A significant factor for clients considering citizenship in the United States is the difference in the estate tax laws for legal residents, compared to U.S. citizens. Alerting clients to this difference is one argument in favor of U.S. citizenship. For those clients who wish to remain legal residents, an estate plan can circumvent the consequences of this difference in the law. In either case, informing your client of this estate tax law is providing them with a very valuable piece of advice.
Paula M. Jones has almost twenty years of experience advising clients on all aspects of domestic and international estate law for m... read more »