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Big Tax Increases Are Coming if Washington Doesn’t Get Its Act Together Soon 24 May 2012 | 07:54 am
Big Tax Increases Are Coming if Washington Doesn’t Get Its Act Together Soon By Chris Watkins There is surprisingly little attention being paid in the media to the fact that at the end of this year,...
Al Davis’s Estate Could Face Massive Estate Taxes 11 Oct 2011 | 05:18 am
Al Davis‘s Estate Could Face Massive Estate Taxes By Chris Watkins Oakland Raiders owner, Al Davis, passed away over the weekend. Forbes Magazine published an interesting article by Mike Ozanian, d...
New Estate Tax Laws Provide Some Temporary Relief 10 Feb 2011 | 05:56 am
New Estate Tax Laws Provide Some Temporary Relief By Chris Watkins Well, in typical Washington fashion, the politicians waited until the very last possible moment to deal with the looming tax crisis...
Get Ready for Increased Estate Taxes in 2011 13 Oct 2010 | 07:45 am
Get Ready for Increased Estate Taxes in 2011 By Chris Watkins For several years, we have enjoyed ever-increasing estate tax exemption amounts. Last year (2009), the exemption was $3.5 Million. Thi...
Beware the Contract for Deed 20 May 2010 | 10:14 am
Beware the Contract for Deed By Chris Watkins These days, as many sellers are in a desperate struggle to sell their homes, and many potential buyers are having trouble qualifying for conventional mo...
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 28 Jan 2010 | 09:29 am
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act By Chris Watkins As the economy continues to struggle along, thousands of people find themselves getting deeper and deeper into debt-related financial problems – c...
Creditor Protection Aspects of LLCs 3 Dec 2009 | 11:06 am
Creditor Protection Aspects of Missouri LLCs By Chris Watkins Limited Liability Companies have become extremely popular entity forms since their inception. The primary reasons for this are their fl...
Do It Yourself Estate Planning 30 Oct 2009 | 08:26 am
Do It Yourself Estate Planning By Greg Jones You are bound to have seen a number of companies with software and self-help online products allowing you to create your own Will. First, let us thank t...
Informal Estate Planning 21 Aug 2009 | 01:16 pm
Informal Estate Planning With few exceptions, almost everyone we meet with to discuss estate planning has one overriding goal if they should pass away unexpectedly – to make sure their children will ...
Charitable Giving 16 Apr 2009 | 10:48 am
Incorporating Charitable Giving into Your Estate Plan By Greg Jones About 70-80% of people give to charitable causes during their lifetime; however, only 7-8% include a provision for charity in thei...