Revocable trusts can be altered anytime but don't protect assets from estate taxes or creditors. Irrevocable trusts lock assets away, shielding them from taxes and legal claims. Irrevocable trusts do ...

Many trust and estate attorneys recommend that people with children set up trusts for their children in their wills. A common approach is for the will-maker to structure their will such that the ...

Editor’s note: This is part 16 — and the final article — of a series about the fundamental principles of using trusts and LLCs in estate planning, asset protection and tax planning. The effectiveness ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology released new guidance on building end-to-end zero-trust architectures (ZTA), providing security teams with practical, real-world examples of how to ...

Trusts serve a variety of tax, asset protection and estate planning purposes for families, and over the years different types of trusts have evolved to best serve families’ planning needs and ...

Generally, trusts are deemed to have disposed of their property at fair market value every 21 years. The budget proposes to ...

A deferred sales trust (DST) is an advanced tax strategy that allows investors to delay capital gains taxes on the sale of assets that have significantly risen in value, such as real estate or ...

Investors use irrevocable trusts to protect their assets from creditors, lawsuits and estate taxes. However, when you sell a home in an irrevocable trust, that can complicate your tax situation. This ...