GST taxes -
Plan carefully to avoid surprises -
If you wish to share some of your wealth with your grandchildren or great grandchildren — or if your estate plan is likely to benefit these generations — it’s critical to...more
Don’t overlook foreign assets when planning your estate -
You’d be surprised how often people fail to disclose foreign assets to their estate planning advisors. They assume that these assets aren’t relevant to their “U.S.”...more
6/2/2020
/ Asset Management ,
Beneficiary Designations ,
Charitable Deductions ,
Charitable Donations ,
Estate Planning ,
Estate Tax ,
Federal Taxes ,
Generation-Skipping Transfer ,
Gift Tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Planning ,
Trusts
Now or later -
When’s the right time to transfer your wealth? -
To gift or not to gift? It’s a deceptively complex question. The temporary doubling of the gift and estate tax exemption — to an inflation-adjusted...more
12/19/2019
/ Asset Management ,
Beneficiary Designations ,
Charitable Deductions ,
Charitable Donations ,
Estate Planning ,
Estate Tax ,
Federal Taxes ,
Generation-Skipping Transfer ,
Gift Tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Planning ,
Trusts
What’s a clawback ? and should you be worried about it?
By temporarily doubling the gift and estate tax exemption amount, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created an historic opportunity for affluent families to shelter wealth...more
10/4/2019
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Clawbacks ,
Disabled Children ,
Elder Care ,
Elder Issues ,
Estate Planning ,
Estate Tax ,
Estate-Tax Exemption ,
Fine Art ,
Gift Tax ,
Gift-Tax Exemption ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Planning
Shumaker is pleased to present the May/June 2019 issue of The Estate Planner.
In it we discuss:
- How can you mend a broken trust? Try decanting
- Now may be the time to forgive intrafamily loans
-...more
In this issue:
- Net Gain For Taxpayers – Tax Court Approves Net Gift Strategy
- Estate Planning For The Young And Affluent – How To Hedge Your Bets
- Wealth Preserver – Use An ILIT To Shield Life...more