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The New Tax Law and Your Family’s Trust: What to Know Now
The One Big Beautiful Bill raised the estate tax exemption to $15 million per person. That provision made headlines everywhere. A second one didn’t: a deduction limitation buried in a Congressional footnote that tax lawyers say may create double taxation inside family trusts, including special needs trusts with as little as $400,000 in assets. Here is what families with trusts need to know right now…
Succession Planning: New Tax Law Limit Hits Small Trusts
When the One Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law, the headline most business owners saw was the estate tax exemption increase. Starting in 2026, the exemption rises to $15 million per person, or $30 million for a married couple, with no scheduled sunset. For business owners whose succession plan runs through a trust, that headline is not the whole story…
Digital Estate Planning: Why Passwords Aren’t Enough
Most families assume that a list of passwords will be enough to access accounts after a death. That assumption is wrong, and the problem is not the list. The problem is a layer of security most accounts now require that no password can bypass. Here is what actually keeps families locked out, and what a real digital estate plan looks like…
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