When appropriately drafted, your estate plan should minimize estate taxes, avoid probate, execute exactly according to your wishes during life and post mortem. While this may sound easy, underneath, it is quite complex. Since each state has their own legal code, trusts and probate proceedings have different functions depending on where you live.
As your assets grow, there are typically more complexities to address. Estate Planning is all about planning for the future. Therefore, it is about planning for what the assets will potentially be worth in the future versus what the are worth today. Fidare Wealth utilizes proprietary software to calculate cost efficient estate planning strategies based on future economic and individual projections.
Where you live, the location of your assets (in qualified accounts or non-qualified accounts), properties outside of state of permanent residence, your goals, net worth, and many more factors contribute to how an estate should be structured. Trusts, are an important tool for any estate plan. Depending on which trust is created, some trust tax rates are more compressed compared to individual tax rates. Having the right type of trust, combined with the right amount of distributions, can significantly enhance a financial plan.