While most men his age suddenly go out and spend gobs of money on a red Miata convertible, Art suddenly wants to save gobs of money, through estate planning. In these pages you will also meet Ellie Dodger, Art's wife, along with the Dodgers' son, Roger, and Roger's kids, the six little Dodgers, as well as and sundry other Dodger relations. The villain of the piece is, of course, Uncle Sam, who doggedly tries to deprive Art of his hard-earned booty. The Dodgers will help illustrate the ways all of us can save both income and estate taxes through basic planning techniques. Quite the contrary.
Estate planning is complex and best left to the experts.
Instead, this book will give you the basics you need to better assist your own clever attorney in planning your estate. By knowing something about estate planning before consulting your attorney, you will save yourself both time and money. Nor is this book about exotic tax loopholes that are fabulous if they work and disastrous if they don't. The techniques discussed here are well established, and, if implemented by a professional, will not come back to disturb your sleep. Within these pages you will not learn how to avoid paying your fair share of taxes.