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  • Medical, End-of-Life, and Related Planning for Jewish Clients

    May 2, 2025

    This program will provide an overview of the traditional Jewish perspectives on end-of-lif....
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  • Portability: 4 Approaches Practitioners Need to Know

    April 25, 2025

    Portability is a vital part of estate administration for estates of all sizes. Even smalle....
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  • Estate Planning Forms Modernization: Increase Efficiency and Client Satisfaction

    April 22, 2025

    Using an estate planning organizer or questionnaire is ubiquitous in estate planning for a....
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  • Remote Work: Points for Practitioners to Consider

    April 11, 2025

    Remote work is incredibly common. An ABA survey found that 87% of firms allows lawyers to ....
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  • Estate Planning Software for Your Toolkit

    April 4, 2025

    Estate planners need to regularly review new software products and services to determine h....
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  • Outlook for Estate Planning Professionals: Practical Tips and Demo

    March 28, 2025

    Estate planners are always seeking to be more efficient and to provide better service to t....
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  • Cybersecurity: What Estate Planners Should Tell Clients

    March 23, 2025

    While professional advisers are all aware of the importance of cybersecurity and related p....
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  • Estate Tax Repeal, Is it Real? How May It Affect Planning Now And In The Future?

    March 13, 2025

    Republicans in Congress have proposed the repeal of the federal estate tax and they may ha....
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  • Estate Income Tax Elections

    March 10, 2025

    This webinar will cover some often-overlooked elections, deductions and planning ideas ava....
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  • Heckerling Review 2025

    February 4, 2025

    The 59th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning was held in Orlando, Florida, on J....
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  • Corporate Transparency Act: Filing Requirements Reinstated – Practical Panel Discussion On What To Do Now?

    January 2, 2025

    Happy holidays from the Fifth Circuit! Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filings are back o....
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  • Reciprocal Trust Doctrine: Practical Tips for Successful Planning in the New Environment

    December 13, 2024

    Despite the election results, estate planning, and in particular non-reciprocal SLAT plann....
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  • Step Transaction Doctrine Remains A Key Concern for Successful Planning

    December 7, 2024

    The Step-Transaction Doctrine is often employed by the IRS to challenge clients’ plannin....
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  • Corporate Transparency Act and Trusts

    November 22, 2024

    The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filing deadline for the CTA is end of year 2024 and t....
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  • Post-Election: The New World of Estate Planning

    November 18, 2024

    A Trump victory suggests that it is unlikely that significant new taxes will be imposed on....
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  • Republican Victory: How Estate Planners Can Stay Relevant and Keep Practice Momentum

    November 15, 2024

    Pres. Trump has won the White House. The Republicans have control over the Senate, and may....
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  • Working With Beneficiaries with Mental Health Challenges

    November 8, 2024

    The statistics are surprising and demonstrate why estate planners should give more attenti....
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  • CRT Background and Misconceptions You Should Know

    November 1, 2024

    This webinar provides an overview/review of using CRTs and identifies practical planning c....
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  • CTA: New FAQs Sep/Oct 2024: What You Need to Know

    October 22, 2024

    The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filing deadline for pre-2024 entities is rapidly appr....
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  • Considerations in Co-Counseling with an Elder Law and Special Needs Attorney

    October 11, 2024

    Elder law and special needs (ELSN) planning is a specialized area of the law, but one that....
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  • Can CPAs and Wealth Advisers Advise Clients on the CTA Without Committing the Unauthorized Practice of Law?

    September 24, 2024

    Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filings for entities formed before 2024 are due on or bef....
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  • 2024 Year End, New Developments, and Thoughts on How Practitioners Might Cope

    September 22, 2024

    There are many new developments and deadlines on every practitioner’s plate to address b....
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  • Corporate Transparency Act: 3 Critical Updates You Must Know: Unauthorized Practice of Law, Trusts and Dissolved Entities

    September 15, 2024

    The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filing deadline for entities created before 2024 is D....
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  • Loper Bright Supreme Court Decision: Opportunity to Reassess Tax Positions

    September 6, 2024

    The Loper Bright case, decided by SCOTUS at the beginning of July, and which overruled its....
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  • Supreme Court Holding In Connelly Requires that Redemption Agreements be Reconsidered

