by Christine | Nov 18, 2011 | Business Succession Planning, Estate Planning, Tax Planning |
As the end of the year approaches, small business owners need to meet with accountants or tax preparers to review tax-planning strategies. “Every accountant is going to be sitting with their entrepreneur clients in the next few weeks to see what they can do, both on...
by Christine | Nov 16, 2011 | Estate Planning, Tax Planning |
Rumors are circulating that the Super Committee may be planning to cut Gift Tax Exemptions from $5,000,000 to $1,000,000. The really scary part of the rumors is that the change may have an effective date of November 23, 2011. With the Super Committee in a deadlock...
by Christine | Nov 15, 2011 | Estate Planning, Retirement Planning |
[Qualified Charitable Deductions] can be used to satisfy the RMD requirement for the IRA owner. This means that the IRA owner who doesn’t need his or her RMD for income can direct the distribution to the charity of his or her choice. If you would rather be a...
by Christine | Nov 13, 2011 | Business Succession Planning, Estate Planning, Tax Planning |
As the end of the year approaches, small business owners need to meet with accountants or tax preparers to review tax-planning strategies. “Every accountant is going to be sitting with their entrepreneur clients in the next few weeks to see what they can do, both on...
by Christine | Nov 10, 2011 | Elder Law, Estate Planning |
We ask older Americans to make complicated financial decisions about Social Security, Medicare, retirement distributions and more—just when they are losing their fastball. Regardless of gender or education level, Americans become considerably less literate about all...
by Christine | Nov 9, 2011 | Estate Planning |
Unlike financial assets, which can generally be divided easily amongst heirs, tangible personal property is unique. And the complexity of distributing a lifetime’s worth of possessions is something that many people overlook. Sometimes, planning for the money and...