Estate Planning, Probate & Elder Law Attorneys

» Obama's Budget Crimps Estate-plan Strategies

The Obama administration's proposed budget calls for lots of changes that could affect your estate plans, and ignorance isn't bliss -- it's foolhardy.

» Soup Up Your Social Sales Channels
If you make time for it and know your stuff, you can chat your way to more Web traffic.

» Offshore Accounts: Too Late To Fess Up?
Despite Swiss court ruling and end of amnesty, voluntary disclosure still has advantages

» 5 Things You Need to Know About the Estate Tax in 2010: #4 (State Death Taxes)

Short post today, both because I've covered this issue fairly recently and because I'm dealing with a burst pipe in my basement.

The fact that there is currently no federal estate tax does NOT mean there are no estate taxes on the state level. The chart in this article is a must-see -- it lists all of the states with an estate or inheritance tax (or both), along with exemption amounts and rates.

» Government-owned GMAC loses $5 billion in 4Q