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What to Know About Incentives and Trusts
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Many affluent parents have concerns about the impact a significant inheritance could have on their children. If you're not ready to give the bulk of your estate to charity but you are concerned about the potential impact of inherited wealth on your children, there are other options. They include timing the cash distributions, adding general statements of intent to your estate plan, establishing incentive provisions in your trust—and even creating an incentive trust.

Conducting an Estate Settlement Fire Drill - What Should be on Your Checklist?
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The passing of a family member is always stressful and challenging. The family office plays a critical role in helping the family through the process, often coordinating everything from the smallest funeral details to the preparation of the IRS Form 706. During this webinar, Mandy Chardoul and Jessica Wiltjer will discuss the benefits of pre-planning, through the use of fire drills and mock/proforma 706 preparation. They will also share experiences and lessons-learned in dealing with the deaths and estates.

Integrating Fiduciary and Family Office Structures with a Virtual Family Office
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A private family trust company (PTC) often serves as an excellent governance framework and corporate structure for a virtual family office (VFO) by providing integrated, holistic oversight of fiduciary, investment, tax, philanthropic, governance, and other activity. Learn more about how and why families choose to form a VFO around their PTC, the concept of a VFO Manager, the benefits of a PTC-VFO structure, and roles within a typical structure.

2022 Tax and Estate Planning Update
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FOX’s annual estate planning webcast will lead participants through a thoughtful discussion of some of the most important topics and developments that were covered at the 56th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. Key legislative, regulatory, and case law updates impacting ultra-high net worth families and their family offices will be covered. Carl C. Fiore, Managing Director, Andersen US National Tax Office Kristin Yokomoto, Partner, BakerHostetler Scott Winget, Enterprise Market Leader, FOX

Private Trust Company Overview
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Also known as a family trust company, a private trust company (PTC) is an entity that allows families to unbundle fiduciary services in furtherance of family and financial goals. In this overview and primer, learn more about the elements of the PTC structure, board roles and responsibilities, and when it makes sense to form a PTC.

Managing Your Inheritance: An Easy-to-Understand Introduction for Younger Generations
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Many young adults are looking to increase their knowledge when it comes to managing their inherited wealth. After all, wealth can be a complicated topic—and figuring out what to do with it can be an overwhelming experience. With that in mind, this guide is designed to answer their questions and concerns on the issues related to money, including offering best practices for managing their wealth.

Keep the Tax Man at Bay: Five Investing Techniques to Manage Your Tax Costs
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Sometimes, portfolios are so focused on returns that tax efficiency gets pushed to the back burner. But proposed changes to tax law under the Biden administration—and the related debates—have brought renewed focus to the tax impact of portfolio decisions. That makes now a good time to review some of key techniques to help manage your investment taxes.

Flexible Trusts to Deal with Future Uncertainties
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Flexible trust planning has never been more important as a result of current and future health, political, economic, and tax uncertainty. Modern directed trusts are one of the best vehicles to provide wealth preservation along with flexibility intergenerationally. Whether the federal estate, gift and GST Tax exemptions are high, low or repealed altogether, trusts still make sense for a multitude of non-tax reasons.

The Private Family Trust Company and Powerful Alternatives
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40% of families now gift their assets through trusts compared to 12.5% in 1995. Directed trusts, special purpose entities, trust protector companies, and regulated and unregulated private trust companies have all played integral roles in the growing popularity of trusts. This session focused on the important reasons families are choosing these popular trust administration options and will provided a comparison of each option, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. By the end of this webcast, attendees will be able to: