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Probate and Estate Settlement Statutes (Laws) Easy Access to all Probate Statutes Table Format

Uniform Probate Code 2006 PDF file, 573 pages, NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS - APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED FOR ENACTMENT IN ALL THE STATES

Link to all 50 states probate codes and Trust and Estates Laws (similar to home page easier navigation) coming soon!

Intestate Calculators for all States - MyStateWill.com Kurt R. Nilson, Esquire

Industry Web Sites

American Bar Association ABA

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AICPA

The CPA Journal Online NY Society of CPAs

Trust and Estate Magazine Web Site The Journal of Wealth Management for Professional Advisors

The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC)

Registered Representative Magazine Online

Chartered Financial Analysts CFA Web Site

Valuations

Ebay Historical auction prices on all items sign in and go to advanced search "completed listings"

Kelley Blue Book Find used and new car market values

Artnet Auction prices for listed artists (sold at major auctions houses; Sotheby's, Christies, etc)

Kovels Price guide for antiques and collectibles

PCGS Professional Coin Grading Service Price Guide for U.S. Coins

Know your Stuff Online home inventory system

Insurance

Taxation of Life Insurance: Understand the Issues to Avoid Mistakes PDF file, 9 pages By Pettus C. (“Pete”) Gibbons

The Future of Estate Taxes (articles)

IS UNLIMITED INHERITANCE UN-AMERICAN? PDF file, By by Jim Grote NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Planning, 28 pages

ESTATE PLANNING TO COPE WITH THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE UNCERTAINTY PDF file, 14 pages Author: JOHN J. SCROGGIN

Tax Update from the Hill - The Fate of the Estate - Legislative Updates of Estate and Gift Tax Reform Proposals PDF file, 65 pages, Elizabeth Paris Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee

Asset Distribution of Taxable Estates: An Analysis PDF file, 6 pages, CRS Report to U.S. Congress By Steven Maguire

Internal Revenue Service

IRS Forms

Form SS4 Application for (Estate) Employer Tax Identification Number PDF file Rev. July 2007

Form 706 Estate Tax Return (and Generation Skipping) PDF file Revised Sept, 2007)

Form 4768 File Extension Estate Tax Return PDF file, 1 page

1041 Instructions and Forms 2007 PDF file

Form 56 Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship PDF file

General Information

Frequently Asked Questions on Estate Taxes IRS Link

Introduction to Estate and Gift Taxes PDF file, 12 pages

Individual Retirement Account (IRA); decedent; beneficiary's disclaimer IRS Link

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Disclaimer of Interests and Powers REG-08215-91 IRS Link starts on page 145.

IRS Study Papers and Research

Recent Changes in the Estate Tax Exemption Level and Filing Population PDF file, 114 pages

Utilization of Special Estate Tax Provisions for Family- Owned Farms and Closely Held Businesses PDF file, 128 pages

Factors in Estates’ Utilization of Special Tax Provisions For Family-Owned Farms and Closely Held Businesses PDF file, 93 pages

The History of Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting PDF file, 118 pages

Projections of Federal Tax Return Filings: Calendar Years 2005-2012 PDF file, 147 pages

Data on Estate Tax Returns Filed in 2006 excel document, 49,050 estate tax return filed with value of $211 million

Audit Revaluation of Federal Estate Tax Returns PDF file, 1992 40 pages

U.S. Government Statistics on Death and Dying

Atlas of United States Mortality PDF file, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 17 pages

 


     
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