Death can be a tax-triggering event. And there are two you should be aware of: the estate tax and inheritance tax.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The executor of an estate is someone who wraps up a deceased individual’s financial affairs. If the deceased has a will ...

Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions ...

Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, with questions unanswered surrounding their deaths.

Republican lawmakers in Congress introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act, which aims to permanently eliminate the federal ...