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| estate planning for financial advisors: Values-Based Estate Planning Scott C. Fithian, 2000-04-13 Estate planning has more procrastination, indecision, and inertia associated with it than any other area of planning. Affluent baby boomers, in particular, as the beneficiaries of the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history, have a daunting set of financial concerns with which to contend. Here at last is a step-by-step approach to estate planning that equips planners and financial advisors to help clients tackle this important process once and for all. Most clients understandably find planning concepts and strategies confusing, but most also have a fairly sound understanding of who and what is most important to them. These are the priorities from which to build the foundation of a successful estate plan. The seven principles explored in this book use personal values as a basis to form The Legacy Planning System. With this approach, advisors can: * Help clients discover and solidify their deepest values, convictions, and objectives relative to their money * Help clients express those values and objectives in a clearly written Family Financial Philosophy mission statement * Serve as the team leader in advising clients and clients other advisors on how to use the mission statement to direct the planning process Clarifying your clients priorities and personal goals will enable you, as a trusted advisor, to simplify the planning process for clients, ensure their lifetime financial independence, and help them control their ultimate family and social capital legacies. Confronting issues of family dynamics, taxes, and financial situations not to mention accepting one s own mortality is difficult for many people. In addition, since estate planning often requires a shift in ownership of assets, clients feel an unsettling loss of privacy and control over their financial resources. Help your clients to overcome these obstacles and achieve their highest financial and philanthropic aspirations. They ll thank you for generations to come. Praise for Values-Based Estate Planning Scott Fithian s book provides planning professionals with new insights into the estate planning process. Most importantly, he stresses the individual and family benefits of philanthropy through the concept of social capital which should be a key element to the planner s inventory of client questions.--Charles W. Collier, Senior Philanthropic Advisor, Harvard University This exceptional book empowers planners with a well- organized roadmap to lead wealthy clients to implementation of an estate plan expressing the clients own values. Scott Fithian s Legacy Planning System focuses the advisor on the critical importance to the estate planning process of helping clients identify and articulate their values and objectives. This useful volume makes those ideas available to a much broader audience, while broadening the subject with illustrations of effective employment of the methodology he has developed.--David Wheeler Newman, JD, LLM, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP Fithian s view of the complete person helps the advanced advisor avoid the typical limitations (hazards) of planning for wealthy families. The easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow methods help determine in-depth values of the client s total financial goals. His methods result in cementing valuable relationships with the most prized clients. Critical reading for CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, or other advisors. & mdash;Jessica M. Bibliowicz, President and CEO, National Financial Partners Scott s wealth optimization system is truly revolutionary. For the first time, affluent clients and their advisors can rely on a fully integrated system that spans all phases of wealth accumulation, management, and transfer over time. An outstanding reference!--Robert Keys, The Private Client Group |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Living Trust Henry W. Abts, 1997 The failproof way to pass along your estate to your heirs without lawyers, courts, or the probate system. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Estate Planning 101 Vicki Cook, Amy Blacklock, 2021-08-03 Discover the ins and outs of planning your own or your loved one’s last wishes with this easy-to-understand guide to estate planning. No one likes to talk about death, but being prepared for any unexpected tragedy can help your loved ones navigate your loss more easily in the long run. From creating your advanced medical directives to designating your beneficiaries, estate planning can ensure that your wishes are carried out when you are no longer around. With Estate Planning 101, you can get your affairs in order before any unfortunate incident occurs. This easy-to-understand guide comes with detailed information on what needs to be done to protect your estate. With information on creating a living will, minimizing estate taxes, choosing an executor, and more, you will be prepared for the future, no matter what it brings. Estate Planning 101 offers you step-by-step instructions and checklists to keep you organized for whatever life throws your way. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Financial Advisor's Estate Planning Desk Reference: How to deepen your relationships with your clients, provide even better service to them, and increase their whole family’s loyalty towards you Daniel E. McKenzie Esq, 2019-07-03 Despite what your compliance department may tell you about being forbidden from giving your clients legal advice, the service you provide to them requires you to advise your clients on critical estate planning decisions all the time. Because your financial advice will significantly impact the eventual administration and distribution of your clients' estates, it is crucial that you understand how that advice works together and fits in with their wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. This book will help you separate yourself from your competitors by giving you a sophisticated understanding of this important part of helping your clients grow and protect their wealth. