The Trust Company of Tennessee

The bane of many a Trustee’s existence is the responsibility and potential liability associated with holding, and perhaps having to dispose of, trust property that does not readily lend itself to routine trust administration. Such types of trust property include various types of tangible personal property, various categories of real estate, closely held business equity, […]

Income tax rates and estate tax exemptions and rates will inevitably rise and fall depending in substantial part on changes in our country’s political and economic climate. Far more often than not, when an estate planner designs a plan, the planner doesn't know what the tax laws will look like when the plan is implemented. […]

There’s a wide variety of trust laws among the states and the District of Columbia with their respective good and bad aspects – depending on one’s point of view. Estate […]

Estate planners should help clients determine their philanthropic goals and develop the most effective strategies to attain those goals. This includes identifying the target donee(s) and ensuring that gifts, bequests […]