Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Perspectives on Estate Planning
Estate Planning is not just for the extremely wealthy
Will Power
Preparing for the eventual distribution of your assets may not sound enticing. But a will puts the power in your hands.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
The Basic Elements of Estate Planning
While estate planning may seem to be primarily the purview of the ultra-wealthy, the truth is that it’s a multifaceted process that can provide benefits to people in many different economic situations.
Choosing a Business Structure
Entrepreneurs all face the same question, “Which business structure should I adopt?”
Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
Estate management can help ensure that your assets are transferred according to your wishes while managing tax issues.
Helping Your Children Prepare for an Inheritance
Six strategies to facilitate an important – though potentially uncomfortable – conversation around inheriting wealth.
Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy
Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
Perspectives on Estate Planning
Estate Planning is not just for the extremely wealthy
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