    June 25, 2024

    On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion on a closely held busin....
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  • Corporate Transparency Act: Deeper Dive

    May 31, 2024

    An Alabama Court held the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) unconstitutional. Nationa....
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  • Noncompete Ban: What Every Estate Planner Must Know About the FTCs New Rule and Its Impact on Estate and Succession Planning

    May 26, 2024

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new Rule prohibiting noncompete agreements....
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  • What Fiduciaries Need to Know About Active Management of Life Insurance Trusts (AMLITs)

    May 17, 2024

    Fiduciaries are concerned with life insurance planning because of the conflicts of interes....
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  • Terminating an Estate Planning Prospect or a Client

    May 10, 2024

    Terminating a client relationship is rarely an easy or pleasant topic. No attorney, CPA, o....
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  • Biden 2025 Budget: Would Change Estate Planning As We Know It

    May 3, 2024

    The Biden administration's 2025 budget would raise taxes on the wealthy and seek to reduce....
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  • Ensuring Client Legacy by Rethinking the Estate Planning

    May 1, 2024

    Estate planning and wealth management have evolved over the years, and advisors must adjus....
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  • Defensive Estate Planning Practices: Practical Strategies

    April 20, 2024

    Defensive practice is critical for all estate planners. The risk profile of the discipline....
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  • NIMCRUT Basics: When and How to Use the Net-Income with Make-up Charitable Remainder Unitrust

    April 5, 2024

    Charitable Reminder Trusts (CRTs) are a powerful and flexible financial, tax, charitable a....
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  • Planning with SLATs and SLANTs Ahead of TCJA Sunset

    March 29, 2024

    The end of 2025 will result in the gift, estate and GST tax exemption being reduced by hal....
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  • Overview of Charitable Giving Techniques

    March 17, 2024

    Charitable giving is a vital component of many estate, tax, financial and related plans. T....
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  • SLATs Tailored to Serve Clients Worth $1-10M

    March 5, 2024

    The use of Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLATs) is a common planning tool for the wealth....
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  • Neurodiversity & Brain Health: What You Need to Know to Help Clients and Work with Colleagues

    March 4, 2024

    How many clients do you have living with chronic illness or neurological conditions? How m....
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  • Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning

    January 27, 2024

    The 58th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning was held in Orlando, Florida, on J....
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  • Corporate Transparency Act: Deeper Dive

    January 5, 2024

    There have already been many webinars discussing the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”....
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  • It’s 2024, What Planning Should I Think About Now?

    December 23, 2023

    New Year’s is commonly coupled with making New Year's resolutions. Just as we and our cl....
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  • Corporate Transparency Act: A Discussion of What is Coming and How to Address It

    December 17, 2023

    This webinar will provide a practical informal discussion of the Corporate Transparency Ac....
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  • How should I plan charitable gifts 1) as we approach year-end? 2) Through my estate plan?

    December 3, 2023

    My client is charitably inclined.  How should I be advising her as we approach the year-e....
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  • Are you Prepared for the Corporate Transparency Act?

    November 21, 2023

    This course will review the highlights, requirements, and framework to understand and addr....
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  • I have a family business, but only one of my children is active in the business. How can we handle that?

    October 20, 2023

    Many clients own family businesses. Succession and estate planning for those businesses ca....
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  • Estate Planning, Technology and Ethical Issues

    October 13, 2023

    Identity theft, phishing, QR-phishing, voice mail/phone scamming, social engineering (call....
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  • Why should I engage in planning now? Nothing is going to change, and the exemption is so high!

    September 26, 2023

    Practitioners are quite aware that in 2026 the Federal estate and gift, estate and GST tax....
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  • Revenue Ruling 2023-2 What It Means and What You Might Do?

    September 8, 2023

    Do assets in an irrevocable grantor trust that are not included in the settlor’s gross e....
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  • PANEL: The 49th Annual Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute: A Tasting Menu

    September 7, 2023

    The 49th Annual Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute will take place on Septembe....
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  • How Can My Trust Help My Kid Buy a House?

