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 ESTATE TALK
Give Your Heirs an Estate "Map"
The death of a loved one is a painful time. Unfortunately, confusion over the loved one's estate can often compound grief to make the hardship even worse.

LEGAL LINES
Forgiveness of Corporate Debt Does Not Qualify for Annual Exclusion
The Seventh Circuit has affirmed a district court decision that an individual's forgiveness of corporate debt was an indirect gift of a future interest to the shareholders and therefore does not qualify for the annual gift tax exclusion.

MEDI MINUTES
Medicare to Cover Care in Clinical Tests
President Clinton announced Wednesday that Medicare will begin covering costs of routine patient care associated with clinical tests of new drugs and treatments.

 NATIONAL NOTES
Seniors Missing Out Due to Confusion, Lack of Awareness
According to an AARP report, lack of awareness and understanding of guidelines and eligibility requirements keeps more than half of seniors in the country from receiving benefits for which they qualify under Medicare and Medicaid and other government programs.

TAX TID-BITS
Paying Estate Administration Expenses from Charitable Income
In 1997 the Supreme Court ruled in Commissioner v. Estate of Hubert, 520 U.S. 93, that the IRS could not reduce the value of a deductible charitable bequest after the executor paid estate administration expenses out of the income attributable to the charitable share.

TECH TALK
Spiders in the WWWeb
The World Wide Web may be a frontier of opportunity and convenience, but it has its spiders.

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