In This Issue:

- Boosting your estate planning power: How to “supercharge” a credit shelter trust

- ABCs of HSAs: Learn how an HSA can benefit your estate plan

- A family bank professionalizes intrafamily lending

- Estate Planning Pitfall: Your documents are hard to find

- Excerpt from Boosting your estate planning power: How to “supercharge” a credit shelter trust:

For years, the credit shelter trust has been a standard weapon in married couples’ estate planning arsenals. Today, however, a $5.34 million estate tax exemption amount combined with portability of exemptions between spouses means that traditional estate planning vehicles are less critical than they once were. Nevertheless, credit shelter trusts continue to offer significant benefits, particularly for high-net-worth taxpayers...