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation Kathryn G. Henkel, 2003 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The White Coat Investor James M. Dahle, 2014-01 Written by a practicing emergency physician, The White Coat Investor is a high-yield manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar high-income professionals. Doctors are highly-educated and extensively trained at making difficult diagnoses and performing life saving procedures. However, they receive little to no training in business, personal finance, investing, insurance, taxes, estate planning, and asset protection. This book fills in the gaps and will teach you to use your high income to escape from your student loans, provide for your family, build wealth, and stop getting ripped off by unscrupulous financial professionals. Straight talk and clear explanations allow the book to be easily digested by a novice to the subject matter yet the book also contains advanced concepts specific to physicians you won't find in other financial books. This book will teach you how to: Graduate from medical school with as little debt as possible Escape from student loans within two to five years of residency graduation Purchase the right types and amounts of insurance Decide when to buy a house and how much to spend on it Learn to invest in a sensible, low-cost and effective manner with or without the assistance of an advisor Avoid investments which are designed to be sold, not bought Select advisors who give great service and advice at a fair price Become a millionaire within five to ten years of residency graduation Use a Backdoor Roth IRA and Stealth IRA to boost your retirement funds and decrease your taxes Protect your hard-won assets from professional and personal lawsuits Avoid estate taxes, avoid probate, and ensure your children and your money go where you want when you die Minimize your tax burden, keeping more of your hard-earned money Decide between an employee job and an independent contractor job Choose between sole proprietorship, Limited Liability Company, S Corporation, and C Corporation Take a look at the first pages of the book by clicking on the Look Inside feature Praise For The White Coat Investor Much of my financial planning practice is helping doctors to correct mistakes that reading this book would have avoided in the first place. - Allan S. Roth, MBA, CPA, CFP(R), Author of How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street Jim Dahle has done a lot of thinking about the peculiar financial problems facing physicians, and you, lucky reader, are about to reap the bounty of both his experience and his research. - William J. Bernstein, MD, Author of The Investor's Manifesto and seven other investing books This book should be in every career counselor's office and delivered with every medical degree. - Rick Van Ness, Author of Common Sense Investing The White Coat Investor provides an expert consult for your finances. I now feel confident I can be a millionaire at 40 without feeling like a jerk. - Joe Jones, DO Jim Dahle has done for physician financial illiteracy what penicillin did for neurosyphilis. - Dennis Bethel, MD An excellent practical personal finance guide for physicians in training and in practice from a non biased source we can actually trust. - Greg E Wilde, M.D Scroll up, click the buy button, and get started today! |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Coffeehouse Investor Bill Schultheis, 2013-01-29 In 1998, after thirteen years of providing investment advice for Smith Barney, Bill Schultheis wrote a simple book for people who felt overwhelmed by the stock market. He had discovered that when you simplify your investment decisions, you end up getting better returns. As a bonus, you gain more time for family, friends, and other pursuits. The Coffeehouse Investor explains why we should stop thinking about top-rated stocks and mutual funds, shifts in interest rates, and predictions for the economy. Stop trying to beat the stock market average, which few “experts” ever do. Instead, just remember three simple principles: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. And save for a rainy day. By focusing more on your passions and creativity and less on the daily ups and downs, you will actually build more wealth—and improve the quality of your life at the same time. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Living Trust Advisor Jeffrey L. Condon, 2016-03-25 A comprehensive guide to living trusts, with expert financial and legal guidance The Living Trust Advisor is an expert guide for both advisors and their clients on the complex process of establishing, living with, and maintaining a living trust. Written by renowned family inheritance attorney Jeffrey L. Condon, this book discusses the various aspects of this important document, and shows you how to manage a seamless transfer of assets to various beneficiaries. This new second edition has been fully updated and revised to reflect the extensive changes to the Estate Tax Law that have taken place since the initial publication, giving you the most up-to-date information and guidance on preserving your wealth and helping your heirs avoid estate tax liability. You'll develop a vision for your trust before you ever meet with an attorney or