Download or read book Clearing the Way Forward Personal Estate Planning Workbook written by Gustin D Fox-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. This workbook will help you plan for one and reduce the impact of the other on your loved ones after you are gone. Lessening your family's burden in their time of grief is a priceless gift. Over 70% of people in the U.S. die without even a basic will, leaving a mess for their loved ones to sort through in the courts. There are thousands of excuses for not planning, but one of the most common is that we tend to avoid things we do not understand. Designing an estate plan has become one of the most complex challenges anyone can take on. But that does not change the fact that each of us must have a plan. The consequences of not planning are too great and none of us will get out of here alive. This workbook will help you gain a basic understanding of core Estate Planning concepts so that the subject will become less intimidating. Then the workbook section will take you through the process of building your own plan, step by step. After completing this book, you will have a document that can be given to your estate attorney that clearly lays out all of your planning needs. By significantly reducing the time necessary to complete the intake interviews, your legal bill should be much easier to swallow.
Download or read book Estate Planning Workbook written by Sandra E. Foster and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Estate Planning Workbook is a hands-on companion to Canada's definitive guide to estate planning, You Can't Take It With You. Full of checklists, worksheets, and sample documents, the Estate Planning Workbook makes your estate planning even easier by helping you record and organize all your documents, plans, and wishes. Remember, you don't do estate planning for yourself— you do it for those you leave behind. If you own a house, RRSPs, life insurance, or even just have some savings stashed away, then you have an estate, and you need to plan for it to ensure the financial security of those you love. The Estate Planning Workbook will help you work through all the concepts discussed in-depth in You Can't Take It With You, and apply them to your own personal situation. The information in this Workbook can help you: Determine your estate planning objectives and priorities and develop your personal estate plan. Understand the language of estate planning and the choices available to you. Take a snapshot of your current financial situation and estimate the value of your estate. Identify key questions for your lawyer, financial advisor, accountant, or other professionals. Minimize how much you pay in professional fees and taxes. Organize all your estate planning documents and records in one place. Ensure that your beneficiaries benefit the way you want and your estate is distributed as quickly as possible. Once your Workbook is complete, it will be easier for your executor, representatives, and powers of attorney to locate all your personal and financial documents, carry out your instructions, and make decisions on your behalf.
Download or read book Are you Ready to Put Your Life in Order written by Donna M. Stifter & Sharon M. Lerz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written in loving memory of Edward and Mary Grant. The inspiration for this book stemmed from dealing with their care and final estate after they became ill and then passed away. It brought to light how difficult the process is and how many people are unprepared and do not know where to turn for help or what information is needed to be compiled in order to have clear, precise and informed plan in place if something were to happen. These decisions should be made long before the emotions of dealing with life’s difficult moments come in to focus. Our hope is that this book will help all that read it be prepared for any and all of life’s twist and turns. When you have your life in order, it helps ease the frustrations when dealing with either your or your loved ones personal, financial and/or estate planning information. Most importantly it allows you to make your wishes clearly known so those given the daunting task of dealing with those life altering decisions can make them knowing these are your express wishes as outlined and the burden is not on their shoulders alone. It is an easy and informative book offering tools that will aid in compiling your personal information which can be taken with you to your attorney, hospital, estate planner or any other professional that is helping make your future plans concise and clear.
Download or read book AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning written by Michael T. Palermo and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawyer and financial planner Michael T. Palermo explains everything you need to know about wills, trusts, and more.
Download or read book The Estate Plan Workbook written by Paul Lambe CFP FMA and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Estate Plan Workbook is a tool you can use to establish your wishes to be included in your Will, your wishes related to your personal care, healthcare, and how your property is to be managed while alive. This book does not provide legal advice but provides information from lawyers and the public domain on getting your estate planning completed.
