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Q. How can we avoid probate and reduce the estate tax for our beneficiaries, who are our two adult children? We know about payable on death (POD) bank accounts. Is it better to put our two houses in ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Probate Law: Judge's Gavel as a symbol of legal system, Themis is the goddess ...

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The concept of an inheritance is well known — but "inheritance," as defined by the average person and by the law, can often be two very different things. Specializing in trust services, I’ve crafted ...

National Tax Journal, Vol. 58, No. 2 (June, 2005), pp. 165-188 (24 pages) This paper uses data from San Francisco probate records and cross-year variation in tax rates to estimate the effect of the ...

Q. How can we avoid probate and reduce the estate tax for our beneficiaries, who are our two adult children? We know about payable on death (POD) bank accounts. Is it better to put our two houses in ...