The Artful Dodger's Guide to Planning Your Estate, Revised Edition: The Only Book on Estate Planning Guaranteed to Keep You Entertained

With estate taxes as high as 55%, no one can afford to ignore the techniques available to all of us to reduce or eliminate death taxes. The Artful Dodger's Guide to Planning Your Estate gives practical, straightforward and, yes, even humorous advice crucial to anyone who has acquired even modest wealth. This is not a "do-it-yourself" book. Estate planning is tricky, & anyone preparing his own estate plan is likely to end up with a "pig's breakfast." Nor is this book an attempt to provide a comprehensive treatment of all the tax laws along with their exceptions & qualifications. Rather, it is short & written in clear, plain English. Along with the Artful Dodger & his family, you will learn the nuts & bolts of our U.S. gift & estate tax system & then move on to discover how not to waste your lifetime exemption, how to hold title to real property, save your children & grandchildren taxes, avoid probate, make charitable gifts work for you, preserve your wealth & plan for your retirement. The book is complete, with illustrated charts & sample forms, along with a checklist of important matters to discuss with your attorney. This national edition covers all states.Thomas Hart Hawley is the author of 'The Artful Dodger's Guide to Planning Your Estate, Revised Edition: The Only Book on Estate Planning Guaranteed to Keep You Entertained', published 2000 under ISBN 9780964944657 and ISBN 0964944650.