Imagine this: you walk into an attorney's office and he says to you
"well, Mrs. Smith there's not much we can do for you
since your Husband has already passed away and it's impossible to plan after
one's death. but I'd be happy to probate your husband's estate and charge
you $22,377 to do that."
Now, we all know that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Here are the 3 greatest myths about Estate Planning:3) Myth 3: It should only cost me $800, $1200 or $2,500 for my estate plan. This is an easy myth to dispell, remember what I said earlier in myth 1 that your plan may not work even after you walk out of your attorney's office if it doesn't have the '15 Critical Points' every estate plan needs to work effectively (check out http://www.15criticalpoints.com/) Further, if you think about how important the planning is compared to how important your values you have gained over the last 30, 40 or 50 years and that you want your Will, powers of attorney and Trusts to actually work when you need it to!!
Also, what do you think NASA does when they want new parts for their space shuttle? do you think they farm it out to the LOWEST BIDDER??? I didn't think so, so why should you do that with your family and values??
Remember, you can save your family and friends from embarrassment, taxes and most of all fear of having your plan explode like the Hindenberg!!
God Bless and warm wishes,
Joseph J. Dadich, Expert Author/Attorney/CPA Creator of 'Emergency Estate Planning Documents'
http://www.1estateplanningmichiga.com/
P.S. It's not too late to sign up for our FREE teleconference to hear the actual court documented case about my client, living on social security had more than a quarter million dollars STOLEN after her mom died from her EVIL SISTER!!! We'll show you how our unique planning packages can help prevent this and much more... email at contact@15criticalpoints.com
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Estate Planning Secrets dispelled by 'Emergency Estate Planning Documents' creator; Myth 3
state Planning Secrets dispelled by 'Emergency Estate Planning Documents' creator - Myth 1
Imagine this: you walk into an attorney's office and he says to you
"well, Mrs. Smith there's not much we can do for you
since your Husband has already passed away and it's impossible to plan after
one's death. but I'd be happy to probate your husband's estate and charge
you $22,377 to do that."
Now, we all know that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Here are the 3 greatest myths about Estate Planning:1) Myth 1: If indeed your Estate Plan is created (Wills, Trusts, powers of attorney etc.) YOU NEVER HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO IT. FALSE!!!! I can't believe that my colleagues actually sit back and do nothing as it relates to a family's estate plan, 6 months after it was created, 1 year, or how about even 10 years later. Yes, I know, "it's not my fault Joe, that the client didn't call me" This is the reason why my phone rings off the hook with family's who actually want an estate planning attorney "looking out for them". With us it's our unique planning option to ensure their estate plan doesn't fail when they leave our office or if they've had one of our affilates across the Country set up their 'Emergency Estate Plan Documents'.
Remember, you can save your family and friends from embarrassment, taxes and most of all fear of having your plan explode like the Hindenberg!!
God Bless and warm wishes,
Joseph J. Dadich, Expert Author/Attorney/CPA Creator of 'Emergency Estate Planning Documents'
http://www.1estateplanningmichiga.com/
P.S. It's not too late to sign up for our FREE teleconference to hear the actual court documented case about my client, living on social security had more than a quarter million dollars STOLEN after her mom died from her EVIL SISTER!!! We'll show you how our unique planning packages can help prevent this and much more... email at contact@15criticalpoints.com
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Michigan Estate Planning Secrets - Part 3
Continued from Part 2
If she passes away at 80, the inherited IRA is approximately $541,000. If the child continues taking his/her RMD’s (based on his/her life expectancy, by the time they are 80 they would have taken out a $2.9 million and will still have over $700,000 remaining to pass down to their children.
What if there was no planning done for our above example? (what if this was you or a loved one?) What if the 45 year old cashed-in his IRA and spent it on various needless costs? (new car, boat etc.) Or worse yet what if your child goes through a divorce? Do you want your child’s share to potentially go to an ex-in-law.
You should be consulting our firm to have a Stand-Alone IRA Trust created for you. Since, there are many advantages this type of trust has over your standard revocable living trust. Don’t you owe it to your loved ones to have that piece of mind that your IRA is properly planned?
Call our firm to find out what the 4 critical steps are to transfer your IRA assets to your loved ones. Don’t delay, you could be costing your family hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Call now for a free report on the 4 crucial items every estate plan needs to stay out of probate court! Contact@15criticalpoints.com or 248.358.6965 for our National HQ.
This was posted by Attorney Joseph Dadich, on Feb. 14, 2008 at 8:16 am. You can reach me at http://www.1estateplanningmichigan.com
Michigan Estate Planning Secrets - Part 2
This is critical, and this is where your team of financial advisors, estate planning attorney and CPA’s/Accountants should be showing you how and why IRA assets are titled in a manner consistent with your intentions and goals. Many family’s and their financial advisors, believe that merely naming the children as IRA beneficiaries is sufficient to assure the stretch-out. STOP READING AND FIND YOUR BENEFICIARY FORMS THAT YOU SIGNED WHEN YOU SET UP YOUR IRA’S. CALL OUR FIRM TO SET-UP AN APPOINTMENT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
If there was a way for you to ensure that your IRA’s, when properly inherited by your beneficiaries, were protected from a child’s divorce or mismanagement, wouldn’t you want to know about it? And what if there was a method to allow flexibility in your estate plan to allow your trustee to create additional protections, even after something unfortunate has happened, at the same time as allowing your children to have access for health, education, maintenance and/or support?
Assume the following facts: Mom is age 65 and has a $250k IRA, which includes money rolled over from her deceased spouse or from her own company retirement plan. We will assume that over time she enjoys 8% annual growth of the account. At age 70 ½ the account would be worth $396,000. If she starts taking her RMD’s (Required Minimum Distributions) the IRA will continue to grow since based on the tables as calculated by the IRS she only has to take out 4% (compared to the growth rate we’ve assumed at 8%).
This is continued in Part 3
This was posted by Attorney Joseph Dadich, on Feb. 14, 2008 at 8:06 am. You can reach me at http://www.1estateplanningmichigan.com
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Michigan Estate Planning Secrets - Part 1
Many individuals see their family physician when there is some kind of persistent pain or discomfort. And at this time there are various options and treatments for one do deal with the specific symptoms. With estate planning, there is very little one can do after the loved one has passed away or becomes incapacitated.
One such area of planning is referred, IRA Planning. Typically, there is special attention needed due to the complexities under the law. There are millions of baby boomer’s retiring over the next 10 to 20 years. And if you don’t have the proper plan in place, all your hard work to protect your assets for loved ones will be lost.
As stated in our title, up to 70% of one’s IRA can be wasted by Federal and State Estate Tax (approx. 50% depending on your State of domicile), and Income Tax (approx. 21 %) to the ultimate beneficiaries. Many individuals have attended seminars and read literature attempting to relate to the concept of ‘Stretching-Out” one’s IRA. What you aren’t told is that there is a proper way of setting up your estate plan (including the beneficiary designation forms) to ensure this happens.
I'm going to show you a way to protect your valuable assets in part 2.
This was posted by Attorney Joseph Dadich, on Feb. 14, 2008 at 8:06 am. You can reach me at http://www.1estateplanningmichigan.com