Taxes are an incredibly important aspect of every one of the above areas and there are several federal, state and local taxes that will have an impact on all of these planning areas. Most clients state as one of their primary goals the desire to pay as little tax as legally required. Therefore, an important and significant aspect of the services I provide to clients is to include in their plans tax avoidance or minimization strategies. Much of the estate planning work I do with clients involves estate tax, gift tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax issues.