ACTEC Trust & Estate
Talk Podcasts

ACTEC shares advice from the best and brightest lawyers in the trust and estate field every Tuesday. The ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk podcast series shares in-depth information on topics from electronic wills to bitcoin to charitable planning. Each podcast is transcribed and includes additional resources. Listen, read, and share your new knowledge with clients and colleagues each week.

Counting Down, Counting Up, Flourishing: Part 3 of 4

Discover 10 keys to personal flourishing—from savoring moments to taking risks—in this part of the Trachtman Lecture on positive psychology.

Cryptocurrency Regulation and Qualified Custody

Experts discuss what trustees and fiduciaries need to know regarding cryptocurrency regulation.

Proving a Will in the Age of COVID

The COVID pandemic caused many states to accelerate their laws regarding electronic wills. Learn what’s working and what’s not.

Direct Payment of Medical Expenses and Tuition as an Exception to the Gift Tax

Learn the dos and don’ts of paying another person’s tuition or medical bills, what qualifies as tuition and medical expenses, and how to avoid gift tax.

Modernizing Section 6166

“Modernizing Section 6166,” that’s the subject of today’s ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk. Transcript/Show Notes This is Stacy Singer, an ACTEC Fellow from Chicago. ACTEC’s Tax Policy Study Committee has submitted to Congress a proposal regarding revision to Internal Revenue Code Section 6166. To...

Taxes Emerging in Europe to Pay the Cost of COVID

“Taxes Emerging in Europe to Pay the Costs of COVID,” that’s the subject of today’s ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk. Transcript/Show Notes This is Doug Stanley, ACTEC Fellow from St. Louis, Missouri. During the COVID pandemic in many jurisdictions in Europe, there had been a debate regarding whether...

Economic Rights of Unmarried Cohabitants

Co-chair of the ULC’s Cohabitants Economic Remedies Act Committee explains the importance of having laws concerning the economic rights of unmarried cohabitants.