by Arthur Geffen | Dec 20, 2010 | Estate Planning, Estate Planning Solutions, LGBT, LGBT Issues
Until the time comes when same sex marriages are recognized under state and federal laws in the same way as heterosexual marriages, same sex couples need to take estate planning seriously. Why? Because without an estate plan, in most places same sex couples...
by Arthur Geffen | Dec 20, 2010 | Estate Planning, Estate Planning Solutions, Estate Tax
OK, get ready because it will become available to married couples in 2011 and 2012, portability of the federal estate tax exemption between spouses. The biggest argument in support of portability is that it will prevent married couples from having to create...
by Arthur Geffen | Dec 16, 2010 | Estate Planning, Estate Planning Solutions
RTN The Favourite Free Newspaper For The Costa Blanca, Costa Calida – Death and taxes: Avoiding both in 2011
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 27, 2010 | Estate Planning Solutions
There is a school of thought that suggests that if the exemption equivalent falls back to $1,000,000 next year that couples with a combined estate in excess of $2,000,000 are the only ones that need to worry about estate planning. WRONG!!!!. This fails to take into...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 21, 2010 | Estate Planning Solutions, Gift Tax
GIVE my house to my children while I’m still alive? You must be kidding! Leave the Children the House, Without a Big Tax Bill – NYTimes.com
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 6, 2010 | Estate Planning, Estate Planning Solutions
If you happen to be a wealthy American with ambitions to start a multigenerational dynasty, 2010 offers the tax avoidance opportunity of a lifetime. To seize it, all you have to do is die within the next three months. The year to throw mama from the train...
