The passage last week of the bipartisan tax bill has many people breathing a huge sigh of relief. Not only is the tax uncertainty at an end, but the end result is beneficial to just about all American taxpayers, regardless of your wealth or the size of your estate. According to The Wall Street Journal,… Read More »
Posts Categorized: Estate Planning
Taxes and Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Couples
Marriage—and the rights and privileges it confers—is a hot topic in California right now, especially as pertains to gay marriage. But the truth is that anyone who pays taxes knows that marital status is always a hot topic, because when it comes to the state and federal government, marital status carries a lot of weight…. Read More »
Steinbeck Heirs Fight Over Copyright Ownership
“Intention, good or bad, is not enough.” –John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent The words of John Steinbeck, well-known author of books such as The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and Cannery Row, seem to foreshadow the predicament his own heirs would be in decades after his death. This article from Reuters… Read More »