December 2010 Online Issue

Briefing

Note From the Editor

As we inch closer and closer to the end of the year, estate-planning professionals are keeping a keen eye on what action Congress is taking (or not taking)...

Tax Law Update

Gift and estate tax appeals to be centralized The Internal Revenue Service will centralize gift and estate tax appeals cases into two nationwide teams,...

Business Succession as an Evolutionary Process

Most family business succession studies focus narrowly on the succession event itself or on some of the changes in leadership and performance that occur...

Down to the Wire

For those who advise clients on tax and other financial issues, the final weeks of the year are always a time for careful planning and action. This year...

Features

Nursing the Sick ILIT

Now more than ever, trustees, and in particular, corporate trustees, face administrative issues that arise in relation to an irrevocable life insurance...

The Trustee's Role in Directed Trusts

Over the last decade, trust law has undergone a transformative evolution. It's becoming commonplace for trust settlors to design so-called directed trusts...

A Shot Across the Bow

Last year, a ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals, In Re Stuart Cochran Irrevocable Trust,1 sent a shot-across-the-bow warning to trustees trying to...

Special Report: Estate Planning & Tataxatiation

Maximizing the Benefits of FLPs

Limited partners (LPs) of family limited partnerships (FLPs) have long been a powerful estate-planning tool. LPs of FLPs can take a discount of as much...

Family Business Succession Planning

The United States is on the threshold of a major demographic shift. The post-war baby boom generation a group of some 78 million Americans has arrived...

Securities Laws and Estate Planning: Where Do the Roads Cross?

If you're an estate planner, you're probably not an expert in securities laws. But you may have clients who are of publicly held companies or who own...

The Wealth Management Resource Guide 2011

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

Dear Colleagues, You're receiving this Wealth Management Resource Guide as part of your subscription to Trusts & Estates magazine. We know the WMRG will...

MLPs: The Latest Trends

Over the past few years, financial advisors, estate planners and investors seeking a source of regular income have become increasingly aware of the benefits...

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