Editor's Note: The following argument supporting the existence for the estate tax was submitted to The Wealth Strategies Journal as a response to Professor Richard Epstein's article entitled "Let the Estate Tax Die a Merciful Death."By: Richard L. Harris CLU...
September 2010 Archives
Editor's Note: This is the sixth and final article in a six-part series by Wendy Goffe.*PART VI: AN INTRODUCTION TO LESSER KNOWN BUT USEFUL TRUSTSBy: Wendy Goffe, Graham & Dunn, Seattle, WASham Trusts.Trusts that purport to carry out a purpose...
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Practitioner Profile: Sanford J. Schlesinger of Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLPInterview by Neil Rumbak, Associate Editor and Attorney at Rumbak Law, P.A.1) What do you enjoy most about your work?I enjoy the intellectual challenge of law and the day-to-day dialogue...
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Bonus Depreciation and Section 179 DepreciationBy: Ginger Skinner, Skinner Law Group LLCAs we begin to approach the end of the year, business owners are asking whether they should purchase equipment in 2010 or 2011. One of the factors that plays...
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A Kafkaesque Estate Also: Bracing for Impact: The 2011 Tax Uncuts By Robert L. Moshman, Esq. "I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy." -Franz Kafka If Franz Kafka were writing a...
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Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a six-part series by Wendy Goffe of Graham & Dunn that will be published weekly through September.*PART V: AN INTRODUCTION TO LESSER KNOWN BUT USEFUL TRUSTSBy: Wendy Goffe, Graham & Dunn, Seattle, WATrusts...
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Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by the Wealth Strategies Journal of various practitioners in the fields of asset protection, estate planning, and taxation, among others. These interviews will be posted periodically.PRACTITIONER PROFILE: LISA...
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BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING WITH FOUR LEVELS OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROLBy: Gregory Monday of Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison, WI Many family business owners struggle with business succession planning because they cannot envision a suitable way to divide their ownership and...
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Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a six-part series by Wendy Goffe of Graham & Dunn that will be published weekly through September.*PART IV: AN INTRODUCTION TO LESSER KNOWN BUT USEFUL TRUSTSBy: Wendy Goffe, Graham & Dunn, Seattle, WAConstructive...
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