by Trust Counsel | Oct 30, 2020 | Articles, Asset Protection, Business Succession, Business/ Corporate Law, Case Law, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Financial, Gift Tax, Guardianship, Income Tax, Inheritance, IRAs / 401(k), IRS, Kids Protection Planning, Liens/Debt, Probate, Real Property / Real Estate, Special Needs Planning, Trusts, Wills
No matter who you vote for on November 3rd, you may want to start considering the potential legal, financial, and tax impacts a change of leadership might have on your family’s planning. As you’ll learn here, there are a number of reasons why you may want to start...
by Trust Counsel | Dec 20, 2019 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Gift Tax, High Net Worth, Videos
😂😂 For your viewing pleasure here are some of my best bloopers! 😂😂 I mean really now, who wants to watch anything on estate planning!? How boring, right? 😴😴 Not to mention – we aren’t exactly trained in the...
by Leslie Marenco | Feb 10, 2017 | Articles, Gift Tax, Inheritance, IRS, Uncategorized
If you are a citizen or permanent resident, you must report all income to the IRS annually even if it’s taxed somewhere else. Also, unless you have been living under a rock you should KNOW that you must report your foreign bank accounts. There’s been so...
by Leslie Marenco | May 15, 2015 | Articles, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Kids Protection Planning, Trusts
The shock over the death of 47-year-old SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and the father of two small children, continues to resonate for many reasons. First, he was so young, how could this happen? Second, they are so rich, how...
by Leslie Marenco | Apr 10, 2015 | Articles, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, IRS
The recession made many parents and grandparents into personal bankers, making loans to strapped children or grandchildren to help them cope with unemployment or other financial misfortune. However, family loans need to be prepared properly to avoid tax...
by Leslie Marenco | Apr 10, 2015 | Articles, Gift Tax, Income Tax, IRS
April 15 is not only the deadline for filing your state and federal income tax returns, but also the deadline for filing gift tax returns via IRS Form 709. Many people are confused about the subject of gift taxes. While only two states — Connecticut and...
