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ESTATE PLANNING

 

Course Description

This series helps users understand the various considerations in planning an estate. It provides an overview of the terms and resources needed to prepare an estate plan, and explains how to determine assets, will preparation strategies and considerations, trusts, and retirement issues. Also covered are tax strategies to implement in your estate planning. This series also offers guidance on revising an estate plan throughout life changes.

 


  STARTING AN ESTATE PLAN

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Provides an introduction to the terms and resources needed to begin preparing an estate plan, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

What Is an Estate?
Looking Ahead
Getting Started
Taking Inventory
Joint Property


  SORTING OUT YOUR ASSETS

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Provides an overview of some of the most common types of estate assets, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Life Insurance
Determining Coverage
Pension Plans
Other Ways to Save
Your Business and Your Estate
Other Business Considerations


  PREPARING YOUR WILL

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Provides an introduction to wills and trusts, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Why Have a Will?
The Simple Will
Distributing Your Assets
Introduction to Trusts
Trusts and Wills
Living Trusts


  ALL ABOUT PROBATE

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Provides an overview of probate and probate court, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Landing in Probate
The Executor
Keeping Probate Costs Down
Special Probate Situations


  CONSIDERING YOUR FAMILY

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Provides information on the inheritance rights of spouses and children, and ways to prevent challenges to a will, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Choosing a Guardian
Managing Your Child's Assets
Your Spouse's Rights
Divorce and Its Consequences
Challenging a Will
Things to Avoid


  TAXES TO EXPECT

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Provides information on federal, state, and gift taxes, and how they affect an estate, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Federal Estate Taxes
Calculating Tax Deductions
Gift Taxes
Gifts and Their Consequences
State Taxes
Other Taxes to Consider


  TAX STRATEGIES

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Provides strategies for keeping estate taxes down to a minimum, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Charitable Donations
More Ways to Donate
Income Tax Savings
Taxes and Your Will
Benefits to Your Family
Distributing Your Assets


  RETIREMENT ISSUES

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Provides strategies for preparing for retirement and other elder issues within the estate plan, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Social Security
Other Retirement Benefits
Preserving Your Assets
Health-Related Issues
Final Considerations


  REVISING AN ESTATE PLAN

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Provides strategies for revising an estate plan throughout life, as applicable to United States regulations.

  TOPICS COVERED

Elder Issues
Other Estate Plan Considerations
Strategies for the Single Person
Planning throughout Your Life


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only £50.00
(approx $88 USD)
 

 

 
 

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