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.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
Estate tax exemptions rules appear to be stabilizing, prompting many to reconsider conventional estate strategies.
The 12 Steps to Living Confidently: Legacy and Estate
You wouldn’t leave your paycheck on the bus. Without basic estate planning, your wealth is equally at risk.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
Planning Your Legacy
Legacy or estate planning is part of good retirement planning. Here are a few things to consider when working on your plan.
Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
Estate tax exemptions rules appear to be stabilizing, prompting many to reconsider conventional estate strategies.
Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
Estate management can help ensure that your assets are transferred according to your wishes while managing tax issues.
Will Power
Preparing for the eventual distribution of your assets may not sound enticing. But a will puts the power in your hands.
And the Executor Is
The right executor may help ensure the distribution of your assets is done with as little upheaval as possible.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
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.