Death and Taxes!
Benjamin Franklin told us that we faced two inevitabilities and they were death and taxes! Well as far as I know he was right about death. BUT in his day they did not have Estate Taxes.
Estate Taxes are voluntary! That is right, it is up to you whether you want to pay them. With proper planning your attorney can show you how to give your financial legacy how you wish, to whom you wish and the way you wish. It will be up to you if you want to pay Uncle Sam his share.
We have a moving target for estate taxes over the next three years. In 2008 it will be sums over 2 Million, then in 2009 it will go to 3.5 million only to vanish in 2010. But before you can take a deep breath it will be back down to 1 million in 2011. Your Personal Family Lawyer has strategies to plan with this unknown in mind!
For a history of the of the most controversial if all taxes go to www.deKirby.net and hit articles.