Bad Facts Make Bad Law Shaun Olmstead and Julie Connell were residents of Florida when the trouble started. Shaun and Julie operated a credit card business and were charged by the FTC with perpetrating an advance-fee credit card scam. The FTC eventually obtained a $10 million judgment against Shaun and Julie, individually, and then sought […]
Traditional and Roth IRAs can be powerful estate planning tools. With a “self-directed” IRA, you may be able to amp up the benefits of these tools by enabling them to hold nontraditional investments that offer potentially greater returns. However, self-directed IRAs present pitfalls that can lead to unfavorable tax consequences. Consequently, you need to handle
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Life insurance has long provided a source of liquidity to pay estate taxes and other expenses. But, with the estate tax exemption currently set at an inflation-adjusted $10 million ($11.40 million for 2019), estate taxes are no longer a concern for many families. Nonetheless, life insurance offers many benefits for nontaxable estates. If you own life insurance
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