by Christine | Oct 26, 2012 | 2012, Gift, Legacy Assets |
The problem is that few professional advisers understand the issues and opportunities surrounding the gifting of legacy assets, and even fewer owners of legacy assets are even aware that such planning is possible. Did you know 2013 is looming on the calendar as a huge...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2012 | Charitable IRA Rollover, Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) |
Many experts are betting that Congress will revive a popular tax provision that allows those ages 70½ or older to save on taxes while donating assets in their individual retirement accounts to charity. But if you intend to give money to charity this year, don't...
by Christine | Oct 24, 2012 | Estate Planning |
National Estate Planning Awareness Week (Oct. 15-21). What’s that? As Forbes Senior Editor Deborah L. Jacobs put it in a recent post: “It’s a bit of a contrivance by lawyers in the field to get you to seek out their services. But it’s also a good time to...
by Christine | Oct 23, 2012 | Estate Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Trusts |
With each passing election season, the conversations about the cost of government-provided health care and Social Security get more urgent. But debates about the deserving and the undeserving and the proper level of budgets and taxes tend to gloss over the issue of...
by Christine | Oct 22, 2012 | COLA, Small Business |
More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments increase by 1.7% in January… The increase is among the lowest since automatic annual adjustments were adopted in 1975. Did you know your Social Security payout increase will be the lowest...