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Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review

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Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review achen Mon, 09/12/2016 - 06:00 A plan to maximize a family’s financial legacy usually saves the most tax by leveraging the longterm compounding of investments outside of the taxable estate.

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Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review

Brown Advisory

Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review. A plan to maximize a family’s financial legacy usually saves the most tax by leveraging the longterm compounding of investments outside of the taxable estate. Adopting a program of planning early, and monitoring that program, often brings the best results.

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Dream or Opportunity?

Brown Advisory

Still, we believe that attractive opportunities for fundamental, bottom-up investing endure in China S and Asia’s other emerging markets, where valuations are more attractive than for equities in the developed world like the U.S. Such protection can be a cornerstone for sound estate planning. Long-Term Winners. Rude Awakening.

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Rude Awakening

Brown Advisory

As recently as 2012 Puerto Rico was able to sell to investors public-sector bonds despite its bleak fiscal outlook and shrinking economy. Such protection can be a cornerstone for sound estate planning. Rude Awakening. Thu, 09/03/2015 - 15:10.

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Strategic Advisory Letter | 2015 Year-End Planning Checklist

Brown Advisory

Recharacterization: But what if you converted a traditional IRA to a Roth at a time when the assets were at peak valuation, and the value of the assets have since declined? Gift and Estate Taxes. Since 2012, the $5 million lifetime gift and estate tax exclusion available to each taxpayer has been indexed for inflation.

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Midyear Planning Tools for 2016

Brown Advisory

With tax policy in a steady state and relatively calm economic conditions, there are no strong external reasons to make major planning adjustments. A good example took place in 2012; at the time we helped many clients prepare for anticipated changes to policy regarding taxes on asset transfers. Annual Planning Checklist.

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Off the Beaten Trail

Brown Advisory

From 2012 until 2014, the MSCI All Country World Index annually rose by an average of 14.1%. percentage points from July 24, 2012, until Jan. We prefer avoiding the rich valuations of consumer staple stocks, investing instead in consumer discretionary stocks and companies with indirect exposure to the consumer.

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