December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com Revocable trusts are about as common to estate planning as peanuts at a ballgame. These are contractual agreements between you (called the Settlor or Grantor) and […]
December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com So, we estate planners have perfect estate and financial plans and nary a worry. Not! Most professionals are like the proverbial shoemaker with the barefoot children. […]
December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com Your estate planning, including business buy-sell arrangements, trusts, prenups, are all intertwined, and all affected by the 2017 Tax Act, often in surprising and odd ways. […]
December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com Adviser phones are r-ING-ing off the hook with questions about INGs. Taxpayers seem to love the hot item of the day. Now, I love a good ING as […]
December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com The 2017 Tax Act doubled the estate tax exemption and basically eliminated the tax benefits for charitable bequests for most donors. But creative planning can both […]
December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com New Tax Law: New Charitable Planning The Tax Cut Jobs Act of 2017 changed the landscape for charitable giving. While charitable giving has never only been motivated […]
December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com New World of Charitable Planning The non-tax benefits of charitable giving should be, and often are, important to motivating and planning donations. Most donors, other than […]
December 27th, 2018
Martin Shenkman Contributor Forbes.com IRS regulation restricts contributions in lieu of state tax payment to avoid SALT restrictions, but options remain daring taxpayers living in high tax states that have […]
December 21st, 2018
Speakers: Jonathan Blattmachr, Esq. and Martin M. Shenkman, Esq. -How has trust and related planning changed in the current planning environment? -When and how should grantor or non-grantor trusts be […]
December 21st, 2018
Speakers: Jonathan Blattmachr, Esq. and Martin M. Shenkman, Esq. -How has trust and related planning changed in the current planning environment? -When and how should grantor or non-grantor trusts be […]