Coping MechanismsCoping Mechanisms
So, is estate planning an endangered profession or what? The sword of permanent estate tax repeal has been hanging over planners' heads for more than a year now, seeming to threaten many with the loss of their main livelihoods. And just as it seemed this past summer that Congress would finally decide whether to deliver a death blow or merely reform the federal estate tax, Hurricane Katrina kicked
January 1, 2006
Thrupthi Reddy
So, is estate planning an endangered profession or what? The sword of permanent estate tax repeal has been hanging over planners' heads for more than a year now, seeming to threaten many with the loss of their main livelihoods. And just as it seemed this past summer that Congress would finally decide whether to deliver a death blow or merely reform the federal estate tax, Hurricane Katrina kicked the matter off the lawmakers' agenda.
The agony of uncertainty continues. And a new survey by Integrity Marketing Solutions of Overland Park, Kan., shows how the profession is coping.
Integrity Marketing, a marketing and practice development firm, surveyed 197 estate planners online in August 2005. Most of the respondents were sole p...
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