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Financial Planning October 1, 2005 Michael E. Kitces	Knockout Blow? The Strangi case may finally be lost, but family limited partnerships (FLP) remain a viable estate planning tool. Consequently, there are several planning tips and implications from this FLP-IRS saga that planners should be aware of in estate tax planning.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Tere D'Amato	The Tax Advisor: The FLP: Dead or Alive? Despite increased IRS scrutiny, family limited partnerships can still be great estate planning tools.
Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman	Highly Versatile Tools Amid the great uncertainty engulfing the estate tax, family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies may prove particularly valuable.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Flip Over FLPs: Part 2 Since the recent election makes estate-tax repeal unlikely, estate-planning strategies like family limited partnerships will probably remain an important tool in your fight against estate taxation.
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Martin M. Shenkman	Flip Your FLP? Many of your clients have family limited partnerships (FLP). With the tax winds blowing differently right now, should your clients dissolve their FLPs?
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Flip Over FLPs: Part 3 A family limited partnership can help you make gifts that can reduce your estate tax liability while also preventing your children and other recipients from gaining access to large amounts of cash. Although it's spelled "FLP," be sure to cross those t's and dot those i's.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Flip Over FLPs: Part 1 When used correctly, a family limited partnership can enable you to make gifts to future generations more efficiently, while retaining substantial control over the investment and distribution of partnership assets.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Kevin McKinley	The Age Game Whether your clients' estates are under or over the "death-tax" threshold, the following strategies will help ensure your clients' family wishes will be met in the most tax-efficient and cost-effective manner.
Inc. July 2005 Allen P. Roberts Jr.	Family Partnerships Under Scrutiny The IRS takes a closer look at one way business owners sidestep estate taxes.
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Martin M Shenkman	Avoiding a Painful Trap Increasingly, clients' investments are being structured in family limited partnerships (FLPs) or family limited liability companies, but it is important to be aware of possible tax triggers.
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Bill Fleming	Prime Time to Transfer Assets Changes to tax rates are unlikely until 2011, so this year advisors would be wise to focus their attention on year-end estate planning.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Martin M. Shenkman	Estate Planning: College Savings 201 For your high-net-worth clients, there are better college savings vehicles than the usual suspects. Here are some options.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Anne Tergesen	A Tax Deal Too Good to Be True? Rules for family partnerships may get stricter
Financial Advisor November 2010 Andrew Gluck	Drop Dead Date If you haven't kept up with estate-tax opportunities because they're a complicated mess, now's the time to re-engage.
Financial Advisor September 2004 Dudley, Fast & Wallace	How FLPs Can Survive IRS Scrutiny Properly formed and managed entities with true business purpose will succeed in both the gift and estate tax discount games. Business purpose makes the difference: Taxpayers without it are just rolling the dice.
Financial Advisor March 2004 Eric L. Reiner	Are You Really Managing For The Long Term? Restricted management accounts can improve returns.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2003 John Mangham	Partnerships Can Use These Methods to Protect 1031 Gains Property owners wishing to dispose of appreciated assets often use Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 exchanges to defer capital gains taxes. However, partnerships wishing to execute exchanges face unique challenges, particularly when individuals in the partnership have diverging investment goals or want to cash out.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Roy M. Adams	An Estate Planning Disaster Averted Family limited partnerships and limited liability companies are useful estate planning tools. The verdict in the Hackl case showed that the gift tax exclusion may not apply to gifts of partnership units or LLC interests if things are not structured carefully.
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Financial Planning October 1, 2005 Garrett Thornburg	The Fair Tax The estate tax is up for reform (or repeal) in the Senate, leaving planners and advisers with a daunting dilemma. Is there a smarter, more equitable way to think about estate taxes?
Financial Advisor January 2012 Gail Liberman	State Of Affairs Most clients are unaware that state death taxes can take a substantial cut of an inheritance.
Inc. August 2004 Nadine Heintz	How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Death Tax While there is scant statistical evidence that small businesses are affected by the so-called "death tax," it is nonetheless considered a bogeyman preying on entrepreneurs and family farms. But you can rest a little easier with these smart, and legal, estate-planning strategies.
Financial Advisor November 2004 Alan Lavine	Search For Alternatives Crimps Survivorship Sales Despite tax laws that have cut the estate tax bite, survivorship life insurance (SLI) continues as a popular estate planning tool. But it is not the panacea that it was for baby boomers' parents in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Inc. December 1, 2000 Jill Andresky Fraser	Estate Planning Despite a presidential veto, the "death tax" is still a hot political issue. What's a small-business person to do?
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Mindel & Sleight	The Family Way Transferring a family business is a legal, financial and emotional tangle. Here are some strategies to help clients do it right.
Registered Rep. September 9, 2010 Richard A. Behrendt	Why Super Rich Clients Should Consider Making Taxable Gifts in 2010 For higher-net-worth clients who are likely to owe federal estate taxes at death, making taxable gifts in 2010 may be a viable planning opportunity.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Lewis Schiff	Taking Advantage of a Down Economy The value of stocks, bonds, and real estate have dropped to levels that make it advantageous for high new worth clients to transfer assets to heirs.
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Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 Alan Lavine	Survivorship Life Back In Favor Despite current laws that reduce the estate-tax bite, survivorship life insurance is making a comeback as an estate-planning tool among some advisors.
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 Ann Marsh	15 Top Tax Strategies For 2012 There's a one-word theme for the 2012 tax year: uncertainty. Chief among the reasons are the sky-high exemptions on the estate tax, the lifetime gift tax and the generation-skipping tax.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Give Away Your Tax Bill Starting to make gifts now can save your heirs from estate-tax pain.
Entrepreneur January 2004 Joan Szabo	What's Your Type? Buying business real estate? The legal entity you choose could make a big difference in your tax bill.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Thrupthi Reddy	Peril to Planners According to practitioners, the administration's plans for a permanent repeal of estate taxes might actually increase the workload of estate planners and wealth management professionals.
Financial Planning April 1, 2011 Martin Shenkman	The Season of Giving Christmas is a long way off, but many of your clients should be planning big stocking stuffers in that spirit of giving that only tax law changes can motivate.
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Martin Shenkman	After Death Do We Plan Tremendous estate-tax planning opportunities exist following a client's death. While pre-death planning remains vital, post-death planning allows for oversights and errors to be corrected - and for new planning opportunities as well.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Dayana Yochim	Facing Mom and Dad's Money Issues Talking to Mom and Dad about their finances can help ease your mind and give you a head start mulling over what you'll face in the future.
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 Roccy DeFrancesco	Guarding the Fortress Protecting a wealthy client's marital home or personal residence isn't easy. Here are some options to explore.
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Financial Planning November 1, 2011 Martin Shenkman	Outcome Pending Many clients won't move forward on tax and estate planning now because of the tremendous uncertainty in Washington over tax laws.
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Registered Rep. August 1, 2004 Daniels, Leibell & Prince	Of Death and Decoupling Due to provisions set to kick in next year, in many states the "credit shelter/marital will" plan may now result in a significant state estate tax, because of a phenomenon known as "decoupling."
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Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Kevin McKinley	Spend The Money and Have It, Too Here are ways to save your retiring middle-net-worth clients thousands more in after-tax income right now, plus save their families many times that amount in estate taxes.
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