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Eliminating Capital Gain on Real Estate Owned By California Couples
If you hold real estate in Joint Tenancy with a spouse, and the survivor of you sells a property after a death, you'll be over taxed.
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Trusts and the Above 200k Income Problem
Tips on avoiding proposed taxes on income over $200,000 for trusts that that are taxed separately from the trust's grantor/creator.
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Estate Tax Reform Missing from Current Plan
Instead of focusing on estate tax reform, or the "billionaire tax," the current focus proposes increased taxes on incomes over 10 million.
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Bills to Repeal Stepped-Up Basis
Discussion of the potential loss of the step-up in basis and resulting planning strategies.
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How Biden's New Proposed Tax Plan Affects Estate Planning
Biden's American Families Plan did not include provisions to expand estate taxes, and instead focused on capital gains.
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You've Signed Your Trust, Now What?
It is critical that your assets be properly integrated with your living trust. Here's how to do it.
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Advanced Estate Planning with Lifetime Gifts
There are a number of estate planning strategies that can help preserve your assets, promote the transfer of wealth, and lessen the tax...
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Questions on Estate Planning with Real Estate
People who own real estate do their heirs a big favor by getting their estate planning in order. Having clear intentions laid out in a...
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Farmers, Don’t Make These Five Estate Planning Mistakes
Estate planning for farmers and ranchers can involve many pitfalls for the unwary. First mistake: some farmers think they don’t have to...
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Talk to an Estate Planning Attorney About Tax Cut Act
Estate planning attorneys advise meeting about how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could affect your taxes. If you haven’t had a talk with your...
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Is This the Golden Age of Tax-Free Gift Giving?
There’s a time limit on the current opportunity for tax-free giving. It expires after tax year 2025 (unless Congress alters the...
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How to Incorporate Charitable Giving into an Estate Plan
When looking into charitable giving, it can easily become overwhelming. Talking to an experienced estate planning attorney can help make...
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No Estate Taxes? You May Still Need Life Insurance
Increases in the estate tax exemption (up to $11.4 million per person as of the date of this writing) has an impact on how some people...
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Why Do I Need an Estate Plan?
Estate planning is fairly easy to do. That said, it is also very easy not to do (as evidenced by the statistics on the subject)....
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