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Real Estate investing is seen as the holy grail of passive income and wealth independence. One of the popular facets of real estate investing is the tax advantage that much of the IRS code provides to the owner/operator. High on
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One of America’s best (and most quotable) judges, Learned Hand said, “Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the
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We are now into 2023 and it’s turning into is a unique wealth planning environment Families are dealing with volatility and depressed asset values. We have extremely generous Federal Estate Tax Exemption levels for the next
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Casual investors understand that states approach taxation of its citizens differently and can have different approaches to raising revenue. However, in the last month, there has been a shift in the directionality of state tax
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With the end of the year approaching, the focus of HNW and Family Office Space has turned to intergenerational planning. One of the ideas on the minds of many families is providing for future generations. It would be natural to
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Conservation Easements with MICHAEL ENGELHART With Joe Biden’s recent initiative to conserve nearly a third of US land by 2030, conservations easements have come back into the headlines. According to the NCED Database, a
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This latest podcast is special because it harkens back to 2000 when I wrote a paper in law school about the use of securitizations to disrupt the music industry. I mused about the disruption of the music industry and the
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New York City residents have the highest State and City tax burden in the country (it’s over 15% at the top level, recently overtaking California). It’s no surprise that New Yorkers are constantly strategizing around
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With the Biden proposals comes the potential for tax increases at the income, capital gains and estate tax level. Life insurance is becoming interesting again to a lot of families looking to expand on their functions of income
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Puerto Rico is a jurisdiction that excites the imaginations of wealth planners. It has interesting attributes for American citizens that other non-U.S. jurisdictions don’t. For instance it is the one place that American
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I was recently on Martin Shenkman’s Estate Planning Podcast to talk about the advantages of using Tennessee as a situs for Tax, Estate and Asset Protection Planning. We were able to spend a few moments on Tennessee’s
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I think direct indexing is going to be a major innovation in the world of wealth and asset management. It will help the RIA and wealth management world deliver on the promise of financial planning. It will also help rationalize
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The election is finally past us and for wealth advisors the work and the uncertainty is probably just beginning. JORY BARD ZIMMERMAN joins us to discuss some of the tools to help wealthy clients take advantage of the tools
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As summer is starting to wane (before it ever really got going!), I took the time to try to look around the corners of wealth management for clients with BILL SWEET. We discussed today’s estate planning environment and the
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This week we have a special interview with Peter Goodrich on the tax ramifications of working with crypto-currencies. We packed a lot of information and debate in this quickly evolving field. PETER GOODRICH is a Manager in the
