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• 2010 Tax Relief Act: Estate Tax Update . 2010 Tax Relief Act:  Federal Estate Tax Provisions On December 16, 2010 Congress passed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010.   Section III of the bill is titled “Temporary Estate Tax Relief”. Section III gives instructions on how estate representatives should calculate and pay estate taxes for decedents who [...]...
• Estate Tax: Senate Bill 722 The 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution recommends a personal estate tax exemption allowance of $3.5 million. The value of estates above that would be taxed at 45%. However, the language in the Budget Resolution does not provide for the “portability” of the $3.5 million allowance to a surviving spouse. Without “portability”, the proposed estate tax laws [...]...
• The Federal Estate Tax Pay attention to the House of Representatives this week! It appears our government is getting ready to decide how to change the current federal estate tax laws over the next couple of weeks. Will the House of Representatives recommend the 2009 $3.5 million federal estate tax exemption allowance become the permanent allowance starting in the [...]...
• Free Offer Thanks for joining Kathy Lane on Michael Baisden. As a thanks for tuning in, we’d like to offer the first chapter in Die Smart: 11 Mistakes that Cost Your Family When You Die, as a free download. Just enter your name and email address below and you’ll be on your way to smarter planning. “Die$mart, tackles [...]...

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• Maybe you can’t buy a casket online – in Georgia! Costco has been selling caskets over the internet for the last five years. But, because of regulations that make a sale in that state unattractive, they are not selling them in Georgia. As soon as Walmart recently announced that they are also going to be selling caskets online, they received a letter from the Georgia [...]...
• Would you buy your casket at WalMart? A couple of weeks ago, WalMart announced they would be selling caskets on their web site…described in this article http://budurl.com/u2zc.     Visit Saying Goodbye at http://Diesmart.com for more information about planning a funeral.Recent Posts: April 28, 2012: It’s Donate Life Month — This is Donate Life Month. It’s a good time to think about how you can [...]...
• Bio Cremation – a new, green form of cremation This week the California legislature is voting on a bill that will make bio cremation another legal way to dispose of human remains; it will provide an eco-friendlier alternative to the current choices – burial or cremation. What makes bio cremation via resomation different?  The current alternatives – traditional cremation and burial pose threats to [...]...

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• End Of Life Counseling Stays in Health Care Reform Bill End of Life counseling just won’t die.   In the proposed health care legislation today, the bill would allow doctors to bill Medicare for spending time with their patients discussing end of life choices. The full text of the proposed health care reform bill can be found here…http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/house_bill_102909.pdf?sid=ST2009102902154  The exact words defining end of life planning [...]...
• Health Debate Isn’t About Health In an effort to help DieSmart visitors become more educated about the significance of the proposed health care reform legislation, DieSmart will aggregate and post articles from a variety of sources for your review. Health Debate Isn’t About Health – WSJ.com.Recent Posts: April 28, 2012: It’s Donate Life Month — This is Donate Life Month. It’s a [...]...
• Facebook.com/healthcare.gov and Long Term Care The Health and Human Service Department has announced the launch of HealthCare.gov on Facebook. If you visit healthcare.gov, you will find several tools that can help consumers make educated choices about their medical care. One of the tools is titled “Nursing Home Compare”.     It provides a list of U.S. nursing homes which includes demographics (location [...]...

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• End Of Life Counseling Stays in Health Care Reform Bill End of Life counseling just won’t die.   In the proposed health care legislation today, the bill would allow doctors to bill Medicare for spending time with their patients discussing end of life choices. The full text of the proposed health care reform bill can be found here…http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/house_bill_102909.pdf?sid=ST2009102902154  The exact words defining end of life planning [...]...
• What does the health care bill mean for you? Yes, the proposed health care reform bill is 2,000 pages long.   Yes, Nancy Pelosi expects Congress to vote on this bill this weekend. If you’ve been wondering what’s in it for you, this article in the Wall Street Journal turns the bill into language mere mortals can understand. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704795604574519671055918380.html?mod=rss_Today’s_Most_Popular Of special interest is the language regarding Medicare…and the [...]...
• National Healthcare Decisions Day – April 16, 2011 National, state and local organizations have joined together to ensure that all adults have the opportunity to communicate and document their healthcare decisions. Too often, someone’s wishes are not known and steps are taken during a critical medical situation that he or she would not have wanted. Have you done any advance healthcare planning? Do [...]...

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• Estate Tax: Senate Bill 722 The 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution recommends a personal estate tax exemption allowance of $3.5 million. The value of estates above that would be taxed at 45%. However, the language in the Budget Resolution does not provide for the “portability” of the $3.5 million allowance to a surviving spouse. Without “portability”, the proposed estate tax laws [...]...
• The Federal Estate Tax Pay attention to the House of Representatives this week! It appears our government is getting ready to decide how to change the current federal estate tax laws over the next couple of weeks. Will the House of Representatives recommend the 2009 $3.5 million federal estate tax exemption allowance become the permanent allowance starting in the [...]...
• 2010 Tax Relief Act: Estate Tax Update . 2010 Tax Relief Act:  Federal Estate Tax Provisions On December 16, 2010 Congress passed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010.   Section III of the bill is titled “Temporary Estate Tax Relief”. Section III gives instructions on how estate representatives should calculate and pay estate taxes for decedents who [...]...

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