Author and financial expert Jeffrey Condon discusses the most effective ways to leave money to your heirs.
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IN THE BEGINNING OF AMERICA,
BEN
FRANKLIN SAID THERE ARE TWO
THINGS
THAT ARE CERTAIN IN LIFE,
DEATH AND
TAXES.
THE BIGGEST BROTHER WILL GET
A CHUNK
OF YOUR CASH.
HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR
MONEY BEYOND
THE GRAVE.
TAKE A LOOK.
JEFFREY HAS BEEN
PRACTICING LAW
SINCE 1987 AND HAS BEEN HELT
THOSE --
HELPING THOSE SORT OUT THEIR
INHERITANCE.
WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY
INHERITANCE
FAMILY LOYALTY GOES OUT THE
WRONG
WINDOW.
HOE TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY
TOGETHER
WHILE DIVIDE YOUR ESTATE.
JEFFREY IS WITH US.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
PAT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME BACK,
MY PLEASURE.
YOUR BOOK , "BEYOND THE
GRAVE".
THEY SAY WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
WE WOULDN'T FIGHT.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
IT REALLY DOESN'T, PAT.
THERE IS ONE HARSH AND
UNIVERSAL TRUTH
AND THAT IS PEOPLE HAVE AN
EXPECTATION OF BEING TREATED
FAIRLY
FANNED THAT EXPECTATION IS
NOT MET OR
EVEN THE EXPECTATION THAT
IT'S NOT
MET, THEN THERE WILL BE
JEALOUSY,
THERE WILL BE CONFLICT AND
THERE WILL
BE DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMILY
RELATIONSHIP.
YOU'VE GOT ONE SON AND
MAYBE HE
STARTED THAT COMPANY AND MADE
MILLIONS
AND EXCEPT THERE IS A FACTORY
WORKER
AND THE FAMILY LEAVES THE
FACTORY
WORKING ALL THE MONEY AND
THAT'S NOT
THE WAY TO GO.
THEY ARE DOING AN ECONOMIC
JUSTICE
BY LEAVING MORE OF THE ASSETS
TO THE
CHILD WHO NEEDS IT MOST.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM
THE
SUCCESSFUL CHILD WHO SAYS
LOOK WHAT I
HAVE DONE, I HAVE ACHIEVED
SUCCESS TO
BRING HONOR TO MY PARENTS, TO
MY
FAMILY AND GOD.
BUT LOOK AT WHAT MY FAMILY
DID.
THEY PUNISHED MY SUCCESS AND
REWARDED
MY SISTER'S FAILURE.
YOU THINK THAT WAY.
THEY DON'T WANT ECONOMIC
JUSTICE.
THEY WANT WHAT THEY CONSIDER
FAIRNESS.
ABSOLUTELY.
PAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
LIFETIME
GIFTS.
WHEN WE ARE PARENTS, WHAT WE
DO IS WE
HELP OUR CHILDREN AT A TIME
WHEN THEY
NEED THAT HELP AND WHEN THEY
GIVE THAT
FINANCIAL HELP, WE ARE NOT
KEEPING A
SCORECARD.
WE JUST DO WHAT WE DO.
BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE
KEEPING
A SCORECARD AND THAT IS YOUR
CHILDREN.
THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU BUT
THEY ARE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU
THE FALSE
IMPRESSION THAT THEY ARE
GREEDY AND
WHEN THEY DIE, THERE IS A
LIVING TRUST.
IF THAT SCORECARD, TALLY
REVEALS A
SUBSTANTIAL DISCREPANCY IN
THE AMOUNT
OF LIFETIME GIFTS YOU GAVE TO
THE
CHILD, THE ONE THAT GOT LESS
IS GOING
TO FEEL PRESSURE TO EQUALIZE
FOR THE
PARENT'S FAILURE TO EQUALIZE.
WHAT ABOUT THE SPOUSE, IN
MOST
ESTATES IT'S NOT GOOD TO
LEAVE TO THE
SPOUSE.
WHEN I GO TO THE
RETIREMENT PLACES,
WOMEN ARE NOT SO LUCKY LIKE
MEN WHO
SOMETIMES DIE OVER NIGHT.
THE WOMEN MAY IS SURVIVE
THEIR
HUSBANDS BY 20 YEARS AND A
LOT CAN
HAPPEN DURING THAT TIME AND
DURING
THAT TIME, MOM MAY ENTER A
ZONE OF
INCAPACITY AND THERE IS A
CHANCE SHE
MAY LOSE OWNERSHIP AND
CONTROL OF HER
WEALTH. WE WANT TO GIVE MOM
OWNERSHIP
AND CONTROL OF HER ASSETS FOR
HER
CARE, MEDICAL AND COMFORT AND
HEALTH.
HE MAY WIND UP LOSING HER
ASSETS TO
THE LAST CARETAKER OR THE
CHILDREN
GRASPING FOR THE INHERITANCE.
SHE MAY ALSO COME ALONG A
SEEKER
WHO GETS MARRIED TO HER AND
TAKES IT
ANYWAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE MOM
DOESN'T
DIVERT THE MONEY FROM THE
BLOOD LINE
TO HER HUSBAND AND MAYBE HIS
KIDS.
THAT SOMEONE IS PAYING
MORE TAXES
THAN HE HAS TO.
MY FATHER WAS SAYING THAT.
PAT, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS AN
ESTATE
TAX EXEMPTION WHICH MEANS THE
AMOUNT
OF PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN OWN
WITHOUT
THE IRS TAKING THAT EXEMPTION.
99.9
PERCENT OF AMERICANS DON'T
HAVE OVER
$5.4 MILLION.
AT THE ESTATE HAS BEEN WIPED
OUT
EXCEPT FOR THAT 00.4 PERCENT.
THAT'S NOT BAD.
WHEN DID THEY PUT THAT IN
IN?
THE NEW TAX LAW CAME IN
2013.
THAT'S QUITE AN EXEMPTION.
IT IS.
IN FACT ONE OF THE I MPETUS
FOR THIS
TO PROVIDE BEYOND THE GRAVE
IS TO
PROVIDE THIS NEW STATE TAX
LAW.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO QUALIFY?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING
TO
QUALIFY?
THE STATE CANNOT IMPOSE A
STATE TAX
FOR WHAT YOU DON'T OWN.
IF YOU HAVE ASSETS THAT YOU
DON'T NEED
OR YOU WON'T MISS, THEN
MAKING GIFTS
OF THOSE ASSETS IS THE
SIMPLEST WAY TO
SAVE THE STATE TAXES.
LAST QUESTION, A PERSON
SAYS WHO
CARES, I'M GOING TO BE DEAD
ANYWAY.
I HAVE TWO ANSWERS.
THE INHERITANCE PLAN IS THE
LAST
LESSON YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE
TO YOUR
CHILDREN.
IF THAT LESSON GOES SOUR, SO
DOES YOUR
MEMORY OF CHILDREN.
LAST WEEK YOU HAD A MESSAGE
BY SAYING
TO PLAN FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND
ALSO YOU
LIVE A GODLY LIFE TO PLAN SO
THE
ASSETS ARE AROUND FOR YOUR
KIDS AND
ULTIMATELY YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
IT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S CALLED "BEYOND THE
GRAVE"
YOU CAN GET THIS AT
AMAZON.COM OR
BARNES & NOBLE .COM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A
LOT OF
MONEY TO LEAVE FOR WHICH YOUR
CHILDREN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
THANK YOU AGAIN, PAT.