Archive for the ‘Estate Planning’ Category


Charitable Remainder Trusts

Icon Provided by Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC on May 10, 2010

Killing Several Birds with One Stone In planning for your retirement, you may face several financial issues. Maybe you’d like to generate retirement income, but don’t want to pay capital gains tax on investments you’ve held for several years. Perhaps you’d like to minimize your income taxes during retirement. You also might like to reduce [...]

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Tags: charitable contribution, charitable remainder trust, Estate Planning, income stream, income taxes, irrevocable trust, lifetimes, remainder interest


The Cross Purchase Buy-Sell Agreement

Icon Provided by Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC on March 26, 2010

Taking Care of Your Business After You’re Gone Business owners are builders. They spend their lives building a business that provides goods and services to their clients and provides themselves a living. But nothing can tear down that lifetime work faster than their own death, or the death of a business partner. Often, much of [...]

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Tags: business owner, business owners, business partner, buy sell, continuation, creditors, cross purchase, deceased partner, liquidation, sole proprietor, uncertainty


Inheriting an IRA – Make Sure You Pay Attention to the Rules.

Icon Provided by Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC on November 10, 2009

What do you do when you inherit an IRA? Good question. Most people don’t know the rules and regulations pertaining to inherited IRA assets. You should. You, not the IRS, should benefit the most in this circumstance.

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Tags: beneficiaries, beneficiary, distributions, heirs, Inherited IRA, IRA, ira assets, ira balance, irs rule, lump sum, required minimum distribution, tax scenario