There are several reasons why you should update your existing trust or perhaps your entire estate plan. While estate planning documents do not necessarily have a shelf life, they may not fulfill your goals when your circumstances change. Of course, having estate planning documents (more…)
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Why you should update your estate planning
What do the 2018 Tax Changes Mean?
The new estate tax law stipulates that a single person could die owning up to $11.2 million without paying the dreaded death tax and for married couples the amount has been increased to $22.4 million, if a timely portability election was made after the death of the first spouse to (more…)
2018 Tax Figures
Below you will find all the important tax figures for the 2018 tax year:
Federal Estate Tax
– 2018 Exemption Equivalent: $11, 220,000.00* (up from $5,490.000 in 2017)
– Annual Inflation Indexing: Yes (rounded annually to the nearest $10,000)
– Portability of unused exemption to surviving (more…)