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Inheritance Planning

Transfer wealth with intention — and receive it with a plan. Minimize friction and tax drag on both sides of the transition.
Inheritances are emotional, time-sensitive, and full of tax traps. Whether you’re passing wealth on or receiving it, the decisions made in the first year matter for decades.

Questions we help you answer

I just inherited an IRA or investment account — what am I required to do, and by when?

How do the 10-year distribution rules affect what I keep?

Should inherited assets be spent, invested, or used to reposition our own plan?

How do I pass accounts to my children without leaving them a tax problem?

How do we talk about this as a family before it happens?

How we approach it

For those planning to give: we structure accounts, beneficiaries, and gifting so wealth moves to the next generation deliberately — with as little tax drag and administrative friction as possible.

For those receiving: we slow things down, map the deadlines that actually matter, and fold the inheritance into your own Family Financial Plan so a one-time event becomes lasting security rather than a scattered windfall.

This information is not intended as specific individualized tax or legal advice. We coordinate with your tax and legal professionals.
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— Darren Colananni, Founder

Credentials

Our founder holds the following professional designations:
CFP®
ChFC®
CIMA®
CPWA®
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