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Estate Planning Update for Singles; Here's what unmarried individuals need to know about recent tax changes. SmartMoney.com

The 2010 tax cut extension package made beneficial changes to the federal estate and gift tax rules for 2012. That's good news, but your estate plan may need an update to take advantage of the benefits. Here's what unmarried individuals ...
Start Giving It Away Early; Should you start giving it away early? It can be a wise estate-planning move to bequeath your IRA to charity and other assets to loved ones. SmartMoney.com

There are three basic things to remember when getting started with estate planning: The Estate-Tax Exemption For 2011 and 2012 you can leave bequests (gifts to other individuals upon your death) worth up to $5 million free of any federal ...
Estate Tax Tips for Married Couples; The generous $5.12 million exemption for individuals who pass away in 2012 has thrown some new twists into estate-tax planning for married couples. SmartMoney.com

Thanks to the generous $5.12 million exemption for individuals who pass away in 2012, the assets of relatively few people in the United States will be exposed to the federal estate tax over the next few years. To see if you and/or your ...
Estate Planning With a Roth IRA; Congress probably didn't plan it this way, but it's one of the best estate-planning tools around. SmartMoney.com

When it comes to saving for retirement, many investors already know how well the Roth IRA fends off Uncle Sam. But what they may not realize is that it's equally effective as an estate-planning tool. Seniors who convert a regular IRA into a ...
Can These People Teach Financial Planning? Why classroom experience may not pay off on Wall Street. SmartMoney.com

It's a scene that has the nervous-perspiration intensity of a training session at a cutthroat brokerage. Attorney Mitzi Lauderdale is drilling her charges on the aspects of estate planning, peppering them with questions: How do you ...
Estate Tax Planning for 2012 SmartMoney Blogs

If you're among the 1%, make estate planning part of your New Year's resolutions. Last year, Congress gave the wealthy an unexpected present in the form of a $5 million per person estate tax exemption. At the same time, it raised ...
Living Very Large; Shooting ranges, an indoor tennis court, a bedroom bigger than many houses: For a small cadre of very wealthy owners, building big is back. A bird's-eye view of some of the mega mansions going up across the country. WSJ.com

The latest project of Hyatt hotel heir Anthony Pritzker is a 49,300-square-foot building designed by an architecture firm in Paris. It involves a small army of specialized consultants and boasts amenities like a bowling alley, hairdressing ...
Why Most People Need an Estate Plan; If you have some assets (maybe just a car and some nice furniture) or minor children, you still need an estate plan--even if taxes are not an issue. SmartMoney.com

Thanks to the $5.12 million federal estate tax exemption for those who die in 2012, most folks are not exposed to the federal estate tax right now. However, if you have some assets (maybe just a car and some nice furniture) or minor ...
Romney's Unorthodox IRA WSJ.com

Like many Americans, Mitt Romney has an individual retirement account. Unlike most Americans, Mr. Romney has between $20.7 million and $101.6 million in it, a big chunk of his fortune.
Check Your Life Insurance; We reveal some secrets of the American Dream. SmartMoney.com

Most people don't realize it, but unless you plan carefully, there's a chance the federal government will end up as a major beneficiary of your life insurance policy. While it is true that life insurance death benefits are paid ...
Heiring Grievances; Leaving your kids different amounts of money could make perfect sense. But it also could have unintended consequences. WSJ.com

If you're a parent with multiple heirs, here is a bit of advice from estate-planning professionals: Before making any decisions about who gets what, think carefully about the emotional legacy you want to leave behind.
Good Will Hunting; Wills aren't just vehicles for the wealthy or the morbid. If you've got a family and a home, you should definitely have one. SmartMoney.com

If you're a long-time reader of SmartMoney.com, chances are you've spent plenty of your free time thinking about the money you'll have available at retirement. But what have you done to plan out your estate? The sad truth is that most of us ...
Lehman to Block Zell's Deal WSJ.com

With a deadline looming, the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is planning this week to use $1.33 billion in cash to buy a 26.5% stake in apartment giant Archstone it doesn't already own, blocking a bid by Sam Zell's Equity ...
This Adviser Enjoys Friends in High Places WSJ.com

Sometime around 2006, when Facebook Inc. was little more than a collection of T-shirt-clad 20-somethings in a sparsely populated office, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. private-client adviser Divesh Makan showed up to add a dash of formality.
By Kelly Greene; Who Gets the Vacation Home? WSJ.com

Is there a way to hand off a vacation home to the next generation so that everyone still wants to spend time together there? Tensions often mount when a family figures out what to do with a property that could be a lightning rod for sibling ...

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