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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <table style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="609"> <tr> <td width="384" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="384"> <tr> <td align="center" width="1%" valign="middle"> <img src="/files/16247/logo%20reduced%204-27-05.jpg" alt="Criswell & Wyatt" height="134" width="200" border="0"> </td> <td> <img src="/graphics/spacer.gif" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="1" border="0"></td> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="99%"> <span style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>Experienced, Independent, Trusted</b> <br> <br>25255 W. 102nd Terrace, Suite B <br>Olathe, KS 66061 <br>Phone: 913-390-9111<br />Toll Free (800) 469-9771 <br>FAX: 913-390-0641 <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr style="font:10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <td>Email: <br> <a href="mailto:bob@criswellwyatt.com<br>john@criswellwyatt.com"> bob@criswellwyatt.com<br>john@criswellwyatt.com</a> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="384"> <tr><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/A/TA5_r4_c1.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Calculators"></td><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/A/TA5_r4_c4.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Newsletters"></td></tr> <tr><td width="14" valign="top" background="/graphics/A/TA5_r5_c1.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="178"> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=136" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Cost of Retirement</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=138" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Estate Taxes</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Use this calculator to estimate the federal estate taxes that could be due on your estate after you die.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=695" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Retirement Plan Early Distribution</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Estimate how much would remain after paying income taxes and penalties if you took an early distribution from a retirement plan.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=696" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Taxable Equivalent Yield</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Calculate the rate of return you would have to receive from a taxable investment to realize an equivalent tax-exempt yield.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=calc_hdr.cfm" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF0000">More Calculators>>></font></b></a> </p> </td><td width="14" valign="top" background="/graphics/A/TA5_r5_c4.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="178"> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=3113" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Is Your Business Ready for a Structure Change </font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Periodically, business owners may want to reconsider whether their current business structure is meeting the needs of their companies. 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This article explains how a charitable remainder trust and a charitable lead trust could be used to provide more control over gifts while potentially benefiting the giver and his or her heirs. </font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=3001" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Using Living Benefits for Retirement Income </font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Many Americans are finding it difficult to predict how much they can save by retirement. Because traditional pensions are available to just one out of three workers today, a potential way of creating a guaranteed income stream in retirement is to purchase the guaranteed living benefits that are available with some variable annuities. </font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=news_hdr.cfm" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF0000">More Newsletters>>></font></b></a> </p> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width="225" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="225"> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="225" height="32" valign="bottom"> <img src="/graphics/A/TA5_r1_c6.gif" width="225" height="32" border="0" alt="Market Watch"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14" background="/graphics/A/TA5_r2_c6.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="211"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> <b>May 24, 2012 @ 01:05 AM</b><br><br></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="200"> <tr><td align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"> <a style="text-decoration:none; 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