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Protecting the Family Legacy—How to Plan with Prenuptial Agreements

Brown Advisory

Updating the Estate Plan: The prenuptial agreement also addresses each spouse’s disposition of assets on death and sets the “floor” of what each spouse must leave the other. Meaning, if a spouse is a beneficiary of a family trust, his/her spouse will not be entitled to distributions from that trust.

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Accounting Advisory Services: A Comprehensive Guide for CPAs

Harness Wealth

Key Takeaways: Accounting advisory services extend beyond traditional tax preparation to offer strategic financial guidance. Specialized areas can include estate planning and tax-efficient investment strategies. This can also include advice on business structure, operational efficiencies, and long-term strategic planning.

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Protecting the Family Legacy—How to Plan with Prenuptial Agreements

Brown Advisory

Estate Plan: The prenuptial agreement also addresses each spouse’s disposition of assets on death and sets the “floor” of what each spouse must leave the other. In all cases, we believe that thoughtful and careful estate planning in conjunction a prenuptial agreement is best way to safeguard family assets.

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10 Common Retirement Blind Spots You’ll Want to Avoid for a Secure Future

WiserAdvisor

Blind Spot 3: Inadequate estate planning In today’s age, where 60 is the new 50 and people are more active and health-conscious than ever before, it is common to think that estate planning can wait. Life is inherently unpredictable, and unanticipated circumstances can arise at any moment.

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2019 Year-End Planning Letter

Brown Advisory

Market conditions may be volatile, but our planning efforts are, as always, focused on stability and consistency. Family foundations or donor-advised funds at community foundations can be used to control the timing of the actual distribution of the charitable funds to the intended charities.

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Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets

Brown Advisory

Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets ajackson Wed, 04/01/2020 - 09:31 Our conversations with clients usually cover topics that range beyond investment and financial affairs. Deferral of required retirement plan distributions. We are working to help you take those steps forward. tax code that are not permanent.

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Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets

Brown Advisory

Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets. We believe that the current environment offers a number of strategic planning opportunities to improve your financial plan, enhance wealth transfers to heirs or charities, minimize the impact of income taxes and broadly help you advance your progress toward long-term goals.