Category: Estate Planning

How to Include Your Digital Assets in Your Estate Plan

Many aspects of our lives, and especially our wealth, are stored and accessed online. You might use a digital trading platform to access your brokerage account, for example. Or, you may have copies of important documents saved in the cloud. You also likely communicate with friends, family, colleagues, and others online over email or social […]

Written by Quentara Costa on 06/12/2025

What Financial Considerations Should I Make As My Child Becomes Independent?

For so many parents, watching their children grow into blossoming young adults with new passions, goals, and a sense of independence is incredibly rewarding. At the same time, this may be uncharted territory for your family, a stage of life that hasn’t yet been traversed. Most young adults or teens aren’t quite ready to fly […]

Written by Quentara Costa on 03/11/2025

Estate Planning Essentials for High Net Worth Investors: Securing Your Legacy

A proper estate plan is one of the most important gifts you can give your family. Life is unpredictable, but an estate plan can provide you with some much-needed peace of mind that your loved ones will be cared for in the wake of an unexpected event. However, only 33% of adults have documented end-of-life […]

Written by Quentara Costa on 11/22/2024

What Massachusetts’ New Estate Tax Changes Mean for High Earners

For the first time in more than two decades, Massachusetts residents and their families may be able to enjoy new tax-saving benefits. On October 4, 2023, Governor Maura Healy signed the $1 billion Massachusetts Tax Relief Plan, providing tax relief to residents and corporations doing business in the Commonwealth. One notable update included adjustments to […]

Written by Quentara Costa on 11/01/2024

What Are Family Loans and How Can They Help You Give More Deliberately?

As the Federal Reserve seeks to combat inflation, interest rates are on the rise. That means the cost of borrowing money is going up—30-year mortgages are now well over 5%! So, where could one get a reasonable loan? Their family.  Because the terms are negotiated between loved ones, family loans can help borrowers secure financing […]

Written by Quentara Costa on 10/11/2022

How Can You Effectively Leave Your Family Home To Your Loved Ones?

Your home has captured precious memories—holidays huddled by the fire, Sundays gathered around the table, and so on. Whether it is a quaint mountain retreat or a sprawling estate, a clear estate plan will make the process of leaving property to heirs that much easier. Here are some ways to go about this type of […]

Written by Quentara Costa on 07/20/2022

The SECURE Act and Retirement Plan Beneficiaries

In a companion post, we discussed four major changes resulting from the passage of the SECURE Act and strategies to manage them (Top 4 SECURE Act Changes That May Impact You and How To Plan For Them). In this post, we will discuss the new class of retirement plan beneficiaries called Eligible Designated Beneficiaries (EDBs) […]

Written by wwaadmin on 05/01/2020