Flash Update: Knight Fallout
As we were going to press with the March 2008 issue of Trusts & Estates magazine, we received an email from Kevin Matz of White & Case, LLP, who has a piece in that issue entitled "Knight's Decided....
Do-Good Investing
If a client wants his assets invested in socially and environmentally responsible companies, how do you oblige?...
Sound the Alarm
The Brits are about to heavily tax Americans living in the United Kingdom...
Only the IRS Knows for Sure!
The Pension Protection Act of 2006, for the first time, permitted non-spouse beneficiaries to have inherited benefits transferred from a qualified retirement plan to an "inherited IRA." ...
Money 'n Sanity
A new TV series shows families learning to break the taboo against talking about money...
Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate
Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, a play about family interdependence, love, hate and estate planning, had a limited run, Sept. 27 to Oct. 28, to critical acclaim in New York City....
Richistan
A peek at the country within our country, where the rich live and consume -- copiously...
Restorative Payments
Good news for taxpayers: the Internal Revenue Service extended these payments to retirement plans...
New Programs Guarantee Retirement Income
Highly paid executives have a new way to guarantee lifetime monthly income from their company's 401(k) plans. It's a nifty new array of products; but they do have drawbacks. ...
The 419(e) Plan Is a Good Option—If Handled Well
If your clients who are business owners are thinking about setting up a 419(e) single-employer welfare benefit arrangement plan, beware: It must be airtight to escape the tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service....






