Lifetime and Estate Planning

Without proper estate planning, you or your parents may be "volunteering" to pay more federal estate tax than you legally need to.

We can show you a better way and at the same time protect you and your family.

People engage in financial planning in order to keep more of their assets, to control the pace and direction of expenditures, and to insure the orderly transfer of wealth from generation to generation.

We can help you manage and pass on wealth through a variety of tools:

The Estate Planning Pyramid
The Three Levels of Estate Planning
Advance Directives
Revocable Living Trusts
The Federal Estate Tax
Charitable Trusts
Charitable Foundations
Designing a Charitable Entity
A Design for a SuperCLAT Trust
Family Limited Partnerships
Asset Protection Not Automatic

The IRA Trust
Choosing a Trustee
The "Human Side" of Estate Planning
Social Capital: Voluntary and Involuntary Philanthropy
Generations: Planning Your Legacy
Estate Tax Audits
Beating the Tuition Blues
Gifting 101
Are You Liable?
Ascertainable Standards Language in Trusts
Intermediate Sanctions under §4958


Business Transition Planning

At some point, every owner leaves his or her business - by choice or by chance.

At that time, every owner wants to maximize wealth, take care of their loved ones and attain their personal, financial, income and estate planning goals.

Using tested recipes, we can help you realize these goals in the most effective way while preserving the business model you've worked so hard to build.


Samuel T. Swansen, PC

660 Sentry Parkway, Suite 200     Blue Bell, PA 19422

610-834-9810   610-834-9812 fax