Beef Magazine

Estate Planning

Does The Death Tax Need A Repeal Or An Overhaul? 

Feb 16, 2007

Repeal of the estate tax, or death tax, as it's often termed by its detractors, has long been championed by ag commodity and small-business groups...

Is life insurance really necessary? 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

You can look at life insurance as an estate management tool, or as a take-it-or-leave-it kind of proposition. And most estate-planning experts would just...

ABCs of corporations 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Clint Peck Contributing Editor

The type of agricultural business structure chosen will have many implications on the future of a farm/ranch business and on future generations...

Limited liability options 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

If your goal is to pass the ranch to subsequent generations, you might consider forming a limited liability structure. Emphasis on the That's because...

Time to talk 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Alaina Burt Managing Editor

If your idea of communication is shouting at your wife (or kids) to close the gate, or when a son or daughter approaches you with We've got to talk, you...

Communication is key 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

While many family-owned businesses have a long-term objective of passing the business on to the next generation, in reality only about 30% of all family-owned...

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...

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