Irving Blackman

Irv Blackman, CPA and lawyer, is a retired founding partner of Blackman, Kallick, Bartelstein LLP and chairman emeritus of the New Century Bank (both in Chicago). Want to consult, need a second opinion? Call Blackman at (847) 674-5295. E-mail him at blackman@estatetaxsecrets.com or visit www.estatetaxsecrets.com.

Tax & Succession

Focus on the Life Insurance

New tax vs. an age-old tax-advantaged life insurance victory.

January 4, 2018

Irving Blackman

Life insurance will help you and your family no matter what the final new law looks like. Here's why.

Tax & Succession

How to Create Millions of Tax-Free Dollars

Ask your CPA the right questions and you could have a bigger bank account fast.

August 29, 2017

Irving Blackman

If you and your accountant are asking the right questions about your life insurance policies, then you can easily find benefits you may have otherwise missed.

Create Tax-Free Wealth

Learn about a new and unique concept called the comprehensive tax plan, and beat up the IRS, legally.

February 7, 2017

Irving Blackman

The comprehensive tax plan creates great tax results, while generating a huge amount of cash for your kids and grandchildren....

Avoid the life insurance trap

There’s a right way and a wrong way to use life insurance to create wealth. Here’s the right way.

January 10, 2017

Irving Blackman

The easiest way for a successful business owner to create tax-free wealth is by the proper use of life insurance....

Tax & Succession

The Secret to Keeping your Retirement Plan Dollars Away from the IRS

Any number of qualified plans can shelter income. But there are also ways to protect that income when it’s time to withdraw it.

December 6, 2016

Irving Blackman

For most Americans, retirement planning revolves around qualified plans (for example, IRA, 401(k), profit-sharing plan and the like). It’s a...

Business Management

How to Kill the Estate Tax Monster...Legally

November 8, 2016

Irving Blackman

Readers of this column often call me to ask the following (or similar) two questions: “Irv, can you really beat...

Tax & Succession

The Basics of Estate Planning

What’s the federal estate tax? How about the estate tax for your state? How can I give tax-free? Keep the following column handy for helpful answers to common starting points.

October 11, 2016

Irving Blackman

It happens about two times a week or at least than 100 times a year. A reader of this column...

Tax & Succession