other key players, and learn how to establish and maintain a trust that remains rock-solid for your lifetime and beyond. As the living trust has replaced the will as the primary means of settling after-death estates, clear guidance and current legal information is of utmost importance for advisors and clients alike. This book is a valuable resource for every stage of planning and execution, helping you ensure that you provide for your beneficiaries the way you intend. Know what to think about before your first meeting with a lawyer Establish and manage your living trust to carry out your wishes Identify potential inheritance problems and build solutions into the trust Distribute assets to future generations, and protect them after the transfer Dealing with complex financial and legal issues while facing our own mortality is a difficult task, but making these decisions is critical to the future outcome of your estate. The Living Trust Advisor expertly guides you through the process so you can be confident that your wishes will be carried out. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Estate Planning for Financial Planners Michael A. Dalton, Thomas P. Langdon, 2006 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Financial Planning Handbook for Physicians and Advisors David Edward Marcinko, 2005 Financial Planning for Physicians and Advisors describes a personal financial planning program to help doctors avoid the perils of harsh economic sacrifice. It outlines how to select a knowledgeable financial advisor and develop a comprehensive personal financial plan, and includes important sections on: insurance and risk management, asset diversification and modern portfolio construction, income tax and retirement planning, and succession and estate planning. When fully implemented with a professional's assistance, this book will help physicians and their financial advisors develop an effective long-term financial plan. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Nine Steps to Financial Freedom Suze Orman, 2000 Suze Orman has transformed the concept of personal finance for millions by teaching us how to gain control of our money -- so that money does not control us. She goes beyond the nuts and bolts of managing money to explore the psychological, even spiritual power money has in our lives. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is the first personal finance book that gives you not only the knowledge of how to handle money, but also the will to break through all the barriers that hold you back. Combining real-life recommendations with the motivation to overcome financial anxieties, Suze Orman offers the keys to providing for yourself and your family, including: * seeing how your past holds the key to your financial future * facing your fears and creating new truths * trusting yourself more than you trust others * being open to receiving all that you are meant to have * understanding the lessons of the money cycle The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is useful advice and inspiration from the leading voice in personal finance. As Orman shows, managing money is far more than a matter of balancing your checkbook or picking the right investments. It's about redefining financial freedom -- and realizing that you are worth far more than your money. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Not Just A Living Mark Henricks, 2003-07-03 As people have come to yearn for more fulfilling and creative work, many are realizing their dreams by leaving the corporate life behind and creating businesses around the things they love. In Not Just a Living, Mark Henricks explores the genesis of this cultural and social phenomenon and offers a comprehensive approach for assessing your own potential, taking the plunge, and building a business that helps you fulfill both personal and professional aspirations. Combining the authority of firsthand experience, colorful and engaging stories from the front lines, and a variety of diagnostic and planning tools, Henricks shows you how to determine whether the entrepreneurial route is right for you, recognize opportunities, overcome obstacles, plan your course, and launch and sustain your business-whether it's a solo venture out of your garage or a multi-million-dollar enterprise. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Estate Planning Relevant to Financial Advisors Stephen Ban Eng Chew, 2003 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Financial Peace Dave Ramsey, 2002-01-01 Dave Ramsey explains those scriptural guidelines for handling money. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Advising the 60+ Investor Darlene Smith, Dale Pulliam, 1999-06-09 Advising the 60+ Investor offers tax and financial planners an authoritative resource for the financial concerns of those who have retired or are about to retire. Drawing on the combined expertise of tax, finance, and accounting professionals, this book makes it easier for financial advisors to present their clients with a full range of planning strategies and to provide practical advice custom tailored to their clients' individual circumstances. An abundance of detailed, real-world examples illustrate many of the most common financial situations faced by older investors, and handy computation aids and data tables make calculations clear, quick, and straightforward. