Category: Estate Planning

Estate Planning

Employers Face New Rules for Retirement Savings Plans in 2025 by Melissa Fleitas, CPA


Posted on January 21, 2025 by Melissa Fleitas

The passage of the SECURE Act 2.0 in 2022 introduced sweeping changes to help enhance taxpayers’ retirement savings opportunities and improve the costs and managerial headaches employers face administering employee benefits plans, including 401(k)s, 403(b) and 457(b) plans. Since that time, employers of all sizes have gained expanded tax credits for establishing employee retirement savings […]

Nonprofits, Private Foundations Face a Looming Tax-Filing Deadline by Adam Cohen, CPA


Posted on March 05, 2024 by Adam Cohen

The clock is ticking for nonprofit entities, including private foundations, to file annual returns on Form 990 before the May 15 deadline for calendar-year filers. Failure to file or request an automatic six-month extension can jeopardize an organization’s tax-exempt status and result in significant penalties. IRS series Forms 990 are informational documents that most non-profits […]

Family Offices Help Quarterback a Variety of Wealth Management Functions by Heath Standorf, CPA


Posted on February 26, 2024 by Heath Standorf

Beginning in the 19th century, some of the U.S.’s wealthiest industrialists quietly abandoned Wall Street banks to hire their own teams of experts to discreetly manage, preserve and grow their business operations and family wealth for future generations. Today, these family offices have moved beyond the shadows of the Rockefellers, Morgans and Vanderbilts and expanded […]

Florida Law Makes Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts More Attractive Estate Planning Option by Rachel Kenney Rego, CPA


Posted on October 25, 2023 by Rachel Kenney Rego

In 2022, lawmakers amended Florida Statute Section 736.0505(3), giving new life to Spousal Limited Access Trusts (SLATs) and the unique estate planning benefits they provide to families within the state. SLATs enable one spouse to create and fund irrevocable trusts during their lifetime for the benefit of a surviving spouse and future generations. The grantor […]