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Special Estate Planning Package (EP9)

The following 3 Estate Planning courses in one package.

Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts: Practical Planning And Drafting

Full Brochure

Length 1.75 Hours
Date 3/23/10

Table of Contents
85-Pages

 

This 1.75-hour March 23, 2010 program by Louis A. Mezzullo, Esquire, a partner in the Rancho Santa Fe, CA offices of the Luce Forward law firm, provides a practical description of how to properly plan and draft Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, one of the most successful ways to save Federal estate taxes.

Major topics include:

ό Introduction To Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts

ό Planning Considerations

ό Qualifying For The Annual Exclusion

ό Gift Tax Consequences To Beneficiaries

ό Income Tax Consequences To Beneficiaries

ό Estate And GST Consequences To Beneficiaries

ό Drafting Issues

• designing the agreement

• using proceeds to pay taxes

• creating flexibility

FLPs/LLCs: Five Recent Key Cases

Full Brochure

Length 1.75 Hours
Date 2/25/10

Table of Contents
26-Pages

This 1.75-hour February 25, 2010 talk by Louis A. Mezzullo, Esquire, a partner in the Rancho Santa Fe, CA offices of the Luce Forward law firm, gives a detailed explanation and analysis of five very important cases relating to the use of Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs) and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) to obtain valuation discounts for Federal transfer tax purposes. These cases were decided since Mr. Mezzullo's March 17, 2009 presentation, entitled "FLPs/LLCs: Important Recent Cases”.

Major topics include:

• Estate of Christiansen v. Commissioner

• Petter v. Commissioner

• Black v. Commissioner

• Price v. Commissioner

• Shurtz v. Commissioner

 

Lifetime Transfers: Installment Sales To Grantor Trusts, GRATS, And More

Full Brochure

Length 1.75 Hours
Date 2/25/10

Table of Contents
50-Pages

This 1.75-hour February 25, 2010 presentation by Louis A. Mezzullo, Esquire a partner in the the Rancho Santa Fe, CA office of the Luce Forward law firm, provides a practical explanation of the most useful lifetime techniques to save federal transfer taxes.

Major topics include:

ό Installment Sales To Grantor Trusts

• introduction

• grantor trusts

• sale to a grantor trust

• tax consequences

• using formulas to define transfers

• potential IRS challenges

ό Alternatives To Installment Sales

• preferred equity interests

• GRATs (grantor retained annuity trusts)

• SCINs (self canceling installment notes)

• private annuities

• financed net gifts

FORMS: To download forms relating to these topics, please go to www.NLFforms.com

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Audio CD and Course Book
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