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The 5 Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them Peter Mallouk, 2014-07-22 Identify mistakes standing in the way of investment success With so much at stake in investing and wealth management, investors cannot afford to keep repeating actions that could have serious negative consequences for their financial goals. The Five Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them focuses on what investors do wrong so often so they can set themselves on the right path to success. In this comprehensive reference, readers learn to navigate the ever-changing variables and market dilemmas that often make investing a risky and daunting endeavor. Well-known and respected author Peter Mallouk shares useful investment techniques, discusses the importance of disciplined investment management, and pinpoints common, avoidable mistakes made by professional and everyday investors alike. Designed to provide a workable, sensible framework for investors, The Five Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them encourages investors to refrain from certain negative actions, such as fighting the market, misunderstanding performance, and letting one's biases and emotions get in the way of investing success. Details the major mistakes made by professional and everyday investors Highlights the strategies and mindset necessary for navigating ever-changing variables and market dilemmas Includes useful investment techniques and discusses the importance of discipline in investment management A reliable resource for investors who want to make more informed choices, this book steers readers away from past investment errors and guides them in the right direction. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Planning a Successful Future John E. Sestina, 2016-02-24 A deeply insightful guide to goal-based financial planning and wealth management Planning a Successful Future empowers advisors and clients to take control of their money and manage their income to achieve their financial goals. Written by the father of fee-only financial planning, this book features real-life stories and examples from over three decades in the industry to illustrate how financial planning works and the best way to create your strategy. You'll learn how to identify and prioritize your goals, and why they're important—and how to get where you need to be for retirement, education, home ownership, and more. Practical exercises get you started on the right track, and useful checklists keep you organized and focused along the way. You'll get expert insight on risk management, allocation, tax reduction, estate planning, and more, as you develop your strategy and put it into action. The financial services industry undergoes frequent changes, and financial planning specifically is affected to a high degree. Keeping up with the latest news and distinguishing trend from legitimate methodology can itself be a fulltime job. This book gives you the background you need to create a plan, and make the smart choices that will help you grow and protect your wealth. Create a realistic and goal-based financial plan Take a more proactive approach to your finances Identify your goals and how to achieve them Allocate investments appropriately for your situation Financial planning is complex, with many variables to analyze and outside forces that can derail even the best laid plans. Planning a Successful Future gives you the information, tools, strategies, and insight you need to make the best decisions for your financial future. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Financial Planner's Guide to Estate Planning Paul J. Lochray, 1987 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf, 2006-04-20 Within this easy-to-use, need-to-know, no-frills guide to building financial well-being is advice for long-term wealth creation and happiness, without all the worries and fuss of stock pickers and day traders. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: A Wealth of Common Sense Ben Carlson, 2015-06-22 A simple guide to a smarter strategy for the individual investor A Wealth of Common Sense sheds a refreshing light on investing, and shows you how a simplicity-based framework can lead to better investment decisions. The financial market is a complex system, but that doesn't mean it requires a complex strategy; in fact, this false premise is the driving force behind many investors' market mistakes. Information is important, but understanding and perspective are the keys to better decision-making. This book describes the proper way to view the markets and your portfolio, and show you the simple strategies that make investing more profitable, less confusing, and less time-consuming. Without the burden of short-term performance benchmarks, individual investors have the advantage of focusing on the long view, and the freedom to construct the kind of portfolio that will serve their investment goals best. This book proves how complex strategies essentially waste these advantages, and provides an alternative game plan for those ready to simplify. Complexity is often used as a mechanism for talking investors into unnecessary purchases, when all most need is a deeper understanding of conventional options. This book explains which issues you actually should pay attention to, and which ones are simply used for an illusion of intelligence and control. Keep up with—or beat—professional money managers Exploit stock market volatility to your utmost advantage Learn where advisors and consultants fit into smart strategy Build a portfolio that makes sense for your particular situation You don't have to outsmart the market if you can simply outperform it. Cut through the confusion and noise and focus on what actually matters. A Wealth of Common Sense clears the air, and gives you the insight you need to become a smarter, more successful investor. