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The Gift of Foresight: Why Estate Planning is a Perfect Gift for Graduating Seniors

In 2020, the end of May looked a little different than we are used to. Instead of packed commencement ceremonies and large open houses,...

IRS Scams: Common Scams and How to Protect Yourself

Robocalls allow scammers to target the elderly and other vulnerable individuals all over the nation. One of the most common scams involve...

Marriage: What are the legal consequences?

Groucho Marx once said, “Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?” When we think of marriage, we...

A Big Return to Reasonable Compensation

In this article, Sean Morrison and Miller & Chevalier Member Andy Howlett consider the application of the reasonable compensation...

Resurrection of Estate Tax

What is the estate tax? The federal estate and gift tax is a unified tax on the value of all gifts made by individuals during their lives...

Making gifts to children

There are right ways and wrong ways to make gifts to kids. Although tax savings often motivate gifts to kids, the important...

New IRA opportunities in Estate Planning

Estate planning options for clients with qualified retirement plans (e.g. 401(k), 403(a) or (b), 457(b) plans) have historically been...

Living Trusts in a Nutshell

What is a Trust? A trust is an entity, similar to a corporation or a limited liability company (LLC), used for the purpose of holding and...

Young Adults: Do you really need an estate plan?

Few young people are likely to be obsessed with what happens when they die and regard estate planning as an issue for older people. Yet,...

Estate Planning: Things to Consider

Estate planning requires consideration of both tax and non-tax issues. In most cases, non-tax issues are more important. Here some basic...

Estate Planning for Pets

In December 2007, the Editors of Fortune Magazine ranked Leona Helmsley’s decision to leave her Maltese, Trouble, a $12 million trust...