Originally posted on Forbes.com Reality Check: With the coronavirus spreading, the stock market crashing and the evening news instilling fear, its really hard to think about estate planning. True. […]
Originally posted on Forbes.com Introduction to Morrissette The recent Tax Court decision in the Estate of Morrissette v. Commission, T.C. Memo 2021-60 (May 13, 2021) put the kibosh on […]
The tax world is likely to change (yet again!) and if so, that will have far-reaching economic effects. You and your clients need to be prepared…not later this year, not […]
Charitable Remainder Trusts (“CRTs”) have become a common planning discussion topic lately, perhaps in large part to the consideration of using CRTs as beneficiaries of IRAs now that the Secure […]
American Bar Association Fall 2019 Martin M. Shenkman and Sandra D. Glazier Historically, an irrevocable trust was just that, irrevocable. We would explain the concept of an irrevocable trust to […]
WealthManagement.com Aug 07, 2019 Martin M. Shenkman Merging or decanting an old trust into a new and improved trust has become so popular that some have pushed the edges seeking […]
WealthManagement.com Jun 25, 2019 Richard L. Fox, Jonathan G. Blattmachr, Martin M. Shenkman The Internal Revenue Service just issued final regulations (final regs) which, consistent with the proposed regulations (proposed […]
WealthManagement.com Mar 21, 2019 Martin M. Shenkman Trusts are ubiquitous in asset protection and estate planning. Regardless of a client’s wealth level, he should be using trusts to avoid problems […]
WealthManagement.com Dec 03, 2018 William D. Lipkind, Martin M. Shenkman, Jonathan G. Blattmachr An incomplete non-grantor trust is a powerful planning tool; not just for the super wealthy, but for […]
WealthManagement.com Nov 07, 2018 Louis S. Harrison, Kim Kamin, Martin M. Shenkman If you were creating a trust 100 years ago, what would have been on your mind? World War […]