Estate

Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.

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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

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Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date

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Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."

Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

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The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.

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The examples of famous celebrities underline the need for a clear estate strategy.

A Brief History of Estate Taxes

Federal estate taxes have long since been a lucrative source of funding for the federal government.

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Explaining Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs) and their benefit to estate strategy.

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Some people may want a more advanced gifting strategy that can maximize their gift and generate potential tax benefits.

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What's My Potential Estate Tax?

This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.

What Is My Current Net Worth?

Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.

What Is My Life Expectancy?

Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.

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A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

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Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?

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Estate Management 101

A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.

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