nothing. I am no one.” On top of moving out of the White House, mothering her sons and...
by Christine | Mar 27, 2015 | Asset Protection, Estate Plan, Estate Tax, Estates, Farms, Inheritance, Living Trust, Tax Planning, Trusts, Wills |
People who own as little as three acres and engage in agricultural practices such as hay harvesting, bee keeping, chicken raising, and designating land for grazing animals may find themselves rewarded by localities with an enormous discount of up to 95% on property...
by Christine | Mar 17, 2015 | Asset Protection, Conservatorships, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Estates, Guardianships, Living Trust, Power of Attorney, Probate, Tax Planning, Wills |
The viewers of this high-end PBS costume drama, which takes place about a century ago, could very likely be your clients' demographic. Look at who's a top corporate sponsor: Viking River Cruises, which told The New York Times that “our demographic is affluent...
by Christine | Feb 20, 2015 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Income Tax, Power of Attorney, Tax Planning |
Actually, the answer is yes. The Tax Court is an actual federal court and not, as some people think, affiliated with the IRS. At Tax Court, the IRS is a party to the matter just like the taxpayer. If you’ve got beef with the IRS, maybe you should head to court....
by Christine | Feb 13, 2015 | Asset Protection, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Estates, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), Living Trust, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Turnover, Wills |
Here are money tasks to do this week that will help 2015 be more prosperous. Most can be done in about an hour. As reported in a Chicago News Service article titled “Got an hour? Tackle these money tasks,” a recent survey from the National Endowment for Financial...
by Christine | Feb 6, 2015 | Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Probate, Tax Planning |
Here are five rules you need to know about the estate tax for 2015. The estate tax exclusion is now $5.43 million. The federal estate tax applies only to those whose taxable estates exceed a certain amount. The U.S. has a unified gift and estate tax system, so...