    August 18, 2023

    It is fairly common for a client to ask how an irrevocable trust might help a beneficiary ....
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  • Trusted Advisors and Mental Health Concerns: Making The Case For Change

    August 14, 2023

    Lawyers and financial advisors are in the top 11 group of professionals with the highest s....
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  • I’m buying life insurance, do I really need a trust and if so what kind?

    August 9, 2023

    A client is buying life insurance, do they really need to set up an irrevocable life insur....
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  • Closely Held Business Buy-out Arrangements Should be Reviewed Immediately in Light of the Recent Connelly Case

    June 30, 2023

    Practitioners should inform clients with buy sell redemption agreements about the recent C....
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  • My mom just passed, what tax, legal and financial matters do I need to address?

    June 19, 2023

    Losing a loved one is difficult, but those challenges can be made more challenging by the ....
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  • Religion and Estate Planning

    June 16, 2023

    Many clients have strong religious beliefs, which should be reflected in their estate plan....
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  • Holistic View of Special Needs Planning: Conversation with Bernie Krooks

    May 28, 2023

    Special needs (and elder law) planning is vital to consider for most if not all clients. T....
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  • Gift tax returns are simple, why are you saying it will be so involved?

    May 19, 2023

    Clients view gift tax returns as pretty simple projects and don’t understand the cost, c....
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  • Corporate Transparency Act, Insurance Trusts, RR 2023-02, Kalikow Case (Practical Planner)

    May 14, 2023

    The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require privately held entities to report detail....
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  • Can’t I just ignore Biden’s Greenbook Estate Tax Proposals?

    April 24, 2023

    President Biden recently issued his budget on March 9, 2023, the “General Explanations o....
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  • Practical Precautions Practitioners Should Consider for Estate Planning: Lessons from Sorensen, Smaldino and Levine

    April 13, 2023

    There have been several recent important decisions out of the United States Tax Court, Lev....
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  • Engagement Letters For Estate Planners: Starting Off on the Right Foot

    April 3, 2023

    Retainer agreements (engagement letters) are critical to establish and document the unders....
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  • Back Door SLATs – Issues When Grantor Becomes Beneficiary or Appointee of SLAT

    March 28, 2023

    Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (“SLATs”) are ubiquitous in estate planning. As clients....
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  • Serving an Aging Clientele – Medicaid and Other Planning

    March 13, 2023

    This 75-minute practical webinar will cover topics critical to practitioners serving our a....
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  • Moved to FL, Home in FL, or Snowbird: Planning You Should Know

    March 1, 2023

    If you have moved, or are considering moving to Florida, have or are buying a second home ....
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  • Fiduciary Accounting: What You Need to Know

    February 22, 2023

    Acting as a fiduciary (trustee, executor, etc.) isn’t easy. A fiduciary owes many duties....
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  • I have a grantor trust and am tired of paying the income tax on trust income. What can I do?

    February 20, 2023

    Course Description:  Every practitioner in every discipline has heard this complaint abo....
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  • Heckerling Themes and Takeaways: Reviewing the Most Important Topics Discussed at the 2023 Institute

    February 5, 2023

    Speakers: Jonathan Blattmachr, Esq., Abigail O’Connor, Esq., Martin M. Shenkman, Esq. ....
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  • Improving Existing Irrevocable Trusts: Decanting, Reforming and Other Practical Planning Implications

    January 31, 2023

    Course Description:  This webinar will discuss why all advisers should think about decan....
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  • Year End Estate Planning

    December 23, 2022

    Course Description: Year-end tax planning 2022 is different from prior years. Practitione....
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  • Year-End Estate and Tax Planning 2022

    December 12, 2022

    2022 is quickly coming to a close and there are still valuable tax and estate planning opp....
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  • Estate Tax Planning after the 2022 Elections

    December 8, 2022

    Jonathan Blattmachr, Martin Shenkman and Vary Vandenack discuss SLATs, using exemption, an....
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  • SLATs and Other Techniques for Estate Planning Now

    November 29, 2022

    Spousal lifetime access trusts (“SLATs”) are a popular technique that we see much more....
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  • 3 Life Insurance Planning Ideas: Levine Split-Dollar, Clawback, & SLATs to Help Estate Planners and Insurance Consultants