Download or read book Estate Planning 101 written by Vicki Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the ins and outs of planning your own or your loved one’s last wishes with this easy-to-understand guide to estate planning. No one likes to talk about death, but being prepared for any unexpected tragedy can help your loved ones navigate your loss more easily in the long run. From creating your advanced medical directives to designating your beneficiaries, estate planning can ensure that your wishes are carried out when you are no longer around. With Estate Planning 101, you can get your affairs in order before any unfortunate incident occurs. This easy-to-understand guide comes with detailed information on what needs to be done to protect your estate. With information on creating a living will, minimizing estate taxes, choosing an executor, and more, you will be prepared for the future, no matter what it brings. Estate Planning 101 offers you step-by-step instructions and checklists to keep you organized for whatever life throws your way.
Download or read book The Estate Plan Workbook written by Paul Lambe Cfp Fma and published by Paul Lambe. This book was released on 2018-06-23 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Estate Plan Workbook is a tool you can use to establish your wishes to be included in your Will. Your wishes related to your personal care, healthcare, and how your property is to be managed while alive.
Download or read book Practical Guide to Estate Planning 2022 written by Ray D. Madoff and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Guide to Estate Planning provides an overview of estate planning, offering the widest discussion on planning principles and tools from the simple to the sophisticated. This book is not lacking in detail, as witnessed by its well-annotated collection of forms that will appeal to many experienced estate planners. The layout of this book reflects its emphasis on simplicity and clarity. Its scope includes a general overview of the estate planning process. It then addresses the rules involved in estate planning and the various ways in which estates may be structured to achieve desired tax effects. It goes on to discuss gifts, and some of the more specialized areas of estate planning, including generation-skipping transfer tax rules and charitable planning, which encompass the use of private foundations and split-interest trusts. Finally, Practical Guide to Estate Planning contains a set of estate planning forms. Included are a living trust, an irrevocable life insurance trust, an annual exclusion trust, a pour-over will, a will with outright dispositions, a codicil, a living will, a charitable remainder unitrust, a durable power of attorney, a health care proxy, a qualified personal residence trust (QPRT) and a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT). The authors provide alternative drafting options as well as comprehensive annotations that can be used as quick references that explain why and how these devices operate.
Download or read book Estate Planning Smarts written by Deborah L Jacobs and published by Djworking Unlimited Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third printing of the 4th edition, with revised back matter and therefore fewer pages
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Values Based Estate Planning written by Scott C. Fithian and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estate planning has more procrastination, indecision, and inertia associated with it than any other area of planning. Affluent baby boomers, in particular, as the beneficiaries of the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history, have a daunting set of financial concerns with which to contend. Here at last is a step-by-step approach to estate planning that equips planners and financial advisors to help clients tackle this important process once and for all. Most clients understandably find planning concepts and strategies confusing, but most also have a fairly sound understanding of who and what is most important to them. These are the priorities from which to build the foundation of a successful estate plan. The seven principles explored in this book use personal values as a basis to form The Legacy Planning System. With this approach, advisors can: * Help clients discover and solidify their deepest values, convictions, and objectives relative to their money * Help clients express those values and objectives in a clearly written Family Financial Philosophy mission statement * Serve as the team leader in advising clients and clients other advisors on how to use the mission statement to direct the planning process Clarifying your clients priorities and personal goals will enable you, as a trusted advisor, to simplify the planning process for clients, ensure their lifetime financial independence, and help them control their ultimate family and social capital legacies. Confronting issues of family dynamics, taxes, and financial situations not to mention accepting one s own mortality is difficult for many people. In addition, since estate planning often requires a shift in ownership of assets, clients feel an unsettling loss of privacy and control over their financial resources. Help your clients to overcome these obstacles and achieve their highest financial and philanthropic aspirations. They ll thank you for generations to come. Praise for Values-Based Estate Planning "Scott Fithian s book provides planning professionals with new insights into the estate planning process. Most importantly, he stresses the individual and family benefits of philanthropy through the concept of social capital which should be a key element to the planner s inventory of client questions."--Charles W. Collier, Senior Philanthropic Advisor, Harvard University "This exceptional book empowers planners with a well- organized roadmap to lead wealthy clients to implementation of an estate plan expressing the clients own values. Scott Fithian s Legacy Planning System focuses the advisor on the critical importance to the estate planning process of helping clients identify and articulate their values and objectives. This useful volume makes those ideas available to a much broader audience, while broadening the subject with illustrations of effective employment of the methodology he has developed."