| Description |
1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Introduction -- About This Book -- What You're Not to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1: Estate Planning Basics -- Chapter 1: What Is Estate Planning, Anyway? -- Understanding What Your Estate Is -- Discovering What Estate Planning Is -- Figuring Out Why You Need to Do Estate Planning -- Getting a Handle on Estate Planning Tools -- Knowing When You Should Make an Estate Plan -- Looking After Your Needs -- Planning in Case You Become Physically or Mentally Incapable |
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Getting Professional Help -- Chapter 2: What Are You Worth? Preparing an Inventory of Your Estate -- Figuring Out What You Own -- Figuring Out What You Owe -- Figuring Out Your Net Worth -- Chapter 3: The Taxman Cometh: Taxes and Your Estate -- Understanding Some Income Tax Basics -- Discovering How Your Estate Will Be Taxed -- Deciding What Your Tax Planning Goals Should Be -- Considering Possible Tax Planning Strategies -- Tax Planning That Takes Place after You Die -- When the Taxman Finally Arriveth ... with the Bill -- Investigating Probate Fees -- Part 2: Estate Planning Tools |
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Chapter 4: The Mysteries of Life Insurance Revealed -- Getting Acquainted with Life Insurance -- Deciding Whether You Need Life Insurance -- Calculating How Much Life Insurance You Need -- Determining Who Should Get the Insurance Money -- Deciding on the Kind of Life Insurance You Want -- Figuring Out Where and How to Get Life Insurance -- Finding Out How Much Life Insurance Costs -- Learning What a Standard Life Insurance Policy Says -- Chapter 5: Giving Away Your Things Before You Die -- Giving Away Your Property While You're Alive -- Unwrapping Gifts -- Figuring Out How to Make a Gift |
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Avoiding Giving Away Your Property without Meaning To -- Planning So That You Won't Live to Regret Your Gift -- Discovering Safer Ways Than Giving a Gift -- Registered Education Savings Plans and Related Benefits -- Chapter 6: Using Trusts in Estate Planning -- Getting Acquainted with Trusts -- Deciding Whether a Trust Is Right for You and Your Family -- Investigating the Different Kinds of Trusts -- Finding a Trustee You Can Trust -- Paying the Taxes Associated with a Trust -- Paying the Expenses of a Trust -- Part 3: Creating an Estate Plan -- Chapter 7: Choosing Your Beneficiaries and Executor |
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Considering Your Beneficiaries -- Distributing Your Estate Amongst Your Beneficiaries -- Thinking about Your Executor -- Chapter 8: Planning Your Children's Future -- Understanding Guardianship -- Thinking the Unthinkable: When One or Both Parents Die -- Choosing a Guardian for Your Children -- Looking at a Guardian's Responsibilities -- Providing for Your Children Financially -- Chapter 9: What to Do with Your Business -- Taking Stock of Your Situation -- Timing the Market -- Putting Your Plan into Action -- What if You Were to Die Tomorrow? -- Chapter 10: Making Charitable Donations |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Thinking about Giving to Charity |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781394208142 |
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1394208146 |
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