About the Authors

• Author: Margaret A. Munro, Kathryn A. Murphy
• Profession: Has more than 30 years' experience in trusts, estates, family tax, and small businesses/Attorney with more than 20 years' experience administering estates and trusts and preparing estate and gift tax returns
• Pages: 413-413

About the Authors

Margaret Atkins Munro, EA, is a tax consultant, advisor, writer, and lecturer with

more than 30 years of experience in various areas of nance and taxation. She’s

an Enrolled Agent, licensed by the federal government to represent clients in the

areas of tax and tax-related issues, and currently operates a widely diverse private

practice that specializes in trust and estate accounting and income taxation,

among other areas. A classic example of living a life that doesn’t follow the plan

set out in college, Peggy received a BA in history from The Johns Hopkins

University, in addition to attending University College in Cork, Ireland, and the

Pontical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, Canada. She resides with her

family in Vermont.

Peggy is the author of 529 & Other College Savings Plans For Dummies, and the coau-

thor of Taxes (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009) For Dummies. She writes a biweekly

column on anything and everything to do with money for The Montpelier [Ver-

mont] Bridge and has lectured extensively about taxes and tax-related issues.

She’s been interviewed on numerous nancial and tax-related topics by a variety

of national media outlets, including CNN Radio, Fox Business, The Wall Street Jour-

nal, Family Circle Magazine, U.S.News and World Report, USA Today, Parents Magazine,

and the Associated Press.

Kathryn A.Murphy, Esq., is an attorney with more than 20 years’ experience in

the elds of estate planning and administration, including drafting of sophisti-

cated estate plans and prenuptial agreements for high net worth individuals. She

has also administered many estates and trusts, both large and small, and prepared

more than her fair share of estate and gift tax returns.

She graduated from The University of Michigan with an AB in English Language and

Literature, received her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and is a member of

the Massachusetts Bar. Kathy, her daughter, Ana, and their poodle, Danny Boy, have

recently returned to her home state of Michigan after more than 20 years in New

England. Kathy is the coauthor of Taxation of Estates and Trusts (Michigan Continuing

Legal Education) and Estate and Trust Administration (Michigan Continuing Legal

Education). She has also lectured on these topics for Michigan Continuing Legal

Education. She’s been interviewed by the national media on nancial and trust

topics. Her writing is an outgrowth of two of her loves: literature and the law.