--David Wheeler Newman, JD, LLM, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP "Fithian s view of the complete person helps the advanced advisor avoid the typical limitations (hazards) of planning for wealthy families. The easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow methods help determine in-depth values of the client s total financial goals. His methods result in cementing valuable relationships with the most prized clients. Critical reading for CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, or other advisors." & mdash;Jessica M. Bibliowicz, President and CEO, National Financial Partners "Scott s wealth optimization system is truly revolutionary. For the first time, affluent clients and their advisors can rely on a fully integrated system that spans all phases of wealth accumulation, management, and transfer over time. An outstanding reference!"--Robert Keys, The Private Client Group
Download or read book Estate Planning For Dummies written by N. Brian Caverly and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning for your family's future made easy! If you’re like most people, you want to be sure that, once you’ve passed on, no more of your property and money will be lost to the government than is absolutely necessary. You want to know that you’ll be leaving your heirs your assets and not your debts. You want to be absolutely certain that your will is ship-shape, your insurance policies are structured properly, and that every conceivable hole in your estate plan has been filled. And most of all, you’d like to do all of this without driving yourself crazy trying to make sense of the complicated jargon, jumble of paperwork, and welter of state and federal laws involved in the estate planning process. Written by two estate planning pros, this simple, easy-to-use guide takes the pain out of planning for your ultimate financial future. In plain English, the authors walk you step-by-step through everything you need to know to: Put your estate into order Minimize estate taxes Write a proper will Deal with probate Set up trusts Make sure your insurance policies are structured properly Plan for special situations, like becoming incompetent and pet care Craft a solid estate plan and keep it up-to-date Don’t leave the final disposition of your estate up to chance and the whims of bureaucrats. Estate Planning For Dummies gives you the complete lowdown on: Figuring out what you're really worth Mastering the basics of wills and probate Using will substitutes and dodging probate taxes Setting up protective trusts, charitable trusts, living trusts and more Making sense of state and federal inheritance taxes Avoiding the generation skipping transfer tax Minimizing all your estate-related taxes Estate planning for family businesses Creating a comprehensive estate plan Straightforward, reader-friendly, easy-to-use, Estate Planning For Dummies is the ultimate guide to planning your family’s future.
Download or read book Practical Guide to Estate Planning 2023 Edition written by Ray Madoff and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Practical Guide to Estate Planning (2022) provides an overview of estate planning and covers a wide variety of principles and tools that range from simple to complex. The informative guide contains an extensive, well-annotated collection of forms and examples that appeal to new and experienced estate planners alike. It is published by Wolters Kluwer and is available for purchase in softcover format. Features of Practical Guide to Estate Planning (2022) Practical Guide to Estate Planning (2022) addresses the rules involved in estate planning and the various ways in which estates may be structured to help protect assets from taxation. The layout of this book reflects the authors' emphasis on simplicity and clarity. The book begins by providing a general overview of the estate planning process, including the rules involved in estate planning and various ways in which estates may be structured to achieve desired tax effects. It then goes on to discuss gifts and specialized areas of estate planning, including generation-skipping transfer tax rules and charitable planning with the use of private foundations and split-interest trusts. At the end of Practical Guide to Estate Planning (2022), you will find an extensive collection of estate planning forms and examples that allow you to access the information you need quickly and conveniently. Some of these forms and examples include: Living trust Irrevocable life insurance trust Annual exclusion trust Pour-over will Will with outright dispositions Codicil Living will Charitable remainder unitrust Durable power of attorne Health care proxy Qualified personal residence trust (QPRT) Grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) The library of forms and examples serves as a quick reference guide that explains why and how various estate planning tools are implemented. The authors provide comprehensive annotations and alternative drafting options throughout. Benefits of Using Practical Guide to Estate Planning (2022) With its wealth of information and impressive assortment of forms and supporting materials, this guide offers something of interest for every tax professional. Its clarity and organization, augmented by well-constructed examples, practice tips, diagrams, and charts, make it a work that will be useful to both the newcomer and tenured tax practitioner. It was written by a respected group of authors with extensive experience in the field, including: Ray D. Madoff, J.D., LL.M. Cornelia R. Tenney, J.D., LL.M. Martin A. Hall, J.D. Lisa Nalchajian Mingolla, J.D., LL.M. By using Practical Guide to Estate Planning (2022), you will gain a better understanding of knowing when and why a certain estate planning tool should be used. You will also be able to serve your clients more effectively and make use of the full spectrum of estate planning tools available. Order Practical Guide to Estate Planning (2022) Today Wolters Kluwer interprets tax laws and provides tax and accounting professionals the best solutions possible to successfully navigate the ever-changing tax landscape. Order your copy online.
