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- Now That Mid-Terms Are Over, Let’s Talk Taxes
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- Common Mistakes in Estate Planning – Part V
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- How Estate Planning for a Family May Trap the Unwary Practitioner
- The Evolution of our Unified Estate and Gift Tax System
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- The Intersection of Legacy Contacts and Estate Planning
- The Sky Isn’t Falling
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- Neither Age Nor Health Determines Whether You Need an Estate Plan
- It Can Be Scary to Die Without an Estate Plan…the HORRORS of Intestacy
- Living in a Digital World and the Importance of Planning for Cryptocurrency
- Don’t be a Turkey – Use Your Annual Per Donee Exclusion Amount
- The Kiddie Tax is No Child’s Game
- Charitable Planning in Times of Crisis
- How Estate Planning Documents Help Prevent Elder Abuse
- How Using Specific Bequests Could Cost Beneficiaries their Inheritance
- The Other Side of the Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Estate Planning Reduces Stress During High Anxiety Times
- Changing “Irrevocable” Trusts Through Use of a Trust Protector
- Donor Advised Funds: Too Good to Be True?
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- Conservation Easements Can Be a Good Solution
- Taxation of Nongrantor Trusts
- Tax Reporting with Trusts
- It’s Important to Have a Coordinated Estate Plan
- Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning
- Revocable Trusts Are Not Always Treated the Same as an Individual
- Roth IRAs Can Be a Great Planning Strategy: Advanced
- Trust Distribution Standards May Be Very Broad
- Estate Planning Conference Discusses “For the 99.5% Act,” SECURE, and More
- ABLE Accounts Complement Special Needs Trusts
- Plan Now for the Incredible Shrinking Exclusion
- Use It Before It’s Gone
- The Role of the Estate Planning Attorney
- CRT: Best Tool for Proposed Tax Changes?
- Pandemic Relief for Employers
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- Tax Planning for 2021
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- Fair Isn’t Always Equal and Vice Versa
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- The Intersection of Asset Protection Planning and Estate Planning – Part II
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- What the Proposed Treasury Regulations Mean for Deductions Under Internal Revenue Code Section 2053
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- How Do I Trust Thee…Part II
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- What Makes a Will or Trust Invalid
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