Jordan Houser & Flournoy - Attorneys and Advisors

Jordan, Houser & Flournoy, LLP is a Texas based law firm offering high-level legal services in a client-centered atmosphere. Our legal services include representation in all phases of litigation involving fiduciaries, trusts and estates, will contests, innovative ideas in the areas of estate planning, asset protection and estate/gift taxes, administration of probate, trusts, estates and guardianships in Texas courts, and serving as general counsel for businesses and general business representation.

The firm has offices in Dallas, Rockwall and Frisco and our attorneys serve clients throughout the Dallas and Ft. Worth Metroplex (including Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin, Rockwall, Johnson, Kaufman, and Hunt counties) as well as throughout the State of Texas. Since our primary offices are positioned in local communities, the firm has the opportunity to better know and serve its clients. This positioning also allows the firm to serve as a readily accessible resource for financial advisors, CPAs, bankers, and other professionals in the community.

Experience, expertise, innovation, accessibility and relationship all work together setting Jordan, Houser & Flournoy, LLP apart.

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2012 The Year to Make Gifts (Part 2)

The Problem

A husband and wife want to each take advantage of giving away their $5,000,000 gift / estate tax exemption because it will expire on December 31, 2012
However, if they each give $5,000,000 to their children they won’t have enough assets to live on the rest of their lives

2012 The Year to Make Gifts (Part 1)

The Problem

As a result of the Tax Relief Act of 2010 the following conditions exist in 2012:

The $5,000,000 gift / estate tax exemption will expire on December 31, 2012
Beginning January 1, 2013, the gift / estate tax exemption automatically reverts to $1,000,000
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Estate & Gift Tax Provisions of 2010 Act.

Estate and Gift Tax Provisions of The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010

On December 17, 2010, the President signed the 2010 Act into law making the tax provisions good for the next two years. As far as the estate tax provisions are concerned, they actually affect 2010 as well as 2011 and 2012.