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Palo 6°Ê888]Ê ÕLiÀÊÓ£ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊÓ{]ÊÓä£ÓÊN xäZ Alto Inside: Palo Alto Adult School Spring Schedule www.PaloAltoOnline.com How an illustrator helps surgeons operate PAGE 20 Camp Connections 11 Title Pages 12 Spectrum 18 Arts 24 Eating Out 28 Movies 30 Puzzles 57 NNews How much housing can Palo Alto build? Page 3 NSports Stanford volleyball: No. 1 in nation Page 35 NHome Creating a legacy with stained glass Page 41 invites you to Free Educational Workshops Who Should Attend? ® Persons who have created trusts The 7 BIGGEST MISTAKES or are named as trustees of a trust. What Will You Learn? TRUSTEES OFTEN MAKE ✔ Avoid Common Trustee Mistakes Congratulations! You’ve established your own Trust, the first step to securing your financial ✔ Federal Regulations for Trustees future. Today, many people have created trusts as a means of ensuring the orderly transition of ✔ Trustee Planning Techniques their estate. A trust can serve as a sophisticated management & investment planning vehicle ✔ Why Living Trusts May Fail in a complex world. Most persons named as trustees do not have the required skills and ✔ 2011 Tax Changes knowledge demanded by today’s courts. Only a few fully understand the obligations and ✔ New ‘Portability’ Tax Break liabilities associated with serving as a trustee. The role of a trustee requires more than simply for Living Trusts signing documents. This workshop will provide essential training for trustees & trustors of ✔ IRA’s Double Taxation living trusts. MENLO PARK (PM) MENLO PARK (AM) Stanford Park Hotel Stanford Park Hotel 100 El Camino Real 100 El Camino Real Wednesday, February 29th Thursday, March 1st 6:00pm - 8:45pm 10:00am - 12:45pm Workshops are filling up fast! To make a reservation please call Mindi at (888) I-GOT-2-PLAN or Sandeep Varma (888) 446-8275 or ATS Wealth Strategist and Author of “The 7 Biggest Mistakes [email protected] Trustees Make” Capital Gains Tax Preventing You From Selling Your Property? The capital gains tax problem may get worse as the nation pays for: 2 wars, Multiple Stimulus Packages, Troubled Asset Relief Programs, Bailouts... A slowing economy with record layoffs may mean a very slow recovery for real estate prices and greater pressure on rents. Through the use of special trusts that have existed for over 40 years, you may be able to sell appreciated homes, rental property, land, commercial property and stock while potentially avoiding capital gains taxes and recapture taxes. THROUGH THE USE OF VARIOUS TRUSTS, WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO POTENTIALLY: r Sell appreciated rentals, homes, & commercial r Reduce or eliminate death tax properties without paying capital gains tax r Avoid estate taxes r Increase cash flow r Local real estate market outlook MENLO PARK (AM) STANFORD PARK HOTEL ONE DAY 100 El Camino Real Wednesday, February 29th ONLY 10:00am - 12:00pm ATS Advanced Trustee Strategies has been educating the public with the “The 7 Biggest Mistakes® Trustees Often Make”, “The Advanced Trustee Workshop”, and Capital Gains Tax Seminars for over 17 years. We are committed to educating our clients on strate- gies to help them not only build their wealth but help to protect it from taxes and preserve it for their heirs. There is no guarantee that the strategies discussed during this presentation will yield positive results. 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