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| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| About PricewaterhouseCoopers | |
| How to Use This Book | |
| LetÆs Get Started | |
| Tax Law Changes and Financial Planning | |
| The Year Ahead | |
| Recent Legislation | |
| The Alternative Minimum Tax | |
| Individual Rates on Income, Capital Gains, and Dividends | |
| Estate Tax | |
| Be Prepared | |
| Getting Ready for 2010 | |
| Income Tax | |
| Income Tax Rates | |
| Phaseout of Phaseouts for Higher-Income Taxpayers | |
| Reduction in Child Tax Credit | |
| Reduced Tax Rate on Qualified Dividends | |
| Reduced Tax Rate on Long-Term Capital Gains | |
| Expensing of Business Property | |
| Mortgage Insurance Premiums | |
| Mortgage Foreclosure Forgiveness | |
| Roth IRA Conversions Available to all Taxpayers | |
| Estate Tax | |
| Gift Tax | |
| Generation-Skipping Tax | |
| Investments and Stock Options | |
| Tax Issues Related to Investing | |
| Capital Gains | |
| Exceptions to the 15 Percent Rate | |
| Collectibles, Qualified Small Business Stock, and Depreciated Real Estate | |
| No More Advantage for Five-Year Gains | |
| Netting Rules | |
| Capital Losses | |
| Wash Sale Rule | |
| Protecting and Postponing Stock Gains | |
| Qualified Small Business Stock | |
| Careful Record Keeping: Identification of Securities | |
| Dividends | |
| Short Sales | |
| Foreign Tax Credit | |
| Margin Accounts | |
| Interest Expense and Investment-Related Expenses | |
| Investment Vehicles and Stock Options | |
| Mutual Funds | |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | |
| Preferred Stocks | |
| Alternative Investments | |
| At-Risk Rules | |
| Passive Activity Losses | |
| Tax-Exempt and Taxable Bonds | |
| Taxable Tax-Exempt Bonds | |
| Bond Premium or Discount | |
| Nonqualified Stock Options | |
| Incentive Stock Options | |
| Stock Option Exercise Methods | |
| Restricted Stock and Other Stock-Based Compensation | |
| Putting It All Together: Structuring a Tax-Efficient, Diversified Portfolio | |
| Idea Checklist | |
| Retirement Planning | |
| Employer Plans | |
| Qualified Retirement Plans | |
| Defined Contribution Plans | |
| Defined Benefit Pension Plans | |
| Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans | |
| Your Resources | |
| Keogh Plans | |
| Simplified Employee Pension Plans | |
| Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts | |
| Roth 401(k) | |
| Higher Contribution Limits | |
| Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts | |
| Conversions to Roth Individual Retirement Accounts | |
| Tax Credit for Retirement Saving | |
| Charitable Remainder Trusts | |
| Tax-Deferred Annuities | |
| Universal Variable Life Insurance | |
| Professional Retirement Services | |
| Social Security | |
| Required Retirement Plan Distributions | |
| Idea Checklist | |
| Life Insurance | |
| Types of Life Insurance | |
| Term Life Insurance (and Variations) | |
| Universal Life Insurance | |
| Whole-Life or Ordinary Life Insurance | |
| Mixed Whole-Life and Term Insurance | |
| Variable Life Insurance | |
| Second-to-Die or Survivorship Insurance | |
| Insuring the Breadwinner | |
| How Much is Enough? | |
| For How Long? | |
| The ôPension Maxö Technique | |
| Liquidity for Estate Taxes | |
| Whose Life? | |
| How Much Coverage Is Enough? | |
| For How Long? | |
| What Kind of Insurance? | |
| Diversification | |
| Owner and Beneficiary | |
| Policy Owner | |
| The Insured as Owner | |
| The Spouse as Owner | |
| The Children or Grandchildren as Owners | |
| A Qualified Plan as Owner | |
| An Irrevocable Trust as Owner | |
| The Three-Year Rule | |
| A Partnership or Limited Liability Company as Owner | |
| A Corporation as Owner | |
| Policy Beneficiary | |
| The Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust | |
| Withdrawal Right | |
| Contingent Marital Deduction | |
