Category: Advanced Estate Planning

Portability and Married Couples: No Downside?

By Wayne M. Zell As a married couple, you need to know that portability laws and the opportunities that they create have significantly increased. No longer is the standard credit…

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What You Need to Know – How to Avoid a Basis Management Disaster

By Wayne M. Zell When it comes to estate planning, many people who set out with the best of intentions make a mess of the estate plan after the fact.…

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Seven Trust-Based Asset Protections Strategies for Your Estate

By Wayne Zell Asset protection planning is a powerful way to provide additional value to your estate. In this blog you will learn about seven trust-based asset protection strategies and…

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Inherited IRA’s Not as Protected as Other Retirement Benefits

Adapted from the original article published in The Wealth Counselor on July 1, 2014 In a landmark, unanimous 9-0 decision handed down on June 12, 2014, the United States Supreme…

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Dr. Richard Orlando Discusses New “Legacy” Book

Please listen to part two of Wayne Zell‘s interview with Dr. Richard Orlando as he discusses his popular new book, “LEGACY: The Hidden Keys to Optimizing Your Family Wealth Decisions” (January, 2014, $27.95 hardcover,…

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Richard Orlando Discusses Family Wealth Planning pt. 1

Please listen to Wayne Zell interview Dr. Richard Orlando as he discusses family wealth planning and his new book, “LEGACY: The Hidden Keys to Optimizing Your Family Wealth Decisions” (January,…

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James Gandolfini’s Will Provides Estate Planning Lessons

Wayne M. Zell, Esq. discusses the last will and testament of the late actor, James Gandolfini, and the estate planning lessons we can learn from the former Sopranos boss. /wp-content/uploads/2014/04/BFW040114Gandolfinis-Will.mp3Podcast:…

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Estate, Gift and GST Tax Proposals

In his recently released budget proposals, President Obama included may familiar challenges to advanced estate planning techniques as well as some new wrinkles designed to thwart creative planning for high…

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Maryland to Increase Estate Tax Exemption

On March 20, the Maryland Senate voted to increase the lifetime estate tax exemption from $1 million per person gradually to match the federal exemption ($5.34 million in 2014).  This…

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Listen to Wayne Zell Discuss Business Transfer Techniques

Wayne Zell discusses business transfer techniques in this podcast originally broadcast on Federal News Radio on November 30th. /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Business-Transfer-Techniques-11.30.13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

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