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Let’s face it: you can’t avoid death or taxes. But you can create an estate plan that will both make it much easier for your loved ones and put you in control of how your assets will be passed on to your heirs.
Here, Wall Street Journal personal finance reporter Rachel Emma Silverman guides you step-by-step through the process. Packed with clear and solid advice on how to get the most out of the most important estate planning tools—including wills, trusts, life insurance, guardianship documents, and power of attorney documents—the Wall Street Journal Complete Estate Planning Guide will help make your estate planning process as simple, smooth, and unintimidating as possible.
This book will help you:
· Clarify your estate planning goals, such as dividing property for heirs, reducing taxes, or leaving money to charity
· Understandthe key estate planning documents you need, including wills, beneficiary designation forms, powers of attorney and advance health care directives
· Decode the technical jargon estate planners often use so you feel comfortable discussing QTIPs and QPRTs when you sit down with your attorney.
· Reduce potential estate, gift or generation-skipping taxes and legal and probate fees – reduce what goes to the taxman and increase what goes to your heirs
· Learn strategies for dividing money and personal property among your heirs, reducing the possibility of family fights
· Discuss sensitive estate planning issues with your family
· Maintain your estate plan over time, including how to store and when to update your documents
With completely up-to-date information on how to navigate the new 2011 estate tax legislation, and thoughtful advice on how to manage your estate in complicated situations – such as if you’re single, in a same-sex relationship or want to provide for children with special needs – this is the estae planning guide for today’s messy and complicated world.
One of the biggest estate planning mistakes people make, Silverman says, is waiting too long to get started. That’s why the Wall Street Journal Complete Estate Planning Guide isn’t just for those planning for retirement or their golden years. It’s for anyone, of any age, who wants the peace of mind of knowing that your wishes will be respected and your hard-earned money will be passed on as you wish.
Publisher : Currency (6 September 2011)
Language: English
Paperback: 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0307461270
ISBN-13 : 978-0307461278
Item weight: 6.8 oz
Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.53 x 9.1 inches