    November 14, 2022

    This presentation will discuss three possible approaches that estate planning professional....
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  • Practical Estate Planning Tips Financial Advisers and Other Professionals Can Identify- How AI can help CPAs, financial advisers and even attorneys, read and illustrate estate planning documents

    November 14, 2022

    Find out how YOU can identify common and potentially valuable estate planning opportunitie....
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  • Current SLAT Planning Ideas to Better Serve Clients Secure Exemption and More

    September 22, 2022

    Asset protection planning remains vital for many if not most clients. For the past few yea....
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  • Flex Your Beneficiaries: Reducing the Income Tax Burden on Non-Grantor Trusts

    September 16, 2022

    Trusts are subject to compressed tax rates reaching the maximum income tax brackets at onl....
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  • Cybersecurity Measures You MUST Take Now: Practical and Actionable Guidance

    September 14, 2022

    Are you and your practice properly and sufficiently protected from the growing epidemic of....
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  • New Proposed Regulations: Anti Clawback Rule Exception

    May 19, 2022

    On April 27, 2022, the IRS released proposed regulations that follow up on the initial “....
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  • Heckerling Review 2022 Handout

    May 15, 2022

    The 56th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning is the country’s largest and le....
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  • Flex Your Beneficiaries: Reducing the Income Tax Burden on Non Grantor Trusts

    May 15, 2022

    Many trusts are “grantor trusts” for income tax purposes during the trust creator’s ....
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  • Representing Spouses in Blended or Stepfamilies: Planning and Ethical Landmines

    May 11, 2022

    Estate planning for clients who have blended or stepfamilies often presents significant an....
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  • Human Aspects of Estate Planning

    April 14, 2022

    What should clients and practitioners do to be certain that vital personal goals and objec....
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  • Split-Dollar Life Insurance Planning After the Levine Case

    April 5, 2022

    A recent Tax Court case gave a resounding victory to the taxpayer who had pursued what som....
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  • Administration of Irrevocable Trusts: Practical Tips for Practitioners

    March 10, 2022

    How can practitioners (CPAs, wealth advisers, attorneys, insurance consultants) assist cli....
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  • Understanding Life Insurance: And No, It Is Not Boring: Practical Discussion of Insurance Fundamentals and Practical Planning

    February 24, 2022

    Life Insurance is a ubiquitous asset that has unique features and is uniquely (and favorab....
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  • GRAT and Valuation Planning After CCA 202152018: What Practitioners Need to Know

    January 30, 2022

    CCA 202152018, released on December 30, 2021 has critical impact on grantor retained annui....
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  • Smaldino: Recent Tax Court Case Has Important Lessons On How To Do Estate Planning Right

    December 1, 2021

    A recent Tax Court Case, Smaldino V. Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 2021-127....
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  • Legislative Proposals and Year End Tax Planning for 2021

    November 16, 2021

    Podcast discussion of estate and related planning in Mid-November 2021. Host: Mary Van....
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  • Deeper Dive- House Estate Tax Proposal Requires Immediate Action

    September 30, 2021

    The House Democrats are proposing a $3.5 trillion spending plan. To support that package, ....
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  • 2021 Tax Reform- House Ways & Means Committee Draft Legislation

    September 24, 2021

    The House Democrats are proposing a $3.5 trillion spending plan. To support that package t....
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  • Estate and Related Planning Today: A Tasting Menu of the Upcoming 47th Annual Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute

    August 31, 2021

    This will be a fast-paced review of a wide range of practical planning ideas including: Fr....
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  • Single Clients: Planning Considerations

    July 28, 2021

    Too often planning articles and conferences use a “Cleaver family” as the touchstone f....
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  • Addictions and Impaired Clients: Estate and Related Planning Considerations

    July 15, 2021

    Drug use is on the rise in this country and 23.5 million Americans are addicted to alcohol....
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  • NAPFA Genesis Webinar 12 Steps to Creating an Estate Plan for Your Younger Clients (and Yourself)

    June 24, 2021

    This program is designed for financial planning practitioners and will address how adviser....
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  • Matrimonial Issues and Trust Planning: Practical Planning Tips for Practitioners

    April 29, 2021

    Using a separate/special revocable trust to preserve the separate property characterizatio....
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  • The Van Hollen Gains at Death, Gift or Distribution from a Trust Bill (STEP): Your World May be Rocked!

