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What to Do When a Parent Dies and You’re the Executor

Darrow Wealth Management

Checklist for executors of their parent’s estate Get organized Where are the original estate planning documents located? Who is the attorney who drafted the estate plan? Inform them of your parents passing and discuss options for support in settling the estate.

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3 Celebrity Estate Planning Slipups Clients Can Learn From

eMoney Advisor

That occasion marked an agreement with the IRS on a $156 million value on Prince’s real estate and recordings for the artist who died in April 2016—without a will. What can we learn from celebrity estate planning disasters like this? Such cautionary tales prove the value of proper planning. It turns out, plenty.

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Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review

Brown Advisory

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. Many trusts funded that year have grown outside of the grantor’s estate by 35% or more.

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This Present is Accounted For: An Overview of Low-Basis Gifting Strategies

Brown Advisory

This Present is Accounted For: An Overview of Low-Basis Gifting Strategies achen Wed, 11/01/2023 - 11:20 After spending a career helping clients with tax and estate advice, I often see reminders and lessons about my job in the unlikeliest places. The planning options available to families are numerous.

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Family Wealth Transfer Options

Brown Advisory

Family Wealth Transfer Options achen Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:49 Families can use a variety of strategies to reduce their estate tax burden. By using various exemptions and exclusions, you can gift a certain amount of assets to your family members without triggering gift taxes, thereby reducing the size of your taxable estate.

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Family Wealth Transfer Options

Brown Advisory

Families can use a variety of strategies to reduce their estate tax burden. By using various exemptions and exclusions, you can gift a certain amount of assets to your family members without triggering gift taxes, thereby reducing the size of your taxable estate. Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:49.

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