
The Standard. A trustee must manage a trust according to a “prudent person” standard. A trustee is a fiduciary, which means the trustee’s actions must be in the best interests of the [...]
The Standard. A trustee must manage a trust according to a “prudent person” standard. A trustee is a fiduciary, which means the trustee’s actions must be in the best interests of the [...]
On December 18, 2015, the Senate passed a $1.1 trillion tax package with over $600 billion in tax breaks. Please find below the changes that made Santa’s nice list. Affordable Care Act [...]
Employers, employees and even equity holders should be mindful of company property ownership interests upon the employee or stakeholder’s separation from the company. A typical provision in a [...]
Withdrawing From a MEC Owned by a Life Insurance Trust The tax code limits the use of tax benefits of life insurance to accumulate cash with a small insurance benefit. Funding a cash-rich life [...]
Non-competition agreements serve to protect from misuse by a former employee the hard-earned goodwill and customer relationships an employer has developed. However, courts impose strict [...]
Irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs) are designed to keep life insurance from being subject to estate tax in the insured’s estate. However, the trust must be precisely drafted and [...]
Irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs) are designed to keep life insurance from being subject to estate tax in the insured’s estate. However, the trust must be precisely drafted and [...]
By its nature, an irrevocable trust cannot generally be changed. And the big fear of every irrevocable trust is inflexibility. Of the many “future looking” powers we can include in a trust, [...]
Headlines about data security breaches at big companies grace newspaper covers on a weekly basis. But your company doesn’t have anything to steal, right?…Wrong. Get prepared now by [...]
By way of background, a Roth IRA is a retirement plan where the funds contributed to the plan do not qualify for an income tax deduction, but are also not taxed upon withdrawal. On the other [...]
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