    April 27, 2021

    Senator Chris Van Hollen and others have introduced a bill (called STEP) that would cause ....
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  • Estate Planning Nuggets: Creative Planning Strategies for the Rest of the Year

    April 22, 2021

    How to administer and "shore up" 2020 planning Tips for 2021 gift tax returns Cr....
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  • Sanders and Other Tax Proposals: What They Mean and What to Advise Clients to Do Now In Depth Look

    April 6, 2021

    Democratic Estate Tax Proposals could dramatically alter estate and related planning. Clie....
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  • Tangible Personal Property: Planning, Drafting, Tax, and Practical Considerations

    April 1, 2021

    Every estate includes tangible personal property: cash, clothes, jewelry, furnishings, veh....
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  • 2021 Income and Estate Tax Planning Steps to Recommend to Clients – In Depth

    February 25, 2021

    We’ve now had some time to reflect on the results of the GA runoff election and see the ....
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  • GA Runoff Elections Concluded: Anticipated Tax Changes Affecting Estate Planning for this and Future Years

    January 12, 2021

    The tax world is likely to change (yet again!) and if so, that will have far-reaching econ....
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  • Post-Election Estate Planning What to Do For Clients In November and December of 2020

    November 23, 2020

    The 2020 election demonstrated that the projected Democratic sweep did not occur. Former V....
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  • Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (“SLATs”): A Key Planning Tool Post-Election

    November 10, 2020

    Spousal lifetime access trusts (“SLATs”) may be the most common planning technique for....
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  • GRATs – How To Use and Structure GRATs in Late 2020

    October 26, 2020

    Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (“GRATs”) are a powerful planning tool especially in a....
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  • 8 Tech Traps and Tips Every Practitioner Must Know Now that You’ve Tackled Remote Working

    October 1, 2020

    Practitioners have had to reimagine their firms with remote work environments, and soon a ....
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  • CRTs: Planning Options for Clients with Existing CRTs

    September 22, 2020

    Course Description: Charitable Remainder Trust (“CRT”) administration and planning. At....
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  • Life Insurance – Practical Planning Ideas for Late 2020

    September 18, 2020

    This webinar will discuss practical life insurance planning ideas for the last part of 202....
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  • Note Sale/QTIP Creative Planning Opportunities for 2020 For Clients Hesitant to Plan

    September 14, 2020

    Wealthy individuals who wait to take planning action to eliminate estate taxes may lose th....
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  • Estate Planning Steps to Take Now: Main EPC and American Cancer Society

    August 14, 2020

    The time is right for aggressive estate planning because if there is a shift in power in W....
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  • Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs): The Basics and Beyond

    July 29, 2020

    Course Description: Charitable Remainder Trusts (“CRTs”) have become a common planning....
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  • Valuations and Estate Planning: Impact of Covid

    July 1, 2020

    What are the valuation implications of the current economic environment brought about by t....
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  • Key Estate Panning Technique for Married Clients in 2020: Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts

    June 29, 2020

    Spousal lifetime access trusts (“SLATs”) planning can provide tremendous planning bene....
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  • PANEL Valuations and Estate Planning: Impact of Covid

    June 25, 2020

    What are the valuation implications of the current economic environment brought about by t....
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  • Estate Planning Before the 2020 Election

    June 18, 2020

    Planning before the 2020 election is critical. What should advisers be telling clients to ....
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  • SECURE Act and CRTs, BDITs and QSSTs: Good Opportunities for Some Clients

    June 9, 2020

    Course Description:  The Secure Act changed how many clients should plan for and name ....
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  • SLATs – How To Plan and Draft One of the Most Useful Documents for Married Clients

    June 3, 2020

    Course Description: Spousal lifetime access trusts (“SLATs”) planning can provide trem....
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  • Tech and Remote Work: More Practical and Actionable Tips You Can Take Now!

