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Regular Columns and Reports

Editor’s Column WANTED: Your Voice & Support in Taking the Journal to the Next Level Author: Charles V, Douglas

List of Conferences 2011 Conferences on Estate, Financial Planning

Second Quarter Update

Drafting Issues from a Fiduciary’s Perspective (PDF file) Reprinted with the permission of Bessemer Trust Company, N.A. and ACTEC Journal 331 Authors: Benjamin H. Pruett

Money & Influencing the Behavior of Emerging Adults (PDF file) Author: Eileen Gallo, Ph.D. & Jon Gallo, J.D.

The 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Regarding Undisclosed Assets(PDF file) Author: Sidney Kess, CPA, JD, LLM and Christopher M. Ferguson, JD

State Income Tax Issues With Trusts An earlier version of this article was published in the BNA Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trusts Journal (Sept. 2007). The article is reprinted with permission from Tax Management Inc., a BNA Company. For customer service call 1-800-223-7270 or e-mail tm@bna.com. For more information, visit BNA Tax Management’s website at www.bnatax.com. Author: Charles A. Redd

Roth IRA Planning in 2011 and 2012 (PDF) Reprinted with the Permission of WealthCounsel® Author: Robert S. Keebler, CPA®, MST, AEP® (Distinguished)

How to Thrive in the Under $5 million Dollar Market (PDF) Reprinted with the Permission of WealthCounsel® Author: Philip J. Kavesh, JD, LL.M. (Tax), ChFC, CFP®

A Practitioner-Friendly Guide to the Delaware Asset Protection Trust (PDF) Adapted with permission from the September, 2007 issue of the Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trusts Journal, and the Bureau of National Affairs. Author: Richard W. Nenno and Jeffrey C. Wolken

Tax Reform Act of 2010

Estate Planning in 2011 and 2012, Opening the Window of Opportunity (PDF file) Adapted with permission from Daily Tax Report, ISSN 0092-6884, No. 13, January 13, 2011 Authors: Milfard B. Hatcher, Jr. & Edward F. Koren

Estate Planning Effects and Strategies Under the Tax Relief…Act of 2010 (PDF file) Author: Steve B. Akers

Frank Berall’s Analysis of the Tax Reform Act of 2010 (PDF file) Reprinted with the permission of Leimberg Information Services, Inc. Author: Frank Berall

Finally! A New Estate Tax Law…Now What? Adapted from Leimberg Information Services Inc., December 22, 2010. Author: Charles V. Douglas

Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2011)  (PDF) Heckerling Musings Author: Steve Akers

Outlook for Estate Planners

Fourth Annual Industry Trends and Survey (PDF file) Reprinted with the permission of WealthCounsel®

The Future of the Estate Planning Business (PDF file) Author: John J. Scroggin

Spousal Access Trusts, The Reciprocal Trust Doctrine & Gift Splitting

Can Husband Create Irrevocable Trust For the Benefit of His Wife and Vice Versa?(PDF file) Reprinted with the permission of Leimberg Information Services, Inc. Author: Marc Merric

Gift Splitting-A Boondoggle or a Bad Idea? and Gift Splitting Decision Tree (PDF file) Author: Diana S.C. Zeydel

Preparing Heirs to Receive and Manage Their Inheritance

The Future of Estate Planning (PDF file) Reprinted with the permission of Trusts & Estates, June, 2010 Authors: Vick Preisser & Roy Williams

Business Valuation & Transfer Discounts

Business Valuation (PDF file) Author: Carl Lloyd Sheeler

Analysis of Holman V. Commissioner and Fisher V. United States (PDF file) Author: Steve B. Akers

Practical Uses and Issues Surrounding Trusts

Putting Our Trust in Trusts (PDF file) Reprinted with the permission of CCH, Journal of Practical Estate Planning Authors: Charles V. Douglas & Susan P. Rounds

Transfers in Trust and Gift Tax Treatment (PDF file) Reprinted with the permission from Tax Analysts Tax Notes, Vol. 129, No. 10, Dec, 6, 2010, ISSN 0270-5494 and Tax Analysts Tax Practice, Vol. 68, No. 11, Dec. 13, 2010, ISSN 1086-0088 Author: Doug H. Moy

Grantor Trusts & Beneficiary Defective Grantor Trusts

Burning Questions (And Even Hotter Answers) about Grantor Trusts (PDF file) Author: Samuel A. Donaldson

Beneficiary Defective Grantor Trust Private Letter Ruling (PDF file) Authors: Jonathan G. Blattmachr and Diana S.C. Zeydel

Beneficiary Inheritor’s Defective Trust Outline and PowerPoint (PDF file) Author: Richard A. Oshins