Don’t Miss Out on Estate Planning Opportunities
People often overlook critical steps when they are doing their estate planning.
Why are Living Trusts a Good Idea?
Whether you are trying to protect your assets from possible creditors, prevent young heirs from spending their inheritance or minimize estate taxes, there is likely a trust for you.
Is a Trust a Good Idea?
What will happen to your assets when you can no longer manage them?
What Is Better, a Trust or a Will?
Preparing an estate plan for managing and distributing your assets in the case of death is one of the most important steps you could take to protect and provide for loved ones.
How Do I Create a Trust?
Trust funds are an essential estate planning tool. They can protect your assets while you’re alive and help ensure that you leave money to your children or other loved ones after you die.
Why Have a Joint Revocable Trust?
Establishing a joint revocable trust can be an ideal estate planning tool for the benefit of your children, grandchildren and beyond.
What Assets are Not Considered Part of an Estate?
In presentations regarding essential actions individuals should take regarding inheritance, emphasis is usually placed on drafting a will. This leaves unanswered what happens to assets that do not pass by will —so called non-probate assets.
How Does a Trust Fund Work?
Trust funds are an important estate planning tool. They can protect your assets while you’re alive and help ensure that you leave money to your children or other loved ones after you die.
How Does Gift Tax Exclusion Work?
In 2022, the annual exclusion for Federal Gift Taxes increased to $16,000 per person per year. Although there is near-universal acceptance of the importance of gifting, there are several issues you should consider before making any gifts.
Is a Medicaid Annuity a Good Idea?
For couples who face depleting their own assets, using a Medicaid-compliant annuity could be a way to preserve assets and still qualify for Medicaid.