Download or read book Side by Side Planner written by Lauren Pitman and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Side by Side Planner is a workbook that feels like sitting down with a good friend who just happens to know everything about estate planning. Lauren Pitman is an estate planning attorney with more than fifteen years of experience, and she knows how many families make mistakes when it comes to estate planning, mistakes that cost their loved ones time, energy, and money. So, she designed the Side by Side Planner as a way to give good advice about estate planning to more people. The workbook contains much of the same information that Lauren would share in an appointment with an estate planning client.This comprehensive workbook covers estate planning concerns with extensive detail in a way you can easily understand. As you fill in the workbook, you'll learn:* The vocabulary to understand estate planning like a professional (glossary included)* The difference between a Last Will and Revocable Living Trust* Key concepts about which documents you need to protect your assets* How to protect your will against contests* The necessary documents for creating an emergency plan* Compassionate guidance to help you understand and make important decisionsLauren Pitman created the Side by Side Planner for busy people who care about protecting the lives they've worked to build. She writes with empathy and thoughtfulness for people, their families, their time, and energy. The Side by Side Planner is the authoritative estate planning workbook for anyone who has a legacy they want to protect.
Download or read book The Procrastinator s Guide to Wills and Estate Planning written by Eric Matlin and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Procrastinator's Guide to Wills and Estate Planning is written for the millions of Americans who know they need estate planning but, using one excuse or another, never quite get around to starting or finishing it. This book will help you defeat the procrastination that's kept you from completing a critical responsibility to your family, friends, favorite causes and charities-as well as to yourself.In The Procrastinator's Guide, attorney Eric G. Matlin cuts through legalese with step-by-step paths that overcome obstacles preventing you from obtaining the peace of mind you will find by planning your estate. Learn how ?To gather the records you'll need?You can benefit from a revocable living trust?Everyone over the age 18 benefits from powers of attorney for health care and a HIPAA authorization?To follow through and finish a necessary task that you avoidJust follow the straightforward Action Plans that will ultimately protect your assets, both after you're gone and while you're still around to enjoy them. The sooner you start, the sooner you'll have the tranquility you're searching for. Discover a painless way to plan your estate?with The Procrastinator's Guide to Wills and Estate Planning. ERIC G. MATLIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, is founding partner of Matlin Law Group, P.C. in Northbrook, Illinois. For more than 25 years, he has concentrated his law practice on estate planning, helping thousands of families achieve their planning goals by delivering quality representation with an emphasis on transparent process and pricing. For more information, visit www.matlinlawgroup.com.
Download or read book Guide To Estate Planning written by Virginia B. Morris, Kenneth M. Morris and published by Lightbulb Press, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Executor s Handbook written by Theodore E. Hughes and published by Checkmark Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the role of an executor, discusses wills, funerals, debts, taxes, and probate, and describes what to do in special circumstances.
