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Basic benefits of an entity's structure should play a role in business planning.
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Naming a guardian for minor children is an important aspect of estate planning.
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Planning for art collections: Rules and tax considerations.
Thumbnail for Asset protection strategies help protect small businesses and their owners.
Asset protection strategies help protect small businesses and their owners.
Thumbnail for Buy-Sell Agreements: Why every business with multiple owners should have one.
Buy-Sell Agreements: Why every business with multiple owners should have one.
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Planning for incapacity or disability.
Thumbnail for Basic estate planning considerations and documentation.
Basic estate planning considerations and documentation.
Thumbnail for When is a business valuation important?
When is a business valuation important?
Thumbnail for Caring for a pet after death.
Caring for a pet after death.
Thumbnail for Does Levine case signal renewed life for intergenerational split-dollar planning?
Does Levine case signal renewed life for intergenerational split-dollar planning?
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Business owners may be eligible for tax-free gains on the sale of qualifying small business stock under IRC §1202.
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Building a business: Entity selection and forms of organization
Thumbnail for Your vacation home: Enjoy it while you are alive, and plan for it at your death.
Your vacation home: Enjoy it while you are alive, and plan for it at your death.
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Tax loss harvesting may reduce the pain of stock market losses.
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IRA distributions to a CRT can provide asset protection and retirement income.
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The impact of rising interest rates on estate planning strategies.
Thumbnail for Revocable living trusts: Advantages, drawbacks, and misconceptions
Revocable living trusts: Advantages, drawbacks, and misconceptions
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Understanding the probate process.
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Adding flexibility to ILITs
Thumbnail for Life Insurance 101: An overview of term life policies versus whole life policies
Life Insurance 101: An overview of term life policies versus whole life policies
Thumbnail for Non-qualified deferred compensation plans: A tool for employers to attract and retain top talent
Non-qualified deferred compensation plans: A tool for employers to attract and retain top talent.
Thumbnail for Do’s and don'ts for employing children in a family business.
Do’s and don'ts for employing children in a family business.
Thumbnail for Key-person insurance: A valuable and important tool for business owners
Key-person insurance: A valuable and important tool for business owners.
Thumbnail for Reasons to consider naming a trust as beneficiary of your retirement assets
Reasons to consider naming a trust as beneficiary of your retirement assets.
Thumbnail for Community property trust may reduce potential taxes for married couples.
Community property trust may reduce potential taxes for married couples.
Life insurance is a valuable generational wealth-transfer tool
Life insurance is a valuable generational wealth-transfer tool.
Passing assets through trusts can help protect your family's estate.
Passing assets through trusts can help protect your family's estate.
Thumbnail for Gifts to charitable remainder trusts can provide tax benefits for donors
Gifts to charitable remainder trusts can provide tax benefits for donors.
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Creative charitable giving ideas
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Charitable gifts with retained life estates
Gift tax reporting for transfers to trusts
Gift tax reporting for transfers to trusts.
Thumbnail for Three reasons why periodic reviews of estate planning documents are important.
Three reasons why periodic reviews of estate planning documents are important.
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Split dollar life insurance arrangements
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Trustee selection considerations.
Thumbnail for Six things you may not know about state estate taxes.
Six things you may not know about state estate taxes.
Thumbnail for Business succession: Working forever? Or just planning like it?
Business succession: Working forever? Or just planning like it?
Thumbnail for The basics of "tax-wise" estate planning for married couples.
The basics of “tax-wise” estate planning for married couples.