COLLEGE STATION A two-day seminar designed to help Texans reduce their estate taxes and make effective estate planning decisions will be offered at four different locations across the state in March and April.
“The goal of our Farm and Ranch Estate Planning Seminars is to help rural Texans make wise estate planning decisions by providing a wealth of information on tax and estate planning matters,” said Dr. Wayne A. Hayenga, Texas Agricultural Extension Service management economist. “It is useful for married couples, spouses, potential estate executors, trustees and those who want to make estate settlement less burdensome for their loved ones.”
The two-day seminars are scheduled on March 22-23 at the Best Western Regency hotel in Lubbock; March 29-30 at the Texas Society of Certified Public Accounts Training Facility in Fort Worth; April 13-14 at the Brazos Center in Bryan; and April 20-21 at the Thompson Conference Center in Austin.
Program topics will include:
Basic Estate Planning Devices such as wills, living trusts, estate tax deferral, gifts and property titles.
Treating Beneficiaries Fairly.
Estate Planning Tools for Agriculture; focusing on use of corporations and partnerships, special farm land valuation, family-owned business exclusion, and rules for deferring estate tax payments.
The Role of Life Insurance in Estate Planning, and Tax Valuation Rules.
Hayenga is an attorney as well as an Extension economist. He works extensively with farmers, ranchers and family-owned firms in financial, business and estate tax planning.
The seminars run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Registration costs $100 per person and includes printed materials, refreshments and lunch each day. Registration and other information is available by calling Hayenga or Sharon Wehring-Forster at (979) 845-2226. Their fax line is (979) 847-9374.
This year the statewide seminars are sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service in cooperation with Progressive Farmer magazine.
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