Month: July 2008
Houston Trust & Estate Litigation Blog
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SSA Has New Retirement Calculator
The Social Security Administration has a new calculator on its website called the Retirement Estimator. It allows one to estimate benefits based…
NC Gift Tax Repealed After All
In what comes as a surprise to me, based on the last news as reported in my postings in the last week…
Schiavo, Rivera, Who’s Next?
I read in the paper this morning about the case of Janet Rivera, a comatose 46 year old California woman. A heart attack…
Specific Benefits
Separate Retirement Plan Trust is the Best Choice I generally recommend that persons with IRA or qualified plan assets of at least…
FDIC Insurance Coverage for Trust Accounts
With the recent failure of IndyMac Bank and even large banks like Wachovia reporting astounding losses, some folks are becoming increasingly concerned…
BB&T Wealth Management Ranked #1
North Carolina’s own BB&T Wealth Management was rated as the most prestigious regional bank wealth manager by high net-worth consumers, according to the 2008…
Easley Wants the Gift Tax to Stay
My last entry was about SB1756, which includes a complete repeal of the North Carolina gift tax. However, Governor Easley and others…
