Gifting and Your Estate Plan
Gifting sounds pretty simple, but there are many ways to do it. There are also several tax ramifications to be aware of.
Gifting sounds pretty simple, but there are many ways to do it. There are also several tax ramifications to be aware of.
Do you have accounts, records or information that are accessed using your mobile phone, through an internet connection, or by using a keyboard or through a touch-screen or tablet?
The SECURE Act killed the stretch IRA but instead of mourning, advisors can help clients make up the loss.
Moving elderly parents into your home can bring daunting challenges and unexpected closeness. Over the past 20 years, parents living with their adult children has become increasingly common.
If you are the parent of a person with special needs, you are well aware that the role you play is very different than it may be for other children. Properly planning to meet their financial needs, both in the immediate and long term, is a critical part of supporting your child. This support must often continue well past the typical age of adulthood, which means parents need to put in place financial tools to care for their children, in the event of the parents’ death.
Your real estate holdings, life insurance, bank accounts and retirement savings won’t magically flow into your trust.
The muscles and joints are not the only parts of the body to be worn down by physical work. The brain and heart suffer too. A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that people doing hard physical work have a 55% higher risk of developing dementia than those doing sedentary work. The figures have been adjusted for lifestyle factors and lifetime, among other things.
A trustee is a manager of assets in a trust. The grantor creates the trust and appoints the trustee. A trustee has a ‘fiduciary duty’ to serve the grantor and not benefit personally.
When dealing with the emotional pain of the loss of a loved one, family members also have to address daunting administrative tasks.
Here’s a closer look at the seven biggest changes to Social Security in 2021