Medicaid Estate Recovery – The Facts (Part 1) #MedicaidEstateRecovery
           I got a call the other day from the son of a client. We had obtained Medicaid for his father, preserving the home and just under $120,000 under Medicaid’s Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA) for his mother. He called to tell us that Dad just died but he also
When Protecting Assets Beware of Capital Gains Tax (Part 3)
           The last two weeks I have been explaining the danger of ignoring a potential capital gains tax while focusing on the avoidance of estate tax and asset protection from the cost of long term care.            Mom wants to protect her $600,000 home from being lost to the cost of
When Protecting Assets Beware of Capital Gains Tax (Part 2)
            Last week I told you that when protecting assets from the cost of long term care or from an estate tax when you pass away, there is another tax – capital gains tax – to be aware of and I explained how the tax is calculated. This week let’s
When Protecting Assets Beware of Capital Gains
        When we get calls with questions about how to protect assets from being spent towards long term care #longtermcareplan or how to protect an estate by minimizing or eliminating an estate tax the focus is limited to the value of the asset. In the case of asset protection a typical