
Should I Start Estate Planning Now?
Estate planning is a key piece of a comprehensive retirement plan.
Estate planning is a key piece of a comprehensive retirement plan.
Here are the top five mistakes people make that upend their planning.
Highfalutin terms like “estate planning” can put off younger adults and conjure grandiose notions of excessive wealth.
Many people are under the impression that since they have a trust, they don’t need to do anything else. That’s not true. The trust you created years ago may not be appropriate for you now.
Every individual needs some form of an estate plan to protect their wishes and loved ones. Your estate consists of everything that you own (aka your assets), and although death may seem far away, it is never too soon to get your estate plan in order.
What if parents have wills and their contingent beneficiaries are their two adult children. If one of the adult children dies before the parents, who gets that contingent beneficiary’s share?
At some point in your life, there’s a good chance you’ll be tasked with acting as the executor of an estate.
However, in a world where more and more of our personal information is stored online, it’s also imperative to make a digital estate plan, so your loved ones can access your digital property.
Taxpayers should, of course, carefully consider whether to engage in a lifetime gifting strategy, which has other considerations beyond just estate taxes (such as the tradeoff with the ‘step‑up’ in basis, and non-tax family related considerations).
Trusts can provide certain benefits for estate planning, including asset protection. But can you sue a trust?
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