by Arthur Geffen | Sep 17, 2010 | Special Needs
Parents of a child who is receiving benefits from a needs based government program (or might be eligible for such benefits in the future) must pay careful attention to their estate planning. The options available for leaving assets to the child are: ●...
by Arthur Geffen | Sep 17, 2010 | IRS
Navigating the IRS website Quickly finding what you need on IRS.gov irs website index forms
by Arthur Geffen | Sep 15, 2010 | Estate Planning Solutions
It appears that as the web proliferates, more and more people will be using the kinds of services described in this article for basic legal agreements, including wills, LLC’s, corporations, etc. I must say it is somewhat alarming since a lay person generally has...
by Arthur Geffen | Sep 14, 2010 | Estate Planning Solutions
Family limited partnerships (FLPs) have long been considered an estate-planning tool for transferring wealth at discounted values and ultimately reducing estate-tax transfer costs. With the possible repeal of the federal estate tax (maybe, maybe not), is there...
by Arthur Geffen | Sep 14, 2010 | Estate Tax, Income Tax, Medicaid, Medicare
The already heated fight over the so-called Bush tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of this year, ratcheted up another notch on Monday. The White House and a host of influential Congress members staked out competing positions on the issue that is...