| Choice of Trustee and Trustee Powers | |
| Generation-Skipping Consideration | |
| Survivorship Life Insurance Complications | |
| Community Property Complications | |
| Life Insurance as an Investment | |
| Private Placement Variable Life Insurance | |
| Hedge Fund Life Insurance | |
| Education Funding | |
| Retirement Accumulation, aka the Private Pension | |
| Charitable Contributions | |
| Donations of Life Insurance | |
| Charitable Remainder Trust and Asset Replacement Trust | |
| Insuring Businesses and Their Owners | |
| Key Person Life Insurance | |
| Survivor Income, Estate Taxes, and Inheritances | |
| Insurance Funding for Buy-Sell Agreements | |
| Insurance Funding for Cross-Purchase Agreements | |
| Nonqualified Deferred Compensation | |
| Split-Dollar Insurance Arrangements | |
| Employee Split-Dollar | |
| Shareholder Split-Dollar | |
| Private Split-Dollar | |
| Arrangements before September 13, 2003 | |
| Income Tax Rules | |
| Life Insurance Defined | |
| Modified Endowment Contracts: When Life Insurance Is an Annuity | |
| Income Tax Advantages | |
| Interest on Policy Loans | |
| Lapse or Surrender of Policy | |
| Foreign Life Insurance | |
| Life Insurance Terminology and Illustrations | |
| Quick Pay Premiums | |
| Minimum Depositing | |
| Life Insurance Illustrations | |
| Policy Selection and Servicing | |
| Idea Checklist | |
| Tax Advantages of Home Ownership | |
| Tax Benefits of Owning a Home | |
| Mortgage Interest | |
| Home Equity Loans | |
| Mortgage Insurance Premiums | |
| Vacation Homes | |
| Rental Properties | |
| Home Office Deduction | |
| Exclusive and Regular Use | |
| Principal Place of Business | |
| Personal Residence Trust | |
| Home Sales | |
| Principal Residence Gains Exclusion | |
| Qualifying for the $500,000 Exclusion | |
| Partial Exclusion | |
| Partial Exclusion Rule for Joint Filers | |
| Property Previously Used for Nonresidential Purpose | |
| Home Purchases | |
| Real Estate Taxes | |
| Mortgage Points | |
| First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit | |
| Reverse Mortgages | |
| Idea Checklist | |
| How to Maximize Savings for Education | |
| Qualified Section 529 Tuition Programs | |
| What Expenses Qualify? | |
| Gift and Estate Tax Breaks | |
| Coverdell Education Savings Accounts | |
| Roth IRAs | |
| Traditional IRAs | |
| HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Scholarships and Lifetime Learning Credits | |
| U.SSavings Bonds | |
| Home Equity Loans | |
| Student Loans | |
| Relatives | |
| Income Shifting and Capital Gains | |
| Employer Education Assistance | |
| Idea Checklist | |
| Account-Based Health-Care Arrangements | |
| Health Savings Accounts | |
| Eligibility | |
| Contribution Limits | |
| Health Reimbursement Arrangements | |
| Flexible Spending Accounts | |
| Estate Planning Ideas | |
| How Estate and Gift Taxes Work | |
| Amounts Exempt from Tax | |
| Gift and Estate Tax Rates | |
| Planning for Phasedown and Repeal of the Estate Tax | |
| Draft a Will | |
| Review How Your Property Is Owned | |
| Consider State Death Taxes | |
| Give Gifts | |
| Consider Valuation Discounts | |
| Consider Trusts | |
| Credit Shelter or Family Trust | |
| Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust | |
| Grantor Retained Annuity Trust | |
| Qualified Personal Residence Trust | |
| Dynasty Trust | |
| Charitable Remainder Trust | |
| Charitable Lead Trust | |
| Intentionally Defective Trust | |
| Qualified Domestic Trust | |
| Stock Option Trust | |
| Effect of Reduced Tax Rates on Dividends | |
| TrusteeÆs Investment Decisions | |
| Allocation of Expenses | |
| Give a Roth IRA | |
| Pay Gift Taxes Now | |
| Idea Checklist | |
| Charitable Giving | |
| Defining Charitable Deductions | |
| Making Charitable Contributions | |
| Deductible ContributionsùQuick Guide | |
| Nondeductible ContributionsùQuick Guide | |
