Life insurance may play a vital role in an estate plan, because insurance proceeds can be counted on to provide liquidity when it’s needed.
The Internal Revenue Service is postponing the date for filing gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax returns and making payments until July 15, 2020, because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Estate planning attorneys start to see the same common mistakes in estate planning. Some are obvious estate planning mistakes while others are more complex or
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Friday that the administration has moved the IRS deadline for filing taxes from April 15 to July 15 due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus.
The contributions you make to your individual retirement account (IRA) are intended to supplement your income during your retirement years. However, as much as you’d like to let your IRAs remain untouched until retirement, unforeseen expenses may force you to withdraw some of those assets early.
The elimination of the Stretch IRA is a game changer, especially for parents who were considering bequeathing savings in IRAs to their children.
A new law could affect the IRAs and 401(k)s of millions of Americans in 2020.
Taxpayers can benefit from higher thresholds for U.S. estate and gift taxes, even if they don’t die until after the tax overhaul expires in 2026, the Internal Revenue Service said.
An irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) is a structure that cannot in any way be rescinded, amended, or modified, after its initial creation.
Most of us have heard the quote from Benjamin Franklin, ‘In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.’
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