Estate Planning
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
Estate Management Checklist
Is your estate in order? This short quiz may help you assess your overall strategy.
Are You Prepared for an Estate Tax Sunset?
The federal estate tax exemption sunsets in 2025. Learn more about what to do to make the most of the higher threshold.
Why Everyone Needs an Estate Strategy
Do you have an estate strategy? You should.
Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
Estate management can help ensure that your assets are transferred according to your wishes while managing tax issues.
Managing an Inheritance
A windfall from a loved one can be both rewarding and complicated.
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What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.