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Estate Planning for the Blended Family L. Paul Hood Jr., Emily Bouchard, 2012-06-01 Make plans for the future of your unique family! Every family is different, and blended families -- defined as those with children from previous marriages or couplings included -- can be even more difficult to plan for. When dealing with complicated family situations, cookie-cutter estate plans just don’t work! Estate planning can be difficult as the subject matter can seem complex for non-lawyers, and family members can be hesitant to clearly voice their opinions on touchy matters. However, planning the future of your family’s estate is crucial for the emotional and financial well-being and stability of all family members, and having everything in order will bring invaluable peace of mind. Estate Planning for Blended Families outlines estate planning specifically for blended families, addressing the special concerns and issues that may arise from the process in this very special of circumstances. By providing various examples of different blended families, L. Paul Hood, Jr. gives advices and focuses on techniques of estate planning for blended families in many different situations. Whether you are a member of a blended family looking to plan your estate or an attorney looking for advice, this book can help you move forward with confidence. This book includes a download kit full of supplemental resources and helpful tools to better plan your family’s estate. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: A Guide to International Estate Planning Leigh-Alexandra Basha, 2014 With the explosive growth in international investments, more and more lawyers and financial advisors realize the acute need to properly address critical issues of international estate planning for their clients. Whether you are counseling a foreign national or an American citizen, whether your practice is in the U.S. or abroad, whether you want to develop a general expertise in the area or are confronted by these issues on a more frequent basis, this compendium is a necessary and practical resource to help you identify and navigate many of the complex planning and regulatory compliance issues, both legal and tax, involved in international estate planning. In addition to providing a complete overview of the basic principles and procedures of international asset management from addressing the conflict of laws issues that are central in determining which country s laws will govern the disposition of a donor or decedent s wealth to the basic transfer tax rules for nonresident aliens, U.S. citizens, and resident aliens A Guide to International Estate Planning teaches proven strategies, techniques, and practical applications to use for meeting your clients international estate planning needs. Twenty-two detailed chapters are written by trust and estate lawyers with significant experience in international issues. Their advice goes beyond simply highlighting issues in estate planning, emphasizing key issues as compliance, treaty, choice of law, and estate administration problems. This updated edition now includes chapters on FATF and anti-money laundering and offshore compliance, as well as chapters from several foreign jurisdictions to provide comparative insights on different topics. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Digital Executor® Sharon Hartung, 2021-04-26 The world has gone digital and so have our clients’ estates. Digital assets may simply be electronic records, but they are the digital gateway to our lives. They are our memories, our money, and our records, making technology the new player at the estate planning table. The Digital Executor®: Unraveling the New Path for Estate Planning arms estate advisors, business owners, service providers, and the broader estate and technology industries with heightened awareness of client expectations regarding their digital estates. Everyone needs a will and in today’s age of digitization, estate plans must include your client's digital life. This book is a primer for understanding a client’s personal use case when navigating estate management in the digital age with introductions to technology and the underlying aspects and differences between digital asset classes. With technology being the new player at the client’s estate planning table, estate advisors must be educated, motivated, and prepared, adapting policies and processes for operating in the digital world. Equally, technology and service providers must align with the stars to be integrated partners in estate industry conversations. Sharon’s first book, Your Digital Undertaker: Exploring Death in the Digital Age in Canada, was about digital assets in the context of an individual’s or client’s estate planning life cycle. This follow-up book, Digital Executor®: Unraveling the New Path for Estate Planning is about digital assets in the context of the estate industry. This book draws the reader into the world of estate planning with a digital twist, bringing together how the global estate industry, technology and service providers must address client expectations about their digital assets and the implications of the changing role of the fiduciary/executor. To understand the role of digital assets in the estate industry, we must first understand technology, the client’s user context, and the changing role of the estate advisor. From an estate industry perspective, if today’s executor is a digital executor and today’s fiduciary is a digital fiduciary, then today’s advisor must be a digital advisor. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Financial Planning for High Net Worth Individuals Richard H. Mayer, Donald R. Levy, 2003-12 A comprehensive and authoritative guide to the art and science of wealth management. