The executor’s job is to step into the shoes of the deceased and ensure that assets are distributed according to the will, or, in the absence of one, in line with the laws of intestacy. It’s a role ...

Tax Guy What does an estate executor do? Here’s a checklist of the most important financial duties There are plenty of tax questions when a loved one passes away, but what other financial issues could ...

Today, in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that the structure of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unconstitutional in ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...

Notice is hereby given that in the estates of the decedents set forth below, the Register of Wills has granted letters testamentary or of administration to the persons named. All persons having claim ...

Q: My mom left a will stating all of us are to receive an equal portion of her estate. It names my eldest and younger siblings as executors. My brother and his wife have been trying to take my parents ...

Losing a loved one is difficult enough, but when wills and inheritance disputes enter the picture, grief can quickly turn into conflict. A new Channel 4 series, The Inheritance, airing from 31 August, ...

Benjamin Franklin coined the saying, “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” But what about when death and taxes coincide, such as when someone dies during the year and has a tax ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the estate of the late Jeffrey Epstein on Monday as congressional lawmakers try to determine who was connected to the disgraced financier and ...