Vanilla Guides and Reports

Take a closer look at estate planning concepts with in-depth guides and reports
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Dec 03, 2024

Vanilla 2025 State of Estate Planning Report

The State of Estate Planning Report, newly released for 2025, reveals emerging trends and client sentiments advisors need to know.

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Dec 01, 2024

The Vanilla Estate Planning Playbook (updated for 2025)

A step-by-step checklist to guide your client conversations, updated for 2025. This playbook is inspired by the guide used by Vanilla founder Steve Lockshin and his advisory firm AdvicePeriod, based on Lockshin’s 30+ years of financial advice and estate planning for some of the most successful ultra-high net worth clients in the world.

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Vanilla

Nov 07, 2024

A guide to Gifting

Making lifetime gifts is one of the most common, tried-and-true strategies to reduce estate tax liability. We’ll walk you through the major types of charitable and non-charitable gifts that you might want to consider, as this year draws to an end.

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Vanilla

Sep 12, 2024

Vanilla Plan Snapshot

With Vanilla, advisors can offer a new deliverable that both clients and prospects have never seen before. Plan Snapshot visualizes family, financial, and estate information in one easy to understand diagram to provide an intuitive and personalized overview of your client's plan.

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Vanilla

Sep 26, 2023

New Client Conversations: An Estate Planning Checklist

Whether they're a new client, or a client with whom you haven't discussed estate planning with in the past, this checklist will take you through some important questions to ask to ensure you help meet their goals. This checklist is broken down by net worth and includes the important documents you'll want to make sure you gather.  

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