Year: 2008
NAELA Announces New Senior Housing Locator Website
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) has unveiled its new Senior Housing Locator powered by SNAPforSeniors®, an online navigational tool designed to help easily…
Obama and Taxes
A recent article on Obama’s tax plan: How Obama’s Tax Plan Could Affect You…
NC Has 11th Highest Income Tax Rate in U.S.
Our top rate is now 7.75%, just slightly under Idaho’s top rate of 7.8%. Even New York has a lower top rate….
Tax Policy Center Report on Federal Estate Tax
Here’s a recent comprehensive report from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center entitled Back from the Grave: Revenue and Distributional Effects of Reforming the…
FDIC Releases New Simplified Rules for Coverage for Living Trusts
This is the Press Release issued by the FDIC (emphasis added): The FDIC’s Board of Directors today adopted changes to simplify the…
ILIT Trustees – Examine Your Policies
Life insurance trusts (ILITs) are a popular estate planning technique used to shelter life insurance proceeds from estate taxes, creditors and mismanagement…
Free Webcast on Aging October 30, 2008
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) will be offering its first ever public Webcast on October 30, 2008. Aging in…
Using a Professional Care Manager
Services from care managers should be something that every family takes advantage of, but in reality very few families use them. Care…
Gift Tax Annual Exclusion to Increase in 2009
The IRS has announced many annual inflation adjustments for 2009, including an increase in the annual gift exclusion. The annual gift tax…
Should You Roll Your 401(k) Over into an IRA?
Once you cease working for an employer, you have the option of rolling over to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) any retirement…
