Many states don’t set a deadline for executors to pay beneficiaries, but other deadlines can affect the timeline. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

On Friday, August 5, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service finally announced an important due date for executors of 2010 decedents’ estates who elect to opt out of the estate tax. An executor electing to ...

On September 13, 2011, the IRS released Notice 2011-76, which gives executors of estates of 2010 decedents more time to make an informed decision about whether to stay in the default estate tax regime ...