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I am a practicing attorney in the State of Connecticut. My law practice is limited to estate planning, tax planning, probate administration and probate litigation. I am licensed to practice law in the State of Connecticut & the U.S. Tax Court.
In addition, I am also the President and CEO of the Living Trust Network.
I am married, with three sons: Michael Ryan, Jeffrey Daniel & Stephen Thomas.
Most of us are aware by now that there is no federal estate tax in 2010. George Steinbrenner's heirs are delighted, I'm sure, because his vast estate will now pass to them free of any estate taxes. Although I don't know the value of his estate, I do know that the estate tax in 2009 was 45%. You can do the math on the amount of estate taxes that George avoided by dying in .....
A recent Wall Street Journal article states that, "[t]he health-care bill that Congress passed in March contained two surprising new taxes to help pay for the changes: an extra 0.9% levy on wages for couples earning more than $250,000 ($20 .....
If you're looking for some pearls of wisdom regarding the future of the federal estate tax, don't look here. All we can do is report on the latest musings from our esteemed legislators, as reported by syndicators and bloggers alike.
So, here is the latest think, as published on June 11th, 2010, by the Wall Street Journal. It's a somewhat insightful, somewhat humerous, a .....
