Reducing estate tax liability is an integral aspect of estate planning, and an especially important task for clients with large estates. But tax planning isn't exclusively for those with estates exceeding the estate tax exemption amount. Those with smaller estates...
USA Today reports that states are increasingly limiting hospital stays covered by Medicaid in an effort to control rising health costs for the program and balance budgets affected by the struggling economy. Some states have limited the number of hospital stays covered...
In our last post we began looking at the issue of planning for your funeral arrangements and the disposition of your remains. As we mentioned, some people truly do find these to be uncomfortable topics of conversation. Others know exactly what they want their funeral...
What will happen to your remains once you die? What do you want for your funeral? These are questions that some may find uncomfortable to think about, but which should be answered when doing estate planning. In approaching these topics, you may either choose to...
With Steve Jobs' success as an entrepreneur, many would no doubt have been interested to know what his estate might look like. But it seems that he wished to avoid the publicity.Our readers might be interested to learn that the recently deceased Steve Jobs and his...
In our last post, we began speaking about the importance of ensuring your estate has enough funds to pay of taxes and other expenses related to winding down the estate. We noted that the first step in the process should be to determine your tax liability and other...
The first thing you'll need to do is find out how much property is included in your taxable estate. Your taxable estate includes any property listed in your own name, including retirement accounts, bank accounts, homes, vehicles, personal property, business interests...
A recent article in the Star Ledger took a look at the way marriage and remarriage can quickly complicate an estate. The specific problem the article examined was how stocks and bonds purchased by a woman's first husband are to be distributed after her death and the...
