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Hitting the Jackpot Changes Everything: Critical Estate, Financial, Tax and Charitable Planning for Lottery Winners

Before the prize is claimed, however, the winner needs to consider how that sudden wealth affects taxes, privacy, family arrangements, gifting, and the Estate Plan.

Hitting the Jackpot Changes Everything: Critical Estate, Financial, Tax and Charitable Planning for Lottery Winners

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Before the prize is claimed, however, the winner needs to consider how that sudden wealth affects taxes, privacy, family arrangements, gifting, and the Estate Plan.

Winning the lottery changes a person's financial life overnight.

The first step before claiming the prize is to get professional advice.

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Before the prize is claimed, however, the winner needs to consider how that sudden wealth affects taxes, privacy, family arrangements, gifting, and the Estate Plan. Winning the lottery changes a person's financial life overnight. The first step before claiming the prize is to get professional advice.

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Winning the lottery changes a person's financial life overnight. The first step before claiming the prize is to get professional advice. Enlisting the services of an Estate Planning attorney, CPA, […]

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