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Trusts for transfer

Feb 15, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

Can you trust a trust to accomplish your estate-planning goals? Probably, says Roger McEowen, Iowa State University (ISU) Leonard Dolezal professor of...

Are you willing?

Feb 15, 2007 - By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

Death. No one wants to talk about it, other than maybe joking around. Most of us especially hate talking about it with the folks we'll likely be inheriting...

Passing it on

Feb 15, 2007 - By Joe Roybal Editor

Most folks dream of being successful in life, and over the course of a lifetime such drive builds assets. For some, these assets are modest...

A family's battle

Feb 15, 2007 - By Kindra Gordon

Ralph and Maxine Jones are evangelists for repeal of the federal estate tax, for good reason. Their family operation in Midland, SD, has been impacted...

Charitable arrangements

Feb 15, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

Every minute of every day, we lose two acres of agricultural land to development. That's one reason groups ranging from the American Farmland Trust...

Estate-planning resources

Feb 15, 2007 - Compiled by Alaina Burt Managing Editor

Books: "Passing It On: An Estate Planning Resource Guide for Wyoming's Farmers and Ranchers"...

Senate fails on Death Tax

Jul 1, 2006 - compiled by BEEF staff

For a second consecutive year, a move to permanently repeal the estate (or death) tax died in the U.S. Senate. The push now for anti-Death Tax proponents...