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Paying Estate Taxes by Borrowing
from Uncle Sam Has Gotten Harder
BY MATT DONOVAN
TRANSITIONS & traditions, Fall 2003
Many family businesses are counting on Sec. 6166 of the Internal Revenue Code to help them pay their estate taxes. It may be a mistake.
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Prenuptial agreements may
save the business
BY MIKE COHN
July 2002, Building Material Dealers magazine
It was a perfect day in May in 1991 when John’s granddaughter, Stephanie, married her college sweetheart in the family garden. Stephanie was grateful to her grandparents who had spared no expense to make sure the day was one to cherish and remember.
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When 'irrevocable' trusts aren't
BY MIKE COHN
Summer 2002, Family Business magazine
Wendell and Carolyn are successful family business owners in their mid-60s concerned about how their wealth may influence their three adult children and five grandchildren. They understand entrepreneurship and hard work; they want their values and their financial assets to provide opportunities for future generations but they also worry that inherited wealth may have unintended, and negative consequences. READ MORE
Generation-skipping transfers that support family values
BY MIKE COHN
March 2002, Building Material Dealers magazine
The opportunity to put family business stock (and other family assets) into a trust that is divorce-proof, creditor-proof and avoids estate taxes for future generations (as long as the assets stay in the trust) is a pretty compelling reason to take a look at generation-skipping planning strategies. READ MORE Estate Tax Reform:
Goodbye Old Headaches, Hello New Ones
BY MIKE COHN
TRANSITIONS & traditions, Volume 10, Number 1 (2001)
Estate taxes, long the bane of business owners and wealthy families, have provided at least one advantage: They motivated some people to implement estate and succession plans. READ MORE
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