Estate Planning Attorney Arun Gupta joins Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, to highlight some of the most problematic assets to leave to heirs and why it is best to manage expectations about inheritance, ensuring heirs have realistic expectations about what they may receive.
Planning your IRA beneficiary is crucial! Ensure your assets go where you intend them to. Periodically review your IRA beneficiaries to align with changing circumstances.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Jim Crone, CFS®, CLU®, Director of Insurance Planning, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP®, to discuss how life insurance can help wealthy families who may be susceptible to estate tax issues—especially if the generous estate tax exemption limits expire and revert to 2017 levels.
Planning your life insurance beneficiaries? Watch out for these traps: not naming one, having it paid to your estate, naming a minor, or disqualifying a beneficiary from government assistance. Learn how to avoid unintended consequences
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associate Michael Griffin, CFP®, and Jessie Thomas, CPA, Tax Manager with Henssler CPAs & Advisers, to recommend actions an investor and his son can do when filing the final tax return for his deceased wife.
Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, Associate Adam Stadalius, CFP®, and Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, provide insight for a widow whose late husband took out a reverse mortgage on their home nearly 15 years ago. They discuss what a reverse mortgage is and what it means for her assets and estate going forward.
An estate plan is a map that explains how you want your personal and financial affairs to be handled in the event of your incapacity or death. Due to its importance and because circumstances change over time, you should periodically review your estate plan and update it as needed.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Melanie Wells, CFP®, and Associate Peter Lynch explore the situation of a wealthy investor who wants to leave his massive estate to his five grandchildren. With the grandchildren ranging in ages from 3 to 20, the experts consider his option of using a trust to shelter their inheritance from estate and gift taxes. Additionally, the trust can allow him to control how his money is used from beyond the grave.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Associate Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS®, to provide advice to investors who are dealing with multiple inherited IRA required minimum distributions, governed by different tax rules.
Join Managing Associate Melanie Wells In this episode of Planning Priorities, where she discusses the importance of estate planning and the four estate planning documents that everyone should have.
