Carlos and Marisol sat at their kitchen table in View Park, phones between them, kids’ backpacks by the door, and a headline glowing on the screen:

“THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL SHAKES UP TAXES FOR 2025 AND BEYOND.”

They own a home that’s doubled in value, a duplex they inherited from Carlos’s mom, and a small rental in Inglewood. They’ve heard bits and pieces:
Higher exemptions. Bigger deductions. New rules for tips and overtime. More changes to charitable giving.

But the real question isn’t, “Did Congress give us a tax break?”

It’s: “What does this do to our family’s legacy?”

If you’re asking that same question, this is exactly why Collins Law Group created the in-person Wills, Living Trusts & Asset Protection Seminar on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in Inglewood.
👉 Reserve your seat now:
https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-january-2026/

What the “Big Beautiful Bill” really changes

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, 2025, takes the giant 2017 tax law (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) and locks many of its rules in for the long haul instead of letting them expire at the end of 2025.

For families, some of the headline changes include:

Permanently higher federal estate and gift tax exemptions – now around $15 million per person and $30 million for married couples, indexed for inflation. Far fewer estates will pay federal estate tax, at least for now.
Higher cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions – up to $40,000 for many taxpayers through 2029, before the cap drops again.
New breaks for tip and overtime income – designed to put more cash back in the pockets of working families.
New rules for charitable giving – including a modest above-the-line deduction for non-itemizers and tighter floors and limits for high-income donors.

On paper, it looks like good news: more breathing room from federal estate tax, more flexibility for SALT, a few extra tools for families and givers.

But that’s just the surface.

If you own a home in Los Angeles—or multiple properties like Carlos and Marisol—you don’t just need a reaction to the bill. You need a strategy that turns these rules into actual protection for your spouse, your kids, and whoever inherits your keys.

👉 If you want that kind of strategy, block out January 7 and get on the list:
https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-january-2026/

“Permanent” doesn’t mean forever

Financial headlines keep using the word “permanent.” The bill permanently extends many of today’s tax brackets and estate rules.

Here’s the truth professionals quietly repeat in closed-door meetings:
“Permanent” just means “no automatic expiration date.” Congress can still rewrite everything with another law.

So yes, families now enjoy:

A higher estate tax exemption
Clearer brackets
A bigger SALT cap for a few years

But a single election cycle or budget fight can flip the script again.

That’s why serious planners in 2026 stop asking, “What’s the law right now?” and start asking,
“If the rules change again, does our family still control our story?”

That question sits at the center of the January 7 Collins Law Group seminar. You won’t just hear what the law says; you’ll see what it means when you own real estate in places like Inglewood, Baldwin Hills, Ladera Heights, and beyond.
👉 Bring your questions and your real numbers to our first seminar of 2026! – Wednesady, January 7:
https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-january-2026/

The illusion of “we don’t have an estate tax problem”

With a $15–30 million federal exemption, many LA families shrug and say,
“We’re not that rich. We don’t need to worry about estate tax.”

That mindset misses the bigger danger.

Most Los Angeles families don’t lose wealth to the IRS. They lose it to:

Probate—a slow, public court process that can eat up time, money, and privacy.
Family conflict—because nobody wrote down who inherits the house, the rentals, or the life insurance.
Poor titling and outdated beneficiaries—old exes, estranged relatives, or “temporary” decisions that never got fixed.

The Big Beautiful Bill might give your estate more breathing room at the federal level, but it doesn’t lift a finger to:

Keep your kids out of probate court
Protect a blended family
Shield an inheritance from a child’s creditors, divorce, or bad decisions
Coordinate your trust with all the new tax rules in a way that actually builds a legacy

That’s the gap most families don’t see until someone dies and everything explodes.

On January 7, Attorney Collins and her team will walk through real-world scenarios—who keeps the house, what happens to rental income, how new tax rules intersect with old title problems—and show how to build a plan that stands up even when Congress moves the goalposts again.
👉 If you own property in LA, you belong in that room:
https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-january-2026/

Turning a tax bill into a legacy move

For Carlos and Marisol, the moment it clicked didn’t come from a headline. It came when their oldest asked, “If something happens to you, who gets Grandma’s duplex?”

They realized they didn’t have an answer that made sense.

The Big Beautiful Bill can absolutely help families—
if they translate the new rules into:

A living trust that actually matches how their properties and accounts are titled
A plan that protects a surviving spouse while still respecting children from prior relationships
Beneficiary designations that line up with what the trust says
Smart charitable and tax decisions that amplify, not dilute, their legacy

The bill changed the math. Your family still decides the meaning.

That’s what the Wednesday January 7, 2026 Wills, Living Trusts & Asset Protection Seminar exists to do: take this noisy, political, complicated “Big Beautiful Bill” and pull out what actually matters for real-life Los Angeles households.

No fluff. No scare tactics. Just clear, direct answers to:
“How do we protect our home, our savings, and our children—no matter what Congress does next?”

👉 Start the new year with clarity, not confusion. Reserve your seat for January 7 today:
https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-january-2026/