    May 15, 2020

    Course Description: Working remotely has challenges and as we have all spent more than a m....
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  • Core Estate Planning Documents During COVID

    April 28, 2020

    Every practitioner is familiar with the common or “core” estate planning documents: po....
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  • Tech, Remote Work and More: What Estate Planners Need to Know Now

    April 27, 2020

    How to work remotely – lots of practical tips from estate planners (with different views....
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  • Achieving Peak Performance in a Challenging COVID World: Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World

    April 20, 2020

    Gain insight from a leading authority on mindfulness, and the role it plays in achieving p....
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  • Webinar: Best Vehicles for Estate Tax Planning Now – and Best Ways to Draft Them

    April 15, 2020

    Course Description: Many have correctly pointed out that the current extremely low intere....
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  • Webinar: Paycheck Protection Program of the Cares Act: Updated for Latest Pronouncements

    April 14, 2020

    The Paycheck Protection Program and loan forgiveness are intended to provide economic reli....
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  • How I’m Changing My Practice, Client Meetings, Client Planning, and More to Address the Coronavirus

    March 19, 2020

    This webinar will explore steps you might consider for your practice and clients in light ....
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  • LGBTQ Planning: What Skills Do Planners Need to Properly Serve the Modern Family?

    March 13, 2020

    The structure and composition of the modern family has evolved and continues to evolve. In....
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  • Estate Planning: Why Every Estate Planner Needs to Urge All Clients to Use Their Wealth Transfer Exemptions Now

    February 28, 2020

    Jonathan Blattmachr and Martin Shenkman will share the most efficient ways to use high gif....
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  • Asset Protection for Physicians and their Practices: The Doctor is In—But Where is the Tax and Estate Planning? Part 2 of 2

    February 21, 2020

    Part 2 will complete the discussions in Part 1. Doctors and their practices are common....
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  • Asset Protection for Physicians and their Practices: The Doctor is In—But Where is the Tax and Estate Planning? Part 1 of 2

    February 14, 2020

    Doctors and their practices are common targets for terrible and aggressive lawsuits which ....
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  • Estate Planning for Jewish Clients

    February 10, 2020

    Planning a Jewish client’s estate involves more than just the transfer of wealth. To dra....
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  • Heckerling 2020 Roundup

    January 24, 2020

    Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning is the country’s largest and leading conference ....
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  • Life Insurance Planning Opportunities in Early 2020

    January 23, 2020

    How do the new fiduciary rules impact your life insurance recommendations (and discussions....
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  • Planning for Business Exits from C Corporations; Intra-family Business Transactions; Other Developments

    December 18, 2019

    Lower C corporation income tax rates have increased attention to the Code Sec. 1202 exclus....
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  • Family Meetings and Legacy Planning

    December 3, 2019

    Family Meetings: They are not what you might think they are! For a family to get started, ....
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  • Estate Planning for Scientologists

    November 12, 2019

    This webinar will explain how estate planners might modify planning and documents for a cl....
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  • Trusts: 2019-2020 Planning Roadmap Part 2

    October 29, 2019

    In this world of constant uncertainty, only one thing is clear, planners need a roadmap in....
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  • Estate Planning for the Muslim Client

    October 23, 2019

    This webinar will provide a practical survey of the many areas of estate and related plann....
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  • Estate Planning Roadmap 2019-2020: Planning before the 2020 Election; State Income Taxation of Trusts; Aging, Longevity – Part 1

    October 11, 2019

    Course Description: While no one can predict the 2020 election, there is a possibility of....
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  • Catholic Estate Planning

    July 25, 2019

    Course Description: Each component of a client’s estate and financial plan can embody t....
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  • Kaestner Case and State Income Taxation of Trusts

    July 1, 2019

    Course Description:You are invited to listen to a complimentary in-depth discussion of a c....
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  • Christian Estate Planning

    June 19, 2019

    Sponsors: Interactive Legal and Peak Trust Company. Speakers: Pastor Chris Edmonson, J....
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  • Current Developments Jan-Apr 2019, New Ideas and More

    June 19, 2019

    Sponsors: Boys Town, Peak Trust Company and Interactive Legal. Boys Town's motto is "Cha....
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  • Building Your Estate Planning Practice: Marketing Services to Clients Not Paying Estate Tax

