Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

The grieving process is always challenging. But for many families, the slow legal process of distributing an inheritance compounds emotional pain with financial uncertainty. When pressing needs for ...

How you manage an inheritance can change your life. We’ve all heard stories about individuals who passed away quietly after a life of frugality, keeping their estate plan a secret and leaving a ...

A young woman engaged in a discussion with a financial advisor in an office. The grieving process is always challenging. But for many families, the slow legal process of distributing an inheritance ...

Unless you’re reading this from the deck of your superyacht, you probably don’t have to worry about federal estate taxes. In 2025, only estates worth $13.99 million or more ($27.98 million or more for ...

The grieving process is always challenging. But for many families, the slow legal process of distributing an inheritance compounds emotional pain with financial uncertainty. When pressing needs for ...

I’m aware that property acquired during a marriage is generally considered marital property. However, I believe you noted in a recent column that this is also true of a house purchased during a ...

Now that Treasurer Jim Chalmers has put reducing intergenerational inequality on his bucket list, everybody's talking about inheritance tax again.