Mark Lobb

Authored by Kristin Gifford One advantage of holding assets in trust is that it allows the grantors, or the persons forming the trust, to set forth specific parameters for the use of their assets. When contemplating these distribution parameters, grantors often try to anticipate at what ages their heirs will be responsible to receive the […]

Authored by Mark Lobb Keeping key employees during turbulent economic times can be a difficult task. Over the past several years the job market has been difficult to navigate for companies. Wages have been driven up due to a number of factors and employees have either made lateral moves or opted to leave the job

Authored by Sean C. Tannenbaum It is no secret that California has some of the best weather and the worst taxes in the United States. For some Californians, weather is enough of a reason to stay. For others, taxes are enough of a reason to leave. As a lifetime California resident myself, I’ll gladly pay

Authored by Kristin Gifford How You Title Your Property Does Make a Difference In the excitement of closing on the purchase or refinance of real property, it is easy to overlook and/or procrastinate on ensuring proper titling of such property. Still, proper titling of real property is a critically important step in estate planning and

Tax Updates and Planning Ideas for 2022 As we launch into the second quarter of the year, there are many new and proposed laws which impact or may impact businesses and wealthy individuals. Lobb & Plewe will do our best to keep you updated as we move forward. Proposed Federal Tax Law Changes: On March

Analysis by Mark Lobb Asset Protection: Offshore and Domestic Trust Analysis The exotic sounding foreign asset protection trust aka offshore trust continues to be heavily marketed by promoters. Jurisdictions such as Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Cook Islands are just a few of the asset protection or tax havens embraced by promoters. I

The Generation-Skipping Tax (sometimes abbreviated as “GST”) can have a huge impact on the assets you plan on leaving to your heirs if not properly planned for. GST can apply when a grandparent leaves assets to a grandchild – skipping over their parents in the line of inheritance. If you are thinking about passing assets

Authored by Mark Lobb Advanced estate planning was under attack last year as certain versions of the Build Back Better Act would have substantially curtailed the use of irrevocable grantor trusts. Fortunately, the legislation did not go forward. If you have not implemented advanced estate planning into your wealth structure or if you have not

Authored by Kevin Abbott Missing PayStubs May Cost California Employers a Fortune For almost all of us, when it comes to payday all that matters is the amount. That amount becomes a mortgage payment, food, gas, or a vacation. Most of us hardly pay attention to the stub that comes with the paycheck; indeed, if