An integral part of estate planning is minimizing income and estate taxes.  We are also concerned with other tax ramifications of estate planning strategies.  As the tax laws and economy change, so do the strategies for tax minimization.  Many planning strategies are available to accomplish simple and sophisticated tax planning.  Whether we use techniques such as freezing the value of your estate to minimize additional taxes on appreciation or fractionalize your estate through splitting business and property ownership to leverage discounting values, we advise counsel on the best strategies to lower and defer taxes and reduce the tax impact on all the property you own.

In addition to tax planning Davis Schilken, PC provides advanced estate planning expertise in the following areas:

• Multi-Generational Planning
  
• Special Needs Trusts
• Pet Trusts
  
• Asset Protection Planning
  
• Charitable Planning
• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
• Retirement Planning
• Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trusts
• Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts
• Family Limited Partnerships

 For information on how to get started on your estate plan visit our Estate Planning Process page.