The 250 Estate Planning Questions Everyone Should Ask [Paperback]

Lita Epstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2008

How can you provide a financially sound future for your loved ones while avoiding estate planning or even making a will, unsure about how to effectively plan for the disposition of your assets?

Estate planning is essential-no matter how much money or property you intend to leave to your heirs. In this handy Q&A guide, you'll find answers to all your questions about taxes, gifts, wills, will substitutes, and much more, including:

• What is a community property state?
• What are the disadvantages of intestacy?
• What is the fair market value of an estate?
• What is the generation-skipping transfer tax?

With this book at your side, you can use the estate and tax laws and options to make sure you've made the best allotment of your property. And when you've done that, you can face the future with confidence, knowing your heirs and family are provided for.

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About the Author

Lita Epstein, MBA, has written more than a dozen business books on topics ranging from retirement planning to Social Security and Medicare. She is the author of Streetwise Crash Course MBA and Streetwise Retirement Planning. She is a faculty member of the College of Graduate Business and Management at the University of Phoenix. Epstein lives in Poinciana, FL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598694154
• ISBN-13: 978-1598694154
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,440,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #69 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Professional & Technical > Law

More About the Author

I enjoy translating complex financial and political topics critical to people's everyday life in language that can be easily understood. I do this through my non fiction "how to" books for the Dummies series and the Idiot's Guides. I have more than 25 finance and political books on the market. Prior to writing books, I've worked as a daily newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, a press secretary for a U.S. Congressman and a fund raiser for former President Jimmy Carter, so he can continue his international work through The Carter Center. I earned my MBA at Emory University's Goizueta Business School and my BA at Rutgers University.