    May 24, 2019

    Sponsors: Peak Trust Company, Interactive Legal and The Financial Awareness Foundation. Th....
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  • Religion and Estate Planning

    May 24, 2019

    Sponsor: Interactive Legal and Peak Trust Company Course Description: Planning a client....
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  • Using Tech to Improve and Grow Your Estate Planning Practice – Part 2

    March 7, 2019

    Speakers: Technology expert Ben Schorr, the author of Microsoft Office 365 for Lawyers, Ba....
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  • Heckerling 2019 Review

    February 15, 2019

    Speakers: Martin M. Shenkman, Esq. and Jonathan G. Blattmachr, Esq. Sponsor: Interactiv....
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  • Using Tech to Improve an Estate Planning Practice

    January 29, 2019

    Speakers: Martin M. Shenkman, Esq., Betsy Ehrenberg, Mary E. Vandenack, Esq., Vanessa Kan....
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  • INGs: Extraordinary Planning Tool to Reduce Income Tax Even for Those in Income Tax Free States

    November 15, 2018

    Speakers:  William Lipkind, Esq., Martin Shenkman, Esq. and Jonathan Blattmachr, Esq. ....
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  • House Planning Post-TCJA

    October 11, 2018

    Speakers: Martin M. Shenkman, Esq. Sponsor: American Academy of Attorney-CPAs Course....
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  • Estate Planning and Charitable Giving Strategies

    September 6, 2018

    Speakers: Jonathan G. Blattmachr, Esq. and Martin M. Shenkman, Esq. Sponsor: Peak Trust....
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  • Hot Topics for a Hot Summer- John Hopkins All Children’s Foundation Presentation

    August 29, 2018

    Sponsor: John Hopkins All Children's Foundation. Speakers: Jonathan Blattmachr and Mart....
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  • Life Insurance Planning: Cahill, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and More

    August 10, 2018

    Speakers: Lee Slavutin, Richard Harris and Martin Shenkman Course Description: Life ins....
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  • 199A Proposed Regulations: A First Look

    August 10, 2018

    Speakers: Jonathan G. Blattmachr, Esq., Alan S. Gassman, Esq. and Martin M. Shenkman, Esq.....
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  • Estate Planning Retainer Agreements and Engagement Letters

    July 12, 2018

    Course Description: Retainer agreements (engagement letters) are critical to establish and....
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  • Estate Planning Opportunities under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

    March 27, 2018

    Course Description: Estate planning after the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 has been transf....
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  • Self-Settled Domestic Asset Protection Trusts Remain an Important Planning Tool After Recent Wacker Decision

    March 27, 2018

    Course Description: The Supreme Court of Alaska just held that Alaska could not require t....
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  • Estate Planning and Charitable Giving after TCJA

    March 15, 2018

    Course Description: Charitable giving will be hit hard by the new tax law. Estimates are ....
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  • Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Estate Planning and Ancillary Planning Areas Part 2

    January 8, 2018

    Course Description: This is the second webinar discussing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which....
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  • Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Estate Planning and Ancillary Planning Areas

    December 28, 2017

    Course Description: President Trump signed into law on December 22, 2017 the Tax Cuts and ....
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  • Trust Owned Life Insurance (TOLI)

    November 17, 2017

    Course Description: Life insurance policies, especially those owned by trusts (TOLI) are f....
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  • Financial and Estate Planning for the Parkinson’s Community

    September 21, 2017

    Course Description: This is a practical consumer level webinar co-hosted with the Michael ....
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  • Post-Divorce Planning: Practical Steps for Practitioners

    September 21, 2017

    Course Description: Following the conclusion of a divorce, even in the best of circumstanc....
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  • Recent Developments with Practical Estate Planning Implications to Advisers

    August 25, 2017

    Course Description: The estate planning world is focused on the uncertainty of repeal (or ....
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  • Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLATs) – Key Planning Tool

    August 2, 2017

    Course Description: SLAT planning can provide tremendous planning benefits for many marrie....
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  • Estate Planning Basics for Consumers (Not Subject to Estate Tax)

    July 18, 2017

    This is a CONSUMER level course on basic estate planning. This course will help define wha....
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  • Technology, Ethics and Estate Planning Practice Management

