Bruce D. Steiner, attorney, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C , New York, has this overview of the recently adopted Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA): There are three key provisions of the PPA that are particularly relevant to wealth...

Inheritors of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) who don't enjoy the tax-favored status of a surviving spouse can face steep income and estate tax bills. Many estate planners are aware of the tax raid that can fell large IRAs. It has become a...

If you are thinking about naming a trust with a charitable beneficiary as the recipient of some of your retirement assets, here is a word of advice: Don't! With the important exception of a charitable remainder trust (CRT), such a trust can pose...

Providing true “life advice” is fast becoming an opportunity for conscientious and serious financial advisors to earn a special designation in retirement planning

Pension Protection Act of 2006, which President Bush signed into law yesterday, allows Series 7-holders to provide advice to 401(k) plan participants and directs the Secretary of Labor to issue a class exemption for advice provided to IRA holders.

If an asset is to qualify for the federal estate tax marital deduction as qualified terminal interest property (QTIP), the decedent's surviving spouse must be entitled to all of the income for life from such asset.1 When an individual retirement...

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