September 1, 2010

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Note From the Editor

September is turning out to be a month of transitions for our editorial advisory board. We say good-bye to a few board members who've stepped down, and...

Tax Law Update

Second Circuit vacates Tax Court's determination on inclusion of transferred interest in real estate under IRC Section 2036 In Estate of Stewart v. Commissioner,...

GRAT Expectations

Somewhere in a bleak house in Washington, D.C.a plot exists. The conspirators are working against a favorite planning tool, the grantor retained annuity...

Family Capital Planning and Captive Risk Management

Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody noseWelfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothesHe asked poor Howard where can I goHoward said there's only one...

Do Your Homework on Indexed Universal Life Insurance

The world of life insurance presents what feels like a never-ending array of products and choices. One of these emerging product structures, indexed universal...

Are IRAs and Charities the Perfect Match?

You own individual retirement account and non-IRA assets. You want a certain amount of your estate to pass to charity, and you want the charitable gift...

Plan Ahead for Roth IRA Conversions

Beginning in 2010, individuals are allowed to convert or roll over certain distributions from retirement plans and IRAs to Roth IRAs regardless of their...

Creditor Claims on Retirement Benefits

Four recent court decisions shed some new light on certain situations clients may encounter in dealing with creditors' claims on individual retirement...

Using Trusts to Protect Benefits from Beneficiaries' Creditors

As Thomas C. Foster points out in his companion piece to this article (see p. 54), the law governing the protection of inherited individual retirement...

Offset Your Roth IRA Conversion Costs By Acting Charitably

Roth individual retirement accounts offer the enticing benefits of tax-free growth and the ability to make withdrawals during retirement when certain...

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