| Valuation Issues | |
| Retail Property | |
| Stocks and Bonds | |
| Closely Held Businesses | |
| Notes | |
| Life Insurance | |
| Real Estate | |
| Artwork: Paintings, Antiques, and Other Art Objects | |
| Jewelry and Gems | |
| Used Cars, Boats, and Aircraft | |
| Used Clothing and Household Goods | |
| Hobby Collections | |
| Appraisals and Substantiation Requirements | |
| Penalties for Overvaluation | |
| Reduction of Contribution Amount | |
| Limitations on Your Deduction | |
| The 50 Percent Limitation | |
| The 30 Percent Limitation | |
| The 20 Percent Limitation | |
| Private Foundations | |
| Nonoperating Foundations | |
| Operating Foundations | |
| Pass-Through Private Foundations | |
| Tax Compliance and Operating Rules for Private Foundations | |
| Alternatives to Private Foundations | |
| Donor-Advised Funds | |
| Other Alternatives | |
| Year-End Tax Savings Strategies | |
| Quick Planning Guide | |
| Tax Reduction | |
| Tax Deferral | |
| Income Shifting | |
| Year-End Capital Gains Checkup | |
| Year-End Alternative Minimum Tax Diagnosis | |
| Accelerating Deductions | |
| State and Local Taxes | |
| Real Estate Property Taxes | |
| Interest | |
| Home Mortgage Interest | |
| Business Interest | |
| Investment Interest | |
| Passive Activity Interest | |
| Student Loan Interest | |
| Personal Interest | |
| Medical Expenses | |
| Charitable Contributions | |
| Property Donations | |
| Substantiation Requirements | |
| Deferred Giving | |
| Passive Activity Losses | |
| Casualty Losses | |
| Miscellaneous Itemized Deductions | |
| Moving Expenses | |
| Idea Checklist | |
| Deferring Income | |
| Year-End Bonuses | |
| Deferred Compensation | |
| Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights | |
| Treasury Bills and Bank Certificates | |
| Dividends | |
| Installment Sales | |
| U.SSavings Bonds | |
| Annuities | |
| Individual Retirement Accounts | |
| Regular 401(k) Plans and Roth 401(k) Plans | |
| Shifting Income to Family Members | |
| Alternative Minimum Tax | |
| Understanding the Alternative Minimum Tax | |
| Alternative Minimum Tax Computation | |
| The More, the Not-So-Merrier | |
| Minimum Tax Credit | |
| Top Ten Items That May Cause the AMT | |
| An Unpleasant Surprise for Many | |
| Alternative Minimum Tax-Planning Strategies | |
| Taxpayers Subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax for 2008 Only | |
| Taxpayers Subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax for 2008 and Beyond | |
| Year-End Planning for Business Owners | |
| Increased Section 179 Expense Election | |
| Increased Bonus Depreciation | |
| Retirement Plans | |
| Bonuses and Deferred Compensation | |
| Income Deferral or Acceleration | |
| Taxation of C Corporations | |
| Alternative Minimum Tax Planning | |
| Accounting Method Changes | |
| Personal Holding Company Tax | |
| Succession Planning | |
| Buy-Sell Agreements | |
| Deferred Compensation Elections | |
| Covenant Not to Compete | |
| Earn-Out (Contingent Sale Price) | |
| Importance of Early Planning | |
| Do Not Wait to Plan | |
| International Financial Reporting Standards | |
| C Corporation versus S Corporation Comparison | |
| A Nuts-and-Bolts Review | |
| Fundamental Tax Concepts | |
| Gross Income | |
| Adjusted Gross Income | |
| Modified Adjusted Gross Income | |
| Itemized or Standard Deductions | |
| Personal and Dependent Exemptions | |
| Marital Status | |
| A Tax Credit or a Deduction | |
| Taxable Income | |
| Marginal and Effective Tax Rates | |
| Social Security Taxes and Benefits | |
| Marriage Penalty | |
| Accountable Plan | |
| Tax Effects of Alimony | |
| Social Security Taxes for Domestic Employees | |
| Estimated Tax Payments | |
| January Tax Strategy Idea Checklist | |
| Conclusion | |
| About the Authors | |
| Index | |
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