August 2003

Affairs of Estate

Estate planning expert Sanford Schlesinger, an attorney with Kaye Scholer Fierman, addressed attendees at the Foundation for Accounting Education’s Estate Planning Conference at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on July 17. Schlesinger discussed the impact of recent court cases and changes in tax law on how CPAs and other professionals in New York help their clients plan for the future. With changes in capital gains tax rates and other developments, Schlesinger challenged attendees to consider whether the basis on which they do estate planning “makes sense anymore.”