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"Grow your nest egg faster!" Contributing to a retirement account qualifies you for tax breaks and employer contributions, both of which will grow your retirement

When he died in 2013 at the untimely age of 51, actor James Gandolfini bequeathed a financial disaster to his heirs. Gandolfini hadn't properly prepared

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that 2016 will bring an increase to the estate and lifetime gift tax exemptions. The exemption limits for the

One of the biggest headaches for executors of large estates is coming up with the cash to pay the estate tax. If the cash or

The federal estate tax might grab headlines, but many states also have estate taxes that people need to be aware of when estate planning. The

The more valuable an art collection gets, the tougher it is to create an estate plan for it. If you are not careful, your heirs

With interest rates at historic lows—for the time being—wealthy families are turbocharging their estate-planning strategies by pairing intrafamily loans with trusts. In late 2009, a

Marrying again makes estate planning more involved. How do you provide for everyone you love? Should you provide for everyone you love? How do you

One of the more controversial federal tax provisions recently reached a significant milestone. The estate tax is now 100 years old. Once a tax becomes

New reporting requirements for estates subject to the estate tax were supposed to go into effect in August. However, the IRS was not ready at

Normally, when people owe the IRS money, the agency is more than happy to take payment immediately and through a variety of different means. However,

A recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling has potentially profound implications for how the IRS values and applies the estate tax when the estate