In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president, those of us in the financial and estate planning world are waiting to learn more about the fate of the estate tax. Changes over the last ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Probate Law: Judge's Gavel as a symbol of legal system, Themis is the goddess ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Benjamin Franklin referred to death and taxes as "the only certainties in life." And the inheritance tax touches on both. It's a levy on money, property or other assets a person leaves to others after ...

Some beneficiaries must pay taxes when receiving assets or money from someone who has died. There is no federal inheritance tax but several states levy one. Many, or all, of the products featured on ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dana Blue, a 44-year-old estate planning, probate, and real estate attorney in Philadelphia. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

C++ strongly supports the concept of reusability. The C++ classes can be reused in several ways. Once a class has been written and tested, it can be adapted by another programmer to suit their ...

How you manage an inheritance can change your life. We’ve all heard stories about individuals who passed away quietly after a life of frugality, keeping their estate plan a secret and leaving a ...