The Financial Times (registration required) has an article on how to store your internet passwords in the event of death. While accessing financial records may be an obvious issue, the article goes into assets such as "second life" real estate. I must admit that while I know about second life from the media, I don't [...]
An article from Forbes cites the following statistic from a recent study:
“In 2009, when the exemption was $3.5 million, only 5,500 estates paid tax–a total of $14 billion. In 2011, if the exemption reverts to $1 million, more than 44,000 estates will owe a total of $34 billion.”
I am surprised the post post 2011 numbers are [...]