by Randy Coleman | Jan 12, 2020 | Beneficiary Designations, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Lawyer, Income Taxes, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, Revocable Living Trusts, ROTH IRAs, Stand Alone Retirement Account Trusts |
Why You Need to Act Now to Protect 1/3 of Your Retirement Accounts and Avoid the Negative Impact of the Secure Act! The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (from now on the “Secure Act”) became law effective January 1, 2020. You can’t change...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 11, 2019 | Annuities, Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Charging Order Protection, Corporations, Discretionary Trusts, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Estate Planning, Exemption Planning, Family Limited Partnership, Florida Asset Protection, Irrevocable Trusts, Limited Liability Companies, Physicians and Asset Protection, Premises Liability, Retirement Accounts, ROTH IRAs, Spendthrift Trusts, Tenancy by the Entireties, Titling of Assets, Trusts |
These three asset protection tips can help physicians, business owners, and other professionals protect their assets from various types of creditors. Whether you are a physician or not, you probably know that the practice of medicine is a profession fraught...
by Randy Coleman | Sep 1, 2017 | Income Taxes, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Kiddie Tax, ROTH IRAs |
Grandparents may be tempted to leave an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to a grandchild because children have a low tax rate, but the “kiddie tax” could make doing this less beneficial. An IRA can be a great gift for a grandchild. A young person who...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 2, 2014 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Estate Planning, Exemption Planning, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Irrevocable Trusts, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, ROTH IRAs |
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the landmark, unanimous 9-0 decision handed down on June 12, 2014, in which the United States Supreme Court held that inherited IRAs are not “retirement funds” within the meaning of federal bankruptcy law. This means they are...
by Randy Coleman | Dec 11, 2013 | Advance Directives in Florida, Beneficiary Designations, Charitable Planning, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Discretionary Trusts, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Health Care Power of Attorney, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Irrevocable Trusts, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Probate, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, Revocable Living Trusts, ROTH IRAs, Special Needs Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts, Trust Administration, Wills and Probate |
A couple of days ago I received an email from a realtor who I recently met who had a question about estate planning. Her question was: What level of assets do your clients need to own before your services benefit them? After I responded to her question, she told me...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 16, 2013 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, ROTH IRAs, Social Security, Veterans Pension Benefits |
The aging, healthcare and special needs conversation is vitally important to you and your family. Except for government employees and Social Security, retirement plans that pay benefits until death are pretty much a thing of the past. Plus, people today are living...
