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You love them all equally, right, so doesn’t it simply make sense to treat all your kids the same when it comes to their down-the-road inheritances?That is unquestionably the mindset of legions of estate planners in California and elsewhere and, yes, following...
When it comes to estate planning, families are complicated. It's not always so simple as Mom and Dad passing away pleasantly in their 90s and leaving the money to their responsible adult children. We all wish things could go so smoothly, but they often don't. And that...
We have stressed in select prior blog posts at the Bay Area estate planning Law Offices of Connie Yi that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has an unflagging focus on American individuals and families with offshore money holdings.The agency’s interest is both...
According to one prominent national new source, “the IRS is a shadow of its former self.”If you think that you might reasonably have some serious problems to deal with in the event of an agency audit, does that assessment make you feel any better? We...
Tick, tick, tick.For some American tax filers, those surpassing seconds can seem akin to a default mantra that begins to sound in their heads around this time each year. Yes, it’s … tax season.For legions of individual and joint filers in the Bay Area and...
It is notable how select legal tools in various practice areas are sometimes misunderstood or underappreciated by individuals and families that could derive strong benefit from using them.Consider the prenuptial agreement in family law, for example. It is often...
Some figures baffle.Like the speed of light. Like the age and size of the universe. And like estimates pegging the personal fortunes of America's richest families.Consider this imagery relevant to the storied Vanderbilt family for a moment: a pile of money equaling...
"You own this." Those words might sound frightening to a would-be California estate planner, but they are actually meant to promote a feeling of empowerment rather than intimidation. It is no secret that legions of...
Many remarrying California individuals fail to timely consider and update existing estate plans to reflect new realities.Don't be one of them. Many remarrying California individuals fail to timely consider and update existing estate plans to reflect new...
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