The Crude Oil Blues

The ever-talented George Strait may have crooned about Amarillo and All his Ex’s in Texas, but The Crude Oil Blues is a ballad instead made famous by rank-and-file Texans. Individuals owning oil and gas interests, as is so common in Texas, often fail to consider the...

Back to Basics or Back to Basis?

Given the generous exemptions against the Federal estate tax, many of our clients are moving away from traditional “bypass” trust planning. We are seeing this arise not only as married couples update their planning, but we also see the issue arise after one of them...

Being 70-1/2 Years Young

Important read for those approaching age 70-1/2, who will need to begin their required minimum distributions from their IRAs and qualified plans.   The rules are technical and this article provides a good summary.  

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