Elder Care & Estate Planning Blog

Selling Your Home: Capital Gains Taxes – part 2
Selling Your Home: Capital Gains Taxes – part 2
Adjusted Basis Adjusted basis is your basis increased or decreased by certain amounts. Increases to basis: These include any additions (more…)
Selling Your Home: Capital Gains Taxes – part 1
Selling Your Home: Capital Gains Taxes – part 1
Generally, you must have owned and lived in the property as your main home for at least 2 years in (more…)
New York Estate Taxes
New York Estate Taxes
State death taxes come in two basic forms: inheritance taxes and estate taxes. Prior to 2005, many states levied an (more…)
The Inherited IRA Trust
The Inherited IRA Trust
Proper IRA planning is now more important than ever due to the latest IRS required minimum distribution rules. Quite often, (more…)
What You Should Do With Your Estate Planning Documents
What You Should Do With Your Estate Planning Documents
1. Read your documents. Are all the names right? Have all of your will or trust beneficiaries been listed? Are (more…)
Income Taxation of Grantor Trusts
Income Taxation of Grantor Trusts
The income taxation of trusts is governed by Subchapter J of the Internal Revenue Code, §§ 641 through 692. For (more…)
Caregiving: The Medical Expense Deduction
Caregiving: The Medical Expense Deduction
Nearly one out of every four U.S. households provides care to a relative or friend aged 50 or older and (more…)
Asset Protection Planning for the Home – part 2
Asset Protection Planning for the Home – part 2
Transfer of Home to an Irrevocable Trust Placing your Home into the trust will be subject to the same sixty (more…)
Asset Protection Planning for the Home – part 1
Asset Protection Planning for the Home – part 1
Medicaid Eligibility If you require long term custodial care in a nursing facility, your Home would be considered an available (more…)
Elder Abuse
Elder Abuse
Elder abuse is any form of mistreatment that results in harm or loss to an older person. Elder abuse can (more…)