Estate Planning

When estate planning, don't forget to provide your online accounts and passwords to your heirs.

Americans are allowed to pay the lowest tax they are legally obligated to pay. Taxpayers who pay more do so usually because they are unaware of rules or planning opportunities applicable to them or fail to implement planning. It is the job of the President and Congress to enact legislation delineating the public's tax obligations, ...

Estate planning can be intimidating — more so when the tax particulars change from year to year as they have recently.

Talking about estate planning is often difficult and implementing an estate plan even harder. For farmers the situation is even more complex, because there isn’t a distinct moment when they walk out the door to retirement as do people who retire from other careers.