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Private Wealth Mangement 9th Ed (PB) G. Victor Hallman, Jerry S. Rosenbloom, 2014-11-07 Where financial advisors go for answers--revised and updated to address consequential legal and economic changes From the oil crisis and stock market crash in the 1970sthrough deregulation into the 1990s to the 2008 financial crisis--every financial planner worth their salt turned to Victor Hallman and Jerry Rosenbloom's classic reference for answers. To maintain its iconic position in the industry, this bible of wealth development moves into its Ninth Edition to ensure today's professional investors and financial stewards have reliable guidance to the latest legislation, economic developments, and wealth managementtrends and techniques. This latest edition of Private Wealth Managementprovides everything you need to operate with sophistication and savvy in today's markets--from setting financial objectives and executing the planning process to investing in equities and fixed-income securities to retirement income planning to methods for lifetime wealth transfers, and more. Written for the serious practitioner, this one-of-a-kind guide gives you a solid foundation for planning a prosperous financial future in the real world, which means it makes you an expert in: Major new tax legislation, including the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 A variety of economic benefits and investment products Changes in individual annuities and retirement products with an increased focus on retirement planning Modifications to health and disability insurance The Patient Protection and Affordable Care and Health Care Reconciliation Act of 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 New developments in estate and marital deduction planning such as portability This completely updated edition remains a wealth-building and income management tool by presenting many useful strategies, including those for dealing with the current super-low interest rates. Private Wealth Management, Ninth Edition, is thecornerstone of financial planning. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Holistic Retirement Planning Revolution LANE G. MARTINSEN, 2019-02-28 Conventional wisdom steeped in outdated financial advice is still common. Experience greater peace of mind from knowing your retirement income plan is optimized and achieving gamma. Gamma is the measurable increase in your retirement income and can only be achieved through comprehensive holistic retirement planning. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Money Magic Deborah L. Price, 2010-10-04 Making, keeping, and enjoying money isn't just about investments, salaries, inheritances, or dividends, according to Deborah Price. It's also about the games people play around money and their character type in relation to it. In Money Magic, Price shows how to transform your relationship with money to obtain the wealth you desire. The book is structured around eight types: the Innocent (the ostrich approach); the Victim (blaming circumstances); the Warrior (conquering money); the Martyr (always rescuing someone); the Fool (gambler looking for a windfall); the Creator/Artist (regarding money as evil); the Tyrant (controlling through money); and the Magician (benefitting spiritually and financially from money). The Magician is the book's ideal, and Price offers exercises to help readers attain it. Describes eight money types, and offers quizzes to determine your type. Shows readers how to stop making fear-based money choices. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Louisiana Retirement and Estate Planning John Sirois, 2016-04-10 If you live in Louisiana and are retired or within five to ten years of retirement, you must read this one-of-a-kind book. This book explains the decisions that all retirees and pre-retirees face to ensure lifetime income and a comfortable retirement. Detailed topic explanations include making your money last; optimal withdrawal rates; retirement plan rollovers; net unrealized appreciation treatment of employer stock; managing investment risk during retirement; investment selection tools; pros and cons of annuities; required minimum distributions; maximizing tax deferralbeneficiary selection; and much more. The book explains estate planning techniques to minimize taxes, and how to protect your assets from creditors and long-term care expenses. Additional estate planning techniques describe how to protect your children or grandchildren from themselves through the use of trusts. Because the book is Louisiana-specific, detailed discussions of community property, usufruct and naked ownership, forced heirship, Louisiana Public Retirement System options are included. This book goes well beyond the basics of retirement and estate planning. Although the book drills down into complex issues facing retirees, the chapters include summaries and are broken down by topic. Each chapter may be read independently to quickly find the information you are seeking. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement Hans Scheil, 2016-02-01 The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning For and Living in Retirement offers comprehensive coverage of everything you need to know to begin strategizing for your retirement years. With clear and simple language, Hans Scheil who has 40 years of experience providing long-term care insurance and financial planning explains the details of Social Security and Medicare, long-term care insurance, asset management, taxes, and how to find qualified advisors. These explanations are illustrated by real-world examples drawn from Han Scheil s own practice. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Retire Wealthy Eric D. Brotman, CFP®, 2014-06-26 In his second book, Eric Brotman aims to arm you with the tools you need to achieve an independent and dignified retirement. Specifically, Retire Wealthy is designed... 