My favorite day is when a reader of this column calls for a second tax opinion. This caller (as usual, we'll call him Joe) had put his estate plan to bed (all the documents-wills and trusts for Joe and his wife, Mary-had been completed and executed). Joe used an experienced and knowledgeable estate planning lawyer. Yet, Joe was still an unhappy camper with the projected $2 million in estate taxes.
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