Get Your Will Right

Get Your Will Right is a practical guide on what you should consider when drawing up your will to reduce the cost of managing your estate. The book will guide you on how to structure your assets to minimise estate duty and will help your family with the process of finalising your estate, while highlighting the problems that could occur should your will be lost or incorrectly completed.It also warns against the common practice of a terminally ill individual moving all the assets into the spouse’s name before death, as in the long run, this can cost the family R700 000 in estate duty.Get Your Will Right is an easy-to-understand guide that could save your family hundreds of thousands of rands upon your death and is based on the authors’ experience of managing over 300 deceased estates.

Chris Sloane is a chartered accountant who has had his own practice for over 30 years. He has handled over 300 deceased estates and also offers accounting and tax services for small businesses and individuals. He has lectured and facilitated many ‘Finance for Non-financial Managers’ courses and is the author of The Savvy Investor’s Pocket Guide. Wendy Mangin worked for over 25 years in various roles in managed healthcare and the administration of medical-aid schemes. She has been working with Chris in the administration of estates for the past two and a half years and has handled over 150 deceased estates.