1) To provide a financial literacy tool for you to learn the basics. 2) To motivate you to get on the path to financial independence and to have the tools you need to help make the journey a rewarding one. 3) To provide a process and various strategies you can use in doing financial planning and wealth-building on your own or with your financial advisor. (Would also like to see 1-2 testimonials on the back cover) |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Tools & Techniques of Practice Management Joel P. Bruckenstein, David J. Drucker, 2004 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Asset Protection Strategies Alexander A. Bove (Jr.), Melissa Langa, 2005 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Financial Advisor's Guide to Excellence Daniel Collison, 2013 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Wealthcounsel(r) Estate Planning Strategies Randy Gardner, Leslie Daff, 2009 |
| estate planning for financial advisors: AARP JK Lasser's New Rules for Estate and Tax Planning Stewart H. Welch, III, 2012-04-17 AARP Digital Editions offer you practical tips, proven solutions, and expert guidance. A complete guide to planning an estate under today's tax rules When it comes to an estate (no matter how big or small it may be) nothing should be left to chance. Proper planning is necessary to protect both your assets and your heirs. Estate Planning Law Specialists Harold Apolinsky and Craig Stephens and expert financial planner Stewart Welch III know this better than anyone else, and in the revised and updated edition of J.K. Lasser's New Rules for Estate and Tax Planning, they offer valuable advice and solid strategies to help you plan your estate under today's tax rules as well as preserve your wealth. Packed with up-to-the-minute facts, this practical resource covers a wealth of important issues. Reveals how new legislation will impact inheritances and trusts and offers guidance for estate and generation-skipping tax planning Explains the role of wills, executors, and trusts and shows how to treat charitable contributions Outlines the do's and don'ts of gifting and explains life insurance and retirement planning Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this book will show how to efficiently arrange your estate today so that you can leave more to those you care about tomorrow. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Values-based Financial Planning Bill Bachrach, 2000 Whether you're already well-to-do or just beginning to build a nest egg, this book will help you to make smart financial choices based on what's important to you ... |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Managing Family Trusts Rob Rikoon, 1999-07-12 Managing Family Trusts is an uncompromising, nuts-and-bolts guide to the world of family trusts. Written by a seasoned expert with many years of firsthand experience in the field, it describes how financial professionals can help beneficiaries loosen the grip of unresponsive or inefficient trustees, assert their rights as inheritors, and assume greater responsibility for their own financial lives. Managing Family Trusts provides a complete set of tools to all those concerned with the business of building better, more satisfying fiduciary arrangements and presents a rare insider's view of how this world operates and details its unique challenges and rewards. |
| estate planning for financial advisors: An Estate Planner's Guide to Family Business Entities Louis A. Mezzullo, 2020 This fourth edition to An Estate Planner's Guide to Family Business Entities brings the second edition current through December 1, 2019 and is designed for the estate planner who is considering the most appropriate way to achieve his or her client's goal of transferring wealth to younger family members. Although it covers both tax and nontax considerations, its major emphasis is on the tax considerations, covering choosing the business entity and comparing the various entities that are available; highlighting recent developments concerning choice of entity; covering the application of the special valuation rules and other transfer tax issues, as well as the use of a grantor retained annuity trust to reduce the value of the gift when transferring an interest in a family-held entity, are discussed-- |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Entrusted Andrew Howell, David R York, 2015-11-01 Why should you ultimately deploy your financial assets at death in a way that you never would have while you were alive? Entrusted: Building a Legacy That Lasts explains why today's model for estate planning today is fundamentally flawed, especially for higher net worth individuals and families, and how it can be fixed |
| estate planning for financial advisors: Death & Taxes Randell C. Doane, Rebecca G. Doane, 1998 This guide provides all the practical information needed to undertake confidently one of the most important steps of a career, planning for the disposition of your estate. Wills, trusts, probate, life insurance, taxes, and many other estate planning concerns are discussed in detail. Over a hundred of the most commonly asked questions are answered in simple, straightforward terms. Over two hundred examples are included to explain the most important estate planning ideas. Designed for the interested layperson as well as the financial planner, insurance advisor, or attorney who is not an estate planning specialist but who wants to gain a better understanding of the estate planning process, Death and Taxes is a practical reference guide that cuts through the complications, clarifies options, and points the way to achieving your family's objectives. |
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