Ashlea Ebeling, October Opportunity for GRATs and Family Loans, Forbes.com Blog: The Best Revenge, Sept. 27, 2010.

FORBES: "A Perfect Storm" In 2010: It's Not Too Late To Speak To Your Estate Planning Adviser

As my colleague Ashlea Ebeling reported last June here, for years the 41 states with broad income taxes have been wooing retirees with special tax breaks even while they raised other levies.

FORBES: State Tax Breaks For Seniors On The Chopping Block

For more on Grats, read this piece by my colleague Ashlea Ebeling.

FORBES: The Mini-Grat Tax Dodge

But as my colleague Ashlea Ebeling explains in a story here in Forbes about smart tax moves for the next two years, an immediate SUV write off is allowed again under a different, even more generous provision of the tax code, good through Dec. 31, 2011.

FORBES: How To Take A 100% Tax Write-Off For A New Porsche, BMW or Cadillac

In Forbes, Ashlea Ebeling showed how an extended home buyer tax credit might be good news for seniors who wish to trade down to smaller homes.

FORBES: Connect