Understand what community property is, how it affects assets such as a home or a business, what is quasi-community property and more.
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Learn the benefits and pitfalls of incentive trusts when motiving heirs or beneficiaries and rewarding positive behavior.
Understand when gift tax comes into play, how the age of the recipient impacts gift tax, efficient ways to transfer property, split gifts, the annual exclusion and more from estate planning experts.
Learn what steps taxpayers may want to consider during a presidential election year and how to plan for future legislation and changes in charitable giving law.
Learn what retirement planning you need when moving overseas, such as document updates, guardianship considerations when moving with minor children, and more.
Small business owners need to plan for their company’s transition in their estate plan. Understand the impact of state laws, beneficiaries, estate taxes and more.
Learn the role of positive psychology and communication when creating your estate plan and leaving assets to family and beneficiaries.
Learn what changing an irrevocable trust entails, what it means to decant a trust, what courts can do and other pitfalls from ACTEC trust and estate experts.
Estate planning experts explain the different types of special needs trusts, considerations to avoid losing public benefits like Medicaid, and potential pitfalls.
Advance directives are documents that express an individual’s health care wishes. Learn about a Living Will, Health Care Proxy, MOLST, POLST, and DNR orders.