estate planning
estate planning
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-06-06
Living wills have received a great deal of attention due to the recent Terry Schiavo situation. Because her end-of-life wishes were in dispute, family members battled each other in the courts over her...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-06-08
Q. Jeff, I want to ask your opinion regarding Health Savings Accounts. On April 1st, the company I work for is changing our current Blue Cross health insurance to Guardian Insurance set up as a HRA. I...
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by John Fraker - 2007-06-15
"Most people think that Americans are generous because we are rich. The truth is that we are rich, in significant part, because we are generous. We tend to see giving as something that is just good an...
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by John Fraker - 2007-06-21
Warning! The following Estate Planning technique is extremely technical and should not be attempted without competent legal representation.The following discussion is for informational purposes only.T...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-06-23
A reader recently asked if his 401(k) could be rolled over, by his beneficiary, to a 'stretch' IRA after his death. Read on to discover an answer that will protect your beneficiaries from tens of thou...
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by John Fraker - 2007-06-25
Trust Administration enjoys many advantages over the cumbersome, bureaucratic Probate process.This article will address only the advantages of Trust Administration as a process, not the benefits of a ...
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by Barry Waxler - 2007-06-29
A Life Insurance death benefit is going to be subject to estate tax which could reduce the amount available for your dependents. An Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust is a way to avoid this taxation.An ...
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by David Phillips-8975 - 2007-08-01
Most of us don't like to think about our own death. But if we don't plan ahead, death can place our families under even greater duress and anxiety while they're grieving. After all, if you think the c...
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by Kelly Renaul - 2007-08-03
A living trust can be an important estate planning tool, but it is also a very precise one. This means that if one or more crucial components are missing from your living trust package, your financial...
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by Tim Rhodes - 2007-08-29
Following numerous accounting scandals including Enron, WorldCom and Tyco International, the U.S. Federal government passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Sarbanes-Oxley, otherwise known as SOX...
