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Monthly Planning Tips Archive

 

April 2013 Archive
• Give Your Estate Plan a Good Spring Cleaning
• Lock in Stock Profits, Increase Spendable Income
• A Planning Idea You Can Flip Over 
• Gifts of Excess Group Life Insurance

March 2013 Archive
• Give Income Away Before It’s Taxed
• The “Ethics” of Having a Will or Living Trust
• Q&A on Leaving a Legacy from Retirement Accounts 
• Options and Strategies for Gifts of Real Estate

February 2013 Archive
• Congress Continues Tax Bonus for Gifts of Securities
• Deduction Cutbacks Will Affect Very Few Charitable Contributors
• No “Sunset” for $5,250,000 Estate Tax Exemption 
• Charitable Remainder Trusts More Attractive to Investors in High Tax Brackets

January 2013 Archive
• “Second to Die” (Survivorship) Life Insurance Gifts Are Economical
• My Sister Sally’s Antique Will 
• The Satisfaction of Memorial Gifts 
• “My age?  I’m 76, going on 77”

December 2012 Archive
• Don’t Forget to Plan Your Digital Estate
• Forgoing Vacation Days Can Benefit Hurricane Victims 
• A Personal Message to Friends and Family 
• Trust Solves IRA Beneficiary Puzzle

November 2012 Archive
• Multiply Your Generosity with Gifts of Stock
• Tips and Traps on Beneficiary Designations 
• A Learning Exercise for Spouses 
• Timing Can Be Everything in Gift Planning


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