One of the perils of being well-off is the constant risk that the federal government and/or your friendly state and local tax collectors will figure out new and different ways to snatch more of your wealth. Especially wealth that you earned the old-fashioned way: by inheriting it. To raise your paranoia to the appropriate level, here are two new things to worry about.

SECURE Act would eliminate big tax advantage for IRA beneficiaries

Few noticed when the House of Representatives in May overwhelming passed the imaginatively named "Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019." The vote was 417-3. Senate passage was thought to be a mere formality — until Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced opposition, because the bill no longer includes a provision that would allow tax-free Section 529 college savings account withdrawals to cover homeschooling costs.