Tag Archives: Advanced Health Care Directive

End of Life Option Act

On October 5, 2015, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill No. 15 authorizing the following procedure: The patient must be at least 18 years old and has established that he or she is a California resident. He or she has submitted … Continue reading

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Portability- The Best Kept Secre

Recently the IRS released statistics for federal estate tax returns (form 706s) filed in 2011, which was the first year of portability (the ability of the surviving spouse to add the deceased spouse’s estate tax exemption to the surviving spouse’s … Continue reading

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The need to file an estate tax return even when it is not required

A person can die in 2011 with up to $5,000,000 and his or her estate will pay no federal estate taxes. The federal estate tax return, form 706, is not required to be filed if the gross estate of a … Continue reading

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Estate Planning and Farming

A farmer would realize that if he planted no seeds, no crops would grow. He would also know that if he failed to water his crops, they would grow poorly. What is the parallel to estate planning? Many people have … Continue reading

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