The New Tax Law and Your Family’s Trust: What to Know Now
A provision buried in the One Big Beautiful Bill may create double taxation inside family trusts, including special needs trusts. Here is what you can do.
Tax Season Forced You to Look. Now Ask the One Question That Actually Matters.
Your tax return is the most complete picture of your financial life you’ll get all year. But most people close the folder without asking one critical question: if something happened to you tomorrow, are the people you love actually protected? Here’s how to answer it before the window closes.
New Bill is Potential Game Changer for Your Family’s Tax Strategy
If you follow the mainstream or social media news, you likely know the new Republican tax bill, which recently passed both the House and Senate, is a potential game changer for tax planning. Known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” both houses of Congress passed different versions of the bill, so it’s unclear what […]
Pay For a Loved One’s Education With an Education Trust Fund
Pay For a Loved One’s Education With an Education Trust Fund Today’s parents are all too familiar with the budget-busting cost of funding a child’s college education. It can be challenging enough to put aside sufficient savings for a single child’s education, but for multiple kids, the price tag can make donating a kidney for […]
Tax Benefits of Buying a Second Home
Buying a second home can provide you with a place to relax, unwind, and escape from it all. It can also provide you with substantial savings if you take advantage of these tax benefits of buying a second home. Mortgage Interest Mortgage interest paid on up to $1.1 million in debt on your first and […]
Tax Lessons to be Learned from Celebrity Estate Plans
A celebrity’s image and likeness can continue to produce considerable income after death. This type of intellectual property is considered part of your estate, and the IRS can tax its value. In the case of pop star Michael Jackson’s estate, that recently meant an IRS bill to the tune of $64.5 million, years after his […]