IF YOUR ESTATE IS WORTH MORE THAN $3 MILLION TODAY, you must plan to avoid the estate tax. In and after 2013, everything in your estate beyond $5.35 million will be taxed at 40% upon your passing. As your estate grows, you must be aware of this. The future is unclear, and this number could be lowered significantly in the future.This timely, readable book explains how you can plan to avoid this outcome. It gives an overview of the estate planning process, and the steps you need to t...

You are and should be worried about the cost of long-term care.You are reading this book because you are concerned, perhaps worried to your wits' end, about getting and paying for quality long-term care for yourself or a loved one. You are looking for reliable, understandable information about options, different levels of care, and how the potentially devastating cost can be paid.This book will deliver. Based on over 40 years' experience, the authors answer your questions a...

" I worked all my life to build what I have. I'll be damned if I'll let it all go out the window on my death." B. T., a client of the Gilfix and La Poll office "Protect $5 million or $10 million this year?! Amazing. And Gilfix explains how accessible it is." Andy Cohen, CEO, Caring.com " Thanks for showing us how to keep everything for our kids and, better yet, for our grandkids!" G. C., a client of the Gilfix and La Poll office A must read if your estate is over $1 million.

-an estate planning self-help guide for artists & writers-Writer, painter, photographer, musician, designer, animator, graphic artist, programmer, screenwriter, textile artist, choreographer, composer, sculptor...A will or trust controls who inherits what. The Final Letter tells your heir(s) ways to maintain it, even make it thrive, once they’ve got it.The challenge with an estate that includes Intellectual Property (books, stories, plays, films, et...

Now that you are a parent, wearing clean underwear when you leave home simply isn't enough. You've planned birthday parties, playdates and education, but have you adequately planned for what would happen if you were in an accident? What would happen in the first 24 hours while the officials locate your family members and arrange for your children's care? Are your plans sufficient to keep your children in the care of people you know and trust during these critical hours? And what about your...

Fixed assets - property, plant, and equipment - are an integral part of doing business for many organisations, but they can present problems when preparing financial reports. This essay-length guide looks at the various types of fixed assets and the role they play in financial reporting. Topics covered include depreciation, disposal of assets, and gain/loss on disposal.

Are you the next Donald Trump? Successful real estate developers can become enormously wealthy. However, the flip side is many developers run out of cash before cashing in. Poor cash flow is the primary cause of business failure for real estate developers.

Recent calls for more transparency in private philanthropy have increased the need for philanthropic organizations to carefully plan and think about what information they will release to the public and how they will do it. To help organizations answer these questions, The Philanthropy Roundtable has published a new book by noted legal scholar John Tyler, general counsel of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, titled Transparency in Philanthropy: An Analysis of Accountability, Fallacy, and...

Winner of the second SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2010.Fiduciary Loyalty presents a comprehensive analysis of the nature and function of fiduciary duties. The concept of loyalty, which lies at the heart of fiduciary doctrine, is a form of protection which is designed to enhance the likelihood of due performance of non-fiduciary duties, by seeking to avoid influences or temptations that may distract the fiduciary from providing such proper performance....

Whether you’re new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Equity and Trusts is all about, Beginning Equity and Trusts is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running. Starting with the basics and an overview of each topic, it will help you come to terms with the structure, themes and issues of the subject so that you can begin your Equity and Trusts module with confidence.Adopting a clear and simple approac...

If you have been charged with serving as executor to a simple estate, How to Settle a Simple Estate Without a Lawyer can bring you up to date quickly on everything you need to know about wills, trusts, probate, taxes, and much more. This book will help you settle an estate without getting legal counsel.