Wealth Transfer Planning Now

With higher interest rates and expected lower market returns, it is time to reconsider some conventional wealth-shifting strategies for 2024.

Read More

Prenuptial Agreements in Michigan – Can a Uniform Act Help?

Michigan currently is looking into the adoption of the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act with the intent to provide a level of consistency when it comes to the enforcement of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Read More

Trustee’s Estate Duty to Account

When a trustee dies, the duty to inform and account passes to the trustee’s estate representatives.

Read More

Retirement Planning – A Final Look Back at 2023

What follows is a last look at what happened in 2023 regarding retirement plan contributions, distributions and decisions that impact saving for retirement.

Read More

Corporate Transparency Act Update

There is a push to delay some of the reporting deadlines that are contained in the Corporate Transparency Act.

Read More

Trustee’s Duty to Minimize State Income Taxes

A trustee has a duty to change the situs of the Trust it administers to minimize, or completely avoid, the imposition of state income taxes on the Trust’s accumulated income.

Read More

Qualified Small Business Stock – Rollover

The tax benefits from owning qualified small business stock (QSBS) can be enhanced if the sales proceeds are rolled into a new QSBS investment.

Read More

Silent Trusts

Michigan now has a silent trust statute. Is that a good thing?

Read More

Community Property Trusts

Some states now offer the use of a community property trust, even for nonresidents. While the tax savings using a community property trust can be extraordinary, there are still some risks in their use.

Read More

Domestic Asset Protection Trusts – Are they Worth It?

The use of a domestic asset protection trust (DAPT) often attracts a considerable amount of negativity, some finding them to be morally wrong, or per se a fraudulent transfer. Yet the negative connotations associated with a DAPT are often the product of egregious facts that lead a court to place the DAPT’s in jail for flaunting the court’s order.

Read More