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	<title>New Jersey Estate Planning, Probate and Elder Law Center &#187; Protecting Your Assets</title>
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		<title>Beware PODs and TODs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtually any bank or brokerage account can provide that it is paid on death (&#8220;POD&#8221;) or transferred on death (&#8220;TOD&#8221;) to named beneficiaries. And IRAs, 401Ks, pension plans and insurance policies are typically made payable to designated beneficiaries. Nevertheless, these beneficiaries are often named with relatively little reflection, and without taking into account what might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New offshore account disclosure law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 21:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To pay for the hiring incentives in the recently enacted “Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act” (the 2010 HIRE Act), Congress passed several offsetting revenue raisers, including a comprehensive set of measures to reduce offshore noncompliance by giving IRS new administrative tools to detect, deter and discourage offshore tax abuses. Here is a brief overview [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NJ Inheritance Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inheritance Tax, also referred to as the death duty, is the set of taxes which has to be paid by the heir on inheriting the estate of a deceased person. This tax is calculated after taking the total value of the property and money into consideration. The norms of inheritance tax can differ from nation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey inheritance tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Parag Patel, Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in New Jersey, then you&#8217;re lucky enough to live in one of the two states that collects both a separate state inheritance tax and estate tax (the other is Maryland). Currently the following rules apply with regard to the New Jersey inheritance tax: •Charitable organizations are exempt from the tax. •All other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asset Protection for Physicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Parag Patel, Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where physicians are most likely to lose wealth is through bad marriages, bad investments, bad tax planning, or a combination thereof. ]]></description>
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