How Do I Reduce Size of My Taxable Estate?
Today’s high estate and gift tax exemptions could be slashed in a few years. Maximize those and other benefits now.
Today’s high estate and gift tax exemptions could be slashed in a few years. Maximize those and other benefits now.
Before making a decision on a beneficiary, it’s very important to check your state laws. Some states have different rules on who you can name as a beneficiary.
People pay many different kinds of taxes. You file an income tax return every spring, pay sales taxes when you buy things and pay property taxes if you own a home. These taxes apply to nearly everyone.
From time to time, it’s good to review why having a complete, up-to-date estate plan is so important.
People often overlook critical steps when they are doing their estate planning.
Doing some ‘upstream’ planning now will take the guesswork out of what’s coming your way.
Estate planning is one of the most important steps you can take for yourself and your loved ones.
A Roth conversion involves liquidating assets in a tax-advantaged account like a traditional IRA or 401(k), paying taxes on the withdrawal, and then funding a Roth IRA. In the short run, investors will pay taxes (more on that below).
The IRS issued a revenue procedure (Rev. Proc. 2022-32) Friday that allows estates to elect ‘portability’ of a deceased spousal unused exclusion (DSUE) amount as much as five years after the decedent’s date of death.
The IRS is weighing a change that could leave your heirs poorer than you might hope.