60-Minute Estate Planner: Fast and Efficient Illustrated Plans to Avoid Probate, Save Taxes, Manage Finances, Protect Assets, and Control Distributions in Changing Times (Sixty Minute Estate Planner) |  | Author: Sandy F. Kraemer
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
Category: EBooks
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 22120
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 3
Pages: 300
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.8
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.73052
ASIN: B000PY4HB4
Publication Date: May 17, 2006
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Product Description
No one can take their money, possessions, or land with them when they die--but they can ensure that their heirs are well taken care of. Updated to reflect the latest estate and tax laws, 60-Minute Estate Planner simplifies the complicated process of estate planning, covering what kind of information readers need to gather before they can begin. Packed with helpful forms, charts, and worksheets, the book shows readers how to: * communicate with heirs * manage medical decisions and provide for the special needs of the young and old * reduce, defer, and eliminate as much gift, estate, inheritance, and other tax as possible * use estate planning professionals and save on professional fees for planning and administration The book clarifies all the different possible elements of an estate plan, including IRAs, living trusts, life insurance, annuities, and more. Thoroughly revised and filled with simple-to-follow instructions, this trusted resource allows readers to ensure that their memory lives on by providing for the ones they love.
Book Description
"No one can take their money, possessions, or land with them when they die -- but they can ensure that their heirs are well taken care of. Updated to reflect the latest estate and tax laws, 60-Minute Estate Planner simplifies the complicated process of estate planning, covering what kind of information readers need to gather before they can begin. Packed with helpful forms, charts, and worksheets, the book shows readers how to: * communicate with heirs * manage medical decisions and provide for the special needs of the young and old * reduce, defer, and eliminate as much gift, estate, inheritance, and other tax as possible * use estate planning professionals and save on professional fees for planning and administration The book clarifies all the different possible elements of an estate plan, including IRAs, living trusts, life insurance, annuities, and more. Thoroughly revised and filled with simple-to-follow instructions, this trusted resource allows readers to ensure that their memory lives on by providing for the ones they love."
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Best book on estate planning because of flow charts September 6, 2008
Dale C. Maley (Fairbury, IL United States)
Back in 1999, I decided to do some estate planning. I decided to buy about 5 books to first learn the basics of estate planning......then see an estate planning attorney to set up my estate plan.
Of the five books that I read on estate planning, Kraemer's book was by far the best book. The main reason I liked Kraemer's book was his use of example flow charts, which show what happens to the money as each spouse dies. These flow charts also allow you to easily calculate the estate tax due at each step of the process.
The other books were very dry and boring.......and without the flow chart approach...it was not clear to me how bypass trusts work.
I highly recommend Kraemer's book as the best book on estate planning.......primarily due to the flow charts.
Kraemer also explains that the use of disclaimers can be a good thing.......and a good way to deal with the changing estate tax laws.
Kraemer's book allowed me to understand the basics of estate planning and bypass trusts. I was able to save time and money then working with an estate planning attorney to set up our bypass trusts.
Other good books on investing which may help you build a large enough estate so you get to worry about the problem of estate planning are shown below:
Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your Financial Life and Beat the Pro's
The Richest Man in Babylon
Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor
The Millionaire Next Door
The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition
The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get On With Your Life
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
60-Minute Estate Planner July 5, 2007
Amazon Fan (Colorado)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book, like it's earlier volumns is a must read for anyone facing the challenges of estate planning either for themselves or their loved ones.
60-minute estate planner February 5, 2007
Gerald Thuesen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The 60-Minute Estate Planner has been an invaluable resource. I have all three editions and continue to find this book very useful. It provides quick and accurate answers to a variety of questions. This is the best book I've seen on estate planning.
H. Thuesen
Estate Planning Required Reading November 28, 2006
Dean Johnson (University Place, WA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Required reading for those wishing to estate plan with a systematic and informed approach. Excellent step by step directions help the reader learn information needed to work efficiently with an estate planner or other professionals and achieve desired results. Unique, innovative charts, flow diagrams and planning documents clarify concepts difficult to grasp through words alone. If you have an estate plan in place this excellent volume will confirm its appropriateness and provide helpful fine-tuning tips. This book contains all the various scenarios of estate planning allowing the reader to choose the relevant ones. It is interesting, well written and a valuable reference resource.
Tuttle Review November 7, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The "60-Minute Estate planner" does the best job I've seen of being comprehensive, and yet easy to read at the same time. The graphic flow charts with their accompanying tables are a great aid to understanding. Even if you're not planning your estate this book is important to read. The book deepens your appreciation of how important it is for the Congress to repeal federal death taxes.
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