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Scary Tale of the Estate Planner Who Ignored Community Property Law States

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DON’T DARE READ THIS ALONE! Count Dracula needed a new estate plan. After all, the Count hadn’t updated his last will in 1,400 years. After he got over a few eerie common estate planning excuses, he went to his Iowa estate planner.  The…
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Read GoFisch: September 2019 Edition of GFLF's Newsletter

The September edition of GoFisch is live! This month's edition features: Legal lessons worth learning from our back to school series GoFisch Book Club pick for October Iowa-based nonprofit & charitable giving news Must-read…
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Iowa Nonprofit Sales Tax Exemptions & Remote Sellers

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In June 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair that changed the way remote sellers (like internet companies) do business in states where they don't have a physical presence, like a brick and mortar…
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Make Your Voice Heard: Voter Registration Day

Estate planning, nonprofit formation, and charitable giving are extremely important, but guess what else is something worth writing about? Voting! Casting a ballot may seem like a small action, but collectively our votes can make a big impact. Tomorrow,…
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Back to School: Latin Lesson on Gifts Causa Mortis

Here on the GFLF blog we talk a lot about the transfer of property made at the time of death through estate planning tools like a will, disposition of personal property document, or a trust. Everyone needs an estate plan to most effectively…

Back to School: Economics of Charitable Gifts of Life Insurance

This month we've gone "back to school" with lessons related to GFLF's core services. I'm glad the title didn't scare you away, because, let's be honest, economics class was always a little intimidating. But, fear not! The economics of charitable…