Live Stream: Select Estate and Life Planning Issues for the Middle-Income Client
486 | Livestream | Basic | Scheduled
Description
Clients think that estate planning only applies to the very rich. In truth, there are many issues of critical concern for which the middle-income client needs to plan. This course is a must-attend for all Accounting and Financial Professionals who work with middle-income clients and are looking for ways to provide additional quality services. Updated for developments relative to estate tax changes. 
Credits
| Number of Credits | Type of Credits |
|---|---|
| 4.00 | Taxes |
| 4.00 | CFP |
| 3.33 | CLE |
Designed For
Accounting and Financial Professionals who advise clients on estate planning
Highlights
- Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption in light of proposed regulations
- SECURE 2.0 updates
- More than 20 documents that should be reviewed that are neither a will nor trust
- Provisions you need in a will
- Trusts and other arrangements for children
- Durable powers of attorney for healthcare and for financial matters
- Realistic retirement goals
- Developments relative to estate tax, and the implications for planning
Objectives
- Understand various documents used in estate planning
- Identify use of trusts and other financial arrangements
- Know what issues clients confront, and potential solutions
Prices
- Member (Early Bird)
- $179.00
- Non-Member (Early Bird)
- $229.00
- Member
- $179.00
- Non-Member
- $229.00
Instructors
Douglas P. Stives, CPA
Douglas (Doug) Stives, CPA, MBA is a full-time professor of accounting at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, where he joined the faculty in 2006. Doug was honored as Monmouth’s Outstanding Business Professor of the Year in 2009 and 2016 and was awarded an Outstanding Educator award in 2021 by the New Jersey Society of CPAs. He graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in 1968 and an MBA in 1969.
Doug started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1969 and later joined a small CPA firm that became The Curchin Group, located in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he was a partner for 34 years and continues as a consultant. In 1989 and 1990, Doug was the youngest president of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. He served the AICPA as a representative to Council, a member of the Tax Division Executive Committee, and chair of several committees.
Doug is a frequent speaker for many state CPA societies. He’s been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and other national publications and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, PBS, NBC, Fox, CBS, ABC, and several cable networks. Doug remains active with his college fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Society, where he served as national president for several years. He also served on many charity boards and was chairman of the Community YMCA in Red Bank, New Jersey. Doug enjoys competitive sailing and downhill skiing.
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