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Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTs) can pass future home appreciation to beneficiaries and ultimately remove the home from the grantor’s estate, potentially reducing estate taxes. Learn how your clients can place a home in a QPRT.
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Selecting a trust as beneficiary of an individual retirement account (IRA) offers distinct advantages, disadvantages, and complexities compared to naming an individual. Learn if your clients should list a trust as a beneficiary of their IRA.
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For any investor, a personalized approach to allocation that considers risk capacity, along with risk tolerance, can often be more beneficial than a general guideline. Learn how you can help your clients determine their risk capacity.
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Primarily used to exclude the death benefit proceeds of life insurance from estate inclusion, irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs) remain a powerful tool in the estate planner's 'toolbox.' Learn more about how to protect the proceeds of you clients’ life insurance.
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A SLAT may be an effective wealth transfer strategy to consider while the lifetime exemption remains at historically high levels. Learn when using a SLAT may be a benefit to your clients.
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Learn how a properly structured dynasty trust may help investors meet long-term legacy goals while potentially minimizing estate and generation-skipping taxes.
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Learn more about intrafamily loans and why they can be attractive alternatives to traditional gifting for ultra-high-net worth families wishing to help younger generations make a purchase or invest for the future.
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Get your clients’ estate plans ready for the new year. Use this simple year-end checklist with your clients to help them consider what they should plan for.
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We generally don’t recommend making changes to your clients’ tax plans based on election predictions or potential future legislation. However, there are some potential “no-regrets” tax moves to consider before year-end. Learn what tax moves your clients’ should consider before year-end.