The Family Limited Partnership Deskbook


Book Description

Forming and funding a family limited partnership or limited liability company is both increasingly common and complicated. This current, comprehensive reference provides in-depth analysis of all facets of using these planning vehicles. It begins with detailed guidance on the basic principles of drafting, forming, funding, and valuing an FLP or LLC, but also covers advanced income tax concerns. Added tools include examples and extensive sample forms on CD-ROM.




An Estate Planner's Guide to Family Business Entities


Book Description

"This fourth edition to An Estate Planner's Guide to Family Business Entities brings the second edition current through December 1, 2019 and is designed for the estate planner who is considering the most appropriate way to achieve his or her client's goal of transferring wealth to younger family members. Although it covers both tax and nontax considerations, its major emphasis is on the tax considerations, covering choosing the business entity and comparing the various entities that are available; highlighting recent developments concerning choice of entity; covering the application of the special valuation rules and other transfer tax issues, as well as the use of a grantor retained annuity trust to reduce the value of the gift when transferring an interest in a family-held entity, are discussed"--







How to Use Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships


Book Description

"Designed for entrepreneurs and individuals interested in starting their own business, this book provides an indepth study of how the special characteristics of limited partnerships and limited liability companies may be used to your advantage and to assist you in protecting assets, managing wealth and strategic estate planning to minimize taxes. It features strategic uses of limited liability companies and limited partnerships to hold real estate and other assets, how to easily manage and operate a limited liability company or limited partnership, how to creatively plan for your future and your family's future, and how to follow the rules to keep your assets protected."--Publisher description.




An Estate Planner's Guide to Family Business Entities


Book Description

Providing the necessary background for lawyers and financial planners to accurately advise clients on transferring wealth through the establishment of a business entity.




How to Protect Your Family's Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs


Book Description

Written by an elder law attorney with over 23 years experience, this book will help anyone with a family member faced with a long-term stay in a nursing home who wishes to preserve at least some of their assets by qualifying for the Medicaid program. You dont have to be broke to qualify! For the first time ever, the inside secrets of high-priced estate planning and elder law attorneys are revealed. Includes a summary of all income and asset rules for both married and single individuals, together with numerous examples and several case studies, which take the reader through the same thought processes that an experienced elder law attorney would go through when analyzing a real-life clients situation. The book includes tips on: how to title your home so you do not lose it to the state; how to make transfers to family members that wont disqualify you from Medicaid; how annuities make assets disappear; smart tricks for spending down your assets; what to change in your will to save thousands of dollars if your spouse ever needs nursing home care; avoiding the states reimbursement claim following the nursing home residents death; and much more. Completely up-to-date, the book includes the massive changes made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 as well as the December 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act amendments.




Starting a Limited Liability Company


Book Description

With Starting a Limited Liability Company you’ll learn how an LLC can work for you and exactly what you need to do to set up and operate one. The updated second edition features completely revised and updated planning strategies, and new chapters on the one-member liability company, estate planning, home businesses, and more. You’ll also find: Expert guidance on applying LLCs to operating a business, estate planning, protecting assets, real estate acquisitions, professional practices, avoiding ancillary probate, and venture capital operations Plans and strategies for converting partnerships into LLCs and combining LLCs and trust planning A detailed glossary, along with checklists and loads of sample legal forms that simplify the process




Estate Planning Strategies


Book Description

This comprehensive book is a guide to help circumnavigate the estate-planning world and specific changes EGTRRA has brought and will sensitize lawyers to the estate planning needs of their clients in a legal environment that is in transition. To assist in the navigation process, many of the nation's top estate-planning experts and practitioners have been assembled to participate in the production of this book




Asset Protection Strategies 2009


Book Description

This book is designed to be of use to all professionals involved in the asset protection plan, including attorneys, accountants, and financial planners among others. The subjects covered are those that the planner must consider when properly preparing an asset protection plan.




Family Limited Partnership


Book Description

Currently, Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs) are the last, best way for individuals to protect their assets from the high burden of estate taxes and from today's litigious society. Historically, FLPs in every state have thwarted the attempts of creditors to seize individual's assets. Thus, family inheritances and businesses can be protected and passed on to future generations.A glossary, thorough index, sample filled-in forms, sample cases and blank tear-out forms make this new title accessible for any consumer.