If you would like to make gifts to your children, siblings, or parents, the knee jerk approach is to make a direct gift. It’s easy and straightforward. But before you do this, consider giving [...]

At $1 million, Massachusetts is in a dead heat for the lowest estate tax threshold in the country. That means anyone worth more than that at death is contributing to the tax coffers. Depending on [...]

This article comes timely in my own life as a couple months ago my wife, Ruth, and I decided it was time to help our 27 year old son, Grant, who has been working hard and saving money, get out on [...]