Your Life Span? Ask the Calculator

Many issues facing retirees revolve around life expectancy. These online tools may be able to help.

8 Smart Estate Planning Steps to Die the Right Way

Excuse #1: You're not going to die.
Excuse #2: You've been too busy.
Excuse #3: You can't stand thinking about a future that doesn't include you.

What My Mom Did Right: An Estate Planning Success Story

A To-Do List for the Surviving Spouse

This checklist can help widows and widowers figure out which tasks to address early on, and which ones can wait.

Managing Your Parents' Money

Find out as much as you can about your parents' finances now so that you're prepared to step in later if necessary.

Selling a Burial Plot is a Grave Decision

Whether you have inherited an unwanted plot or decided you want to relocate your eternal resting place, disposing of an unused plot can be challenging.

Smart Moves for Life's Big Events:
Starting a Family

Children are expensive. Fortunately, tax breaks can help pay the bills.

FAQs on the Death of the Estate Tax

If Congress continues to do nothing about the federal estate tax, the levy will be back with a vengeance in 2011.

The Paperwork a Small Estate Demands

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges

Home-Sale Profit Rules for Widows
And Widowers

A sale by year-end could double the amount of profit that is tax-free.

Mailbag: Understanding Car Leasing Interest

Drive Time Columnist, Jessica Anderson answers your questions on deceased lesees, sales tax deductions and a Honda diesel.

Protect Heirs From State Estate Taxes

<p>An estate plan that avoids federal estate tax may face state estate levies.</p>