    June 21, 2017

    Jonathan Blattmachr and Peter Fidler will co-present this discussion of how estate planner....
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  • Trusts: Planning and Drafting for Divorce

    June 15, 2017

    Trusts are one of the most powerful tools for planning to minimize the risk to assets in a....
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  • When a Client Loses a Spouse/Partner

    May 11, 2017

    Karen Altfest, Dr. Stanley Teitelbaum, and Martin Shenkman will present a practical, non-t....
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  • Pre and Post-Nuptial Clauses to Address Trust Issues

    March 6, 2017

    Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements (“agreements”) are ubiquitous in matrimonial p....
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  • Asset Protection Planning Continuum Basics for Estate Planning Professionals

    February 21, 2017

    Asset protection planning is appropriate for every client, not only the wealthy surgeon or....
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  • Collaboration of the Estate and Financial Planning Team

    February 7, 2017

    Collaboration between the members of the estate and financial planning team will provide b....
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  • Estate Tax Repeal Is Not a Temporary or Permanent Certainty – How to Plan Now

    December 12, 2016

    President-elect Trump has proposed repealing the estate and gift tax. The Republicans cont....
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  • Trump May Repeal Estate Tax: How to Plan (or Not) 2016

    November 10, 2016

    President Trump has proposed a repeal of the estate tax, and the possible enactment of a c....
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  • 2704 Regs: GRAT Planning before the End of 2016-Practical Considerations

    September 1, 2016

    In late 2016 proposed regulations might have greatly reduced valuation discounts, one of t....
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  • Estate Tax Proposals: Clinton vs Trump 2016

    July 19, 2016

    In 2016 before the election each of the candidates proposed very different approaches to t....
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  • Estate and Financial Planning for Clients Living with Chronic Illness

    March 26, 2015

    Planning for someone diagnosed with chronic disease (Parkinson’s disease, multiple scler....
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  • Heckerling 2015 Nuggets: Grantor Trusts, the quest for Basis, and More

    March 26, 2015

    This program explores a potpourri of estate and related planning ideas from the 2015 Hecke....
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  • New Estate Planning Opportunities for Estate Practitioners

    March 26, 2015

    This program explores a range of estate planning opportunities for estate practitioners.....
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  • Post-Mortem Planning-Post ATRA

    July 23, 2013

    Post-Mortem planning is the planning that is addressed after the taxpayer has died. There ....
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  • Advising the Pro Athlete-Estate and Financial Planning

    March 13, 2013

    Professional athletes (as well as entertainers and those with "star" power) face unique es....
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  • Aging Parents Estate, Financial and Related Planning

    February 12, 2013

    The population is aging. People are living longer. What steps can be taken to make those g....
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  • Estate and Financial Planning for Those Living with Alzheimer’s Disease

    Planning for someone diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, or who has a loved one living wit....
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  • Highlights of Heckerling 2015

    This program explores a potpourri of estate and related planning ideas from the 2015 Hecke....
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  • Annual Exclusion Gifts in the New Tax Landscape

    Annual exclusion gifts can be made to any number of people in any year. In 2017 this figur....
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  • Care Managers Role in the Estate Planning Process

    For the elderly and those living with chronic disease or other health challenges the role ....
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  • The Human Aspects of Estate Planning

    Estate planning can no longer be focused on minimizing estate taxes. The $5 million inflat....
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  • 2012 Gift Planning Follow Through

    2012 was a remarkable and unique year for estate planning. The gift tax exemption in 2012 ....
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  • Planning Using The Multi-Purpose Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust

    Life insurance is a flexible and powerful financial and estate planning tool. When life in....
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  • Thinking About Finances After a Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis

    If you’ve been recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (or many other chronic disease....
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  • Increasing Flexibility Using the Beneficiary Defective Inheritors Trust

    Beneficiary Defective Inheritor’s Trusts (BDITs) or as some call them simply Beneficiary....
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  • Insurance as the Answer To People Focused Planning

    Life insurance can be one of the most flexible, versatile and useful estate and financial ....
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  • Planning for Estates Under Ten Million Trusts and Estates Magazine Heckerling

    Once the $5 million estate tax exemption was made permanent estate planning had to change ....
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