Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Finnigann
From : richardw
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 11:04 am

  Re: Re: Um...no comment?
  By: Finnigann to Deuce on Tue Sep 13 2005 06:53 am

 >  >  > Any particular reason the assets couldn't have been jointly held betwe
 >  >  > and his wife?
 >  >
 >  > Any particular reason why they should have?
 > 
 >  De> Because, in this hypothetical world, if they didn't share control of
 >  De> the assets, they would effectively all be confiscated by the government
 >  De> on his death.  Sounds like a good reason to have a wife you trust and
 >  De> children you get along with.
 > 
 > Hopefully raising such a family AND making the million plus to be of interes
 > to the IRS is possilbe.

The PRIMARY reason I don't like "Death" taxes... I don't like the idea of 
the government reaping the rewards of it's own citizen's deaths.


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