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Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the... more +
Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the disposition of assets, guardianship of minor children, and appointment of representatives to make medical and financial decisions. Effective estate planning can decrease tax liability and facilitate the probate process.  less -
IR Global

Strategic Business Structuring and Succession Planning: Balancing Goals and Challenges

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Effective business structuring and succession planning are vital for long-term success and smooth transitions. However, many business owners and their advisors fail to consider the broader implications and goals beyond...more

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Estate Planning for Founders – Part I: The Core Estate Plan

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This is the first of a four-part series focusing on estate planning for founders. In this series we will cover why, as a founder, you need an estate plan. The right planning can save your family significant sums of money in...more

Blank Rome LLP

Estate Planning for the Business Owner Series, Part 4: Document the Transfer

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Once a business owner has an understanding of the value of the business and the tax and cash flow impacts of the transfer, the next step is to document the transfer. This may be done by the client’s separate business legal...more

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Estate Planning for the Business Owner Series, Part 2: Valuing the Business

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The value of an asset at the time of a transfer is the key component to the United States’ transfer tax system. Gratuitous transfers during lifetime are considered gifts, while transfers as a result of the death of the owner...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen

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Allen Barron's podcast on Business Succession Planning focuses on one of the most important part of protecting an owner, member, partner, shareholder or investor in any company, and yet less than one in four businesses have a...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Do It Better Than ‘Succession’: How to Optimize Transition for Your Waystar Royco

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Over the past three seasons, fans of the hit HBO series Succession have had an entrée into the fabulous lifestyles enjoyed by members of the Roy family and a front-row seat from which to observe the myriad succession...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

To Sell Or Not To Sell: Five Things To Consider

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It’s the great American dream: Build a great company and then sell it for enough money that neither you nor the ones you love will ever have to worry about finances again....more

Downey Brand LLP

Tax Law Uncertainty Should Not Delay Farming Business Succession Planning

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President Trump promised and will pursue tax reform, but Congress must agree to any proposal. For the most part, a majority vote in both houses would allow tax reform for about a decade, and at least sixty Senate votes would...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Jones Presents at NCBA Estate Planning and Probate Section Annual Meeting

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Charlotte Wealth and Estate Planning Member Chris Jones spoke at the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Estate Planning and Probate Section Annual Meeting in Kiawah Island, SC on July 28. The presentation titled,...more

Lewitt Hackman

Estate Planning NOW: Preparing for a New Government

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It’s impossible to predict what any future president will do, or what Congress will approve. But in light of comments president-elect Donald J. Trump made on the campaign trail, and given that Grand Old Party members will...more

Gray Reed

Successfully Selling Your Business: 4 Tips – No Matter the Buyer

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Among the growing number of business owners looking to sell their business, JR and Sue Ellen Pawlenty are in the market to sell their company Pawlenty Energy. Recently Tilting the Scales highlighted Successfully Selling Your...more

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Game Changer? Succession Planning Targeted by IRS

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The Department of the Treasury wants to place limitations on valuation discounts that are currently commonly used to reduce asset values in family-owned and closely-held businesses, in an effort to increase tax revenue. The...more

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