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Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Daniels, Leibell & Prince	Estate of Uncertainty The 2001 tax reform act built uncertainty into the estate-planning process.
Financial Advisor May 2004 Michael E. Kitces	Disunification Hits Estate And Gift Taxation The death of the unified credit makes things tricky.
Financial Advisor November 2010 Andrew Gluck	Drop Dead Date If you haven't kept up with estate-tax opportunities because they're a complicated mess, now's the time to re-engage.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Carol Kroch	Turning a Lifetime of Collecting into a Legacy There are essentially two main options for transferring a valued collection -- either passing it along to family or donating it to charity -- each with its own estate planning implications.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 Henry M. Grix	The Money Doctors This suit-happy environment is a relatively recent development in the brokerage industry, so financial advisors would do well to borrow one of the medical profession's best tactics for fighting it: Holistic treatment.
Financial Advisor November 2004 Alan Lavine	Search For Alternatives Crimps Survivorship Sales Despite tax laws that have cut the estate tax bite, survivorship life insurance (SLI) continues as a popular estate planning tool. But it is not the panacea that it was for baby boomers' parents in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Registered Rep. January 12, 2011 Douglas Moore	Tax Law Changes To Plan For In 2011 and 2012 Here's a general overview of some the issues that should be discussed with clients.
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Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2012 Mary Stark Hood	Real Estate Gifting Realized Real Estate Gifting Realized, the new program launched by the Education Foundation of the CCIM Institute, facilitates the donation of real estate to charitable organizations.
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Racusin & Stiefel	Budget Proposal Presents Opportunities, Speed Bumps In light of the limited duration of the new tax laws and the president's proposals, advisors should work with clients to take advantage of these opportunities soon.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006	Capital Gains on Gifts How do capital gains work on stock received as a gift?
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Financial Planning September 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman	Helping High Net Worth Clients to Act Before Possible Cut in Tax Exemptions Consider the possibilities and problems dealing with wealthy clients seeking to act before a possible cut in tax exemptions.
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn	The Tax Man Cometh If Congress repeats last year's sidestep - all clients with seven-figure net worth will be in estate-tax territory.
Registered Rep. February 4, 2015 Jason Smolen	Is the "Step-Up" Stepping Down? When President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address last month, he proposed ending the "step up" provision in the capital gains tax.
Financial Advisor November 2004 Saul M. Simon	Keep Clients' Estate Plans On Track The ABCs of estate planning for business owners.
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On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Bill Fleming	Prime Time to Transfer Assets Changes to tax rates are unlikely until 2011, so this year advisors would be wise to focus their attention on year-end estate planning.
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Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Martin M. Shenkman	Estate Planning: College Savings 201 For your high-net-worth clients, there are better college savings vehicles than the usual suspects. Here are some options.
Financial Advisor September 2006 Beck & Leibell	Life Insurance For Charitable Gifting The use of life insurance to make charitable gifts can be an effective and cost-efficient means of fulfilling charitable intentions without making a sizable donation while alive.
On Wall Street May 1, 2010 Seth D. Slotkin	Back To The Future? Unfortunately, the federal estate transfer tax repeal is set to expire at the end of this year, so on Jan. 1, 2011, the estate, gift and GST tax system would revert back to previous levels, meaning a maximum unified exemption of $1 million and a top rate of 55%.
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 Warren K. Racusin	Congress Grapples With GRATs The use of GRATs to beat estate and gift taxes still offers some benefits but a new bill could eliminate those advantages.
Financial Advisor October 2012 Mary Rowland	Tough Choices Financial advisors describe how they are helping clients potentially minimize the bite when taxes go up next year.
AFP eWire April 26, 2004	Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth More Than Just Cash Recent article states large portion of intergenerational transfer of wealth to charities will be in the form of non-cash gifts.
Investment Advisor December 2006 Susan L. Hirshman	Gifts That Keep Giving Do you know what your clients' year-end gifting plans are? If not, now is an excellent time to approach the subject of charitable gifting with each of your affluent clients.
Financial Advisor November 2009 Deborah L. Jacobs	Lemons Into Lemonade Whether the recession lingers in 2010 or the economy picks up, clients who transfer property now can reduce the size of a taxable estate while giving their beneficiaries substantial potential for those assets to increase in value later.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Kevin McKinley	On Golden Pond--Literally Buying life insurance while establishing a qualified personal residence trust is an especially shrewd move for benevolent owners of second homes. Since the trust will theoretically eliminate estate taxes on the property, the clients can get by with a smaller death benefit -- and lower premiums.
On Wall Street February 1, 2011 Richard A. Behrendt	Taking Advantage Of Changes To Estate And Gift Tax Laws President Obama's signing of theTax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 includes sweeping changes to the federal estate and gift tax rules.
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The Motley Fool November 14, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Crummey Trusts Aren't Crummy A special type of trust known as a Crummey trust lets you keep the control you want while getting the full estate-tax benefit of your gift.
Financial Advisor November 2006 Renn & Seneco	Defective Thinking Wealthy clients can benefit by the carefully planned use of an intentionally defective grantor trust. A small gift, followed by an installment sale of property to an IDT can be an effective means to transfer assets with relatively little gift or estate tax cost.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Daniels, Leibell & Prince	Beyond Baseball Cards Collectibles such as art, antiques, jewelry, stamps, coins and automobiles can constitute a significant portion of the estate of a wealthy individual. Often -- and unfortunately -- advisors fail to focus adequate attention on planning for these important assets.
Financial Advisor March 2011 Eric L. Reiner	Biding Time The 2010 Tax Relief Act offers opportunities for clients and prolonged uncertainty for advisors.
Registered Rep. November 5, 2012 Lena Rizkallah	The View from the Fiscal Cliff Say goodbye to some taxe cuts and incentives that will likely expire in 2013.
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