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The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 is a United States federal statue enacted in 2012 to address certain aspects of the so-called Fiscal Cliff, i.e. certain mandatory tax increases and budget cuts set to take effect at the beginning of 2013. ATRA extends certain tax cuts, modifies the estate tax and tax rates on income. The Act also provides for certain Medicare, unemployment and farm payments. less -

Maryland And Federal Estate Tax Portability In A Nutshell

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 7/14/2023

In the technology world, portability has become increasingly important as people become more mobile and reliant on a variety of devices to access and use information. Portability allows individuals to work remotely or while...more

In Pursuit of Portability

Stinson LLP on 11/27/2017

The concept of portability, permanently enacted as part of the amendments to the estate tax law under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, allows the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (DSUEA) of a decedent to be...more

2016 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/22/2016

In 2016, we continued to experience a period of relative stability in our federal transfer tax system and have been able to plan without expecting imminent significant changes to the system. Under the American Taxpayer Relief...more

Planning for the $5-$10 Million Couple: Portability or Credit Shelter?

Butler Snow LLP on 5/18/2016

In 2009, each individual had a $3.5 million estate tax exemption. If a married individual had assets over $3.5 million, without careful planning, those assets in excess of $3.5 million would fall subject to a 45% estate tax....more

2013 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/29/2013

In this issue - - Federal Estate, GST and Gift Tax Rates - Annual Gift Tax Exclusion - Federal Income Tax Rates - President’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2014 - Important Planning...more

Income Tax Cost Basis Planning

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 11/27/2013

Prior to the recent and significant increases in the federal estate tax exemption amount, many clients engaged in planning the purpose of which was to ensure the use of both spouses’ exemption amount through the use of a...more

Insight on Estate Planning - Year End 2013: Can portability help preserve retirement benefits?

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 11/22/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) made the estate tax exemption “portability” feature permanent. This allows a surviving spouse to take advantage of a deceased spouse’s unused federal gift and estate tax...more

Insight on Estate Planning - Year End 2013

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 11/20/2013

In This Issue: - State death taxes can be hazardous to your estate - Can portability help preserve retirement benefits? - Provide for family members with special needs using an SNT - Estate...more

Insight on Estate Planning - August/September 2013: Making gifts still matters, even after ATRA

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/8/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) eliminated much of the uncertainty that plagued estate planning for years by making two key provisions “permanent”: the $5 million gift and estate tax exemption (adjusted...more

Now is the Time for Business Succession Planning

BakerHostetler on 6/25/2013

Toward the end of 2012, many families with wealth tied to a family business were faced with a choice: 1) avail themselves of the expiring $5.12 million estate and gift tax exemption by gifting interests in their family...more

Estate Planning Insight: Estate Planning After The American Taxpayer Relief Act Of 2012

Stinson LLP on 3/15/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) was signed into law on January 2, 2013, ending twelve years of uncertainty concerning the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping tax rates and exemptions....more

Estate Plans May No Longer Need Credit Shelter Trusts

Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/28/2013

The 2012 Tax Relief Act provides an exemption from federal estate tax of $5,250,000 inflation indexed per spouse that is portable between spouses. If the first spouse to die does not use in whole or in part her or his...more

Wealth Management Update - February 2013

Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/12/2013

In This Issue: - February Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - IRS Issues Revenue Procedure 2013-15 - Private Letter Ruling...more

Termination of Credit Shelter Trusts

Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/11/2013

As discussed in a previous article, due to higher estate tax exemption, certain trusts previously established for purposes of avoiding estate taxes under the estate plan of a predeceased spouse may no longer be necessary in...more

Estate Planning After the American Taxpayer Relief Act

Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/11/2013

Congress adopted the American Taxpayer Relief Act (the Act), effective January 1, 2013. The Act made permanent tax rates and exemptions for estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes. Prior laws incorporated...more

Alert: Estate Planning - January 2013

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 2/5/2013

For the first time in more than a decade, clients and advisors can plan their estates with a significant degree of certainty. The new tax law passed by Congress on January 1, 2013 and signed into law by President Obama...more

2013 Estate Planning Update

McCarter & English, LLP on 1/30/2013

As 2012 drew to a close, your estate planning attorney's attention was diverted from the ball drop in Times Square to whether Congress would drop the ball with respect to the fiscal cliff. Congress, however, passed the...more

Make a New Year’s Resolution to Review Your Estate Plan in 2013

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 1/29/2013

Each year, at this time, we remind our clients of the importance of keeping their estate planning documents up to date. With the avoidance of the tax side of the “Fiscal Cliff” and the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief...more

What the “Fiscal Cliff” Resolution Means for Personal Estate Planning

Dechert LLP on 1/24/2013

For the first time in 12 years, the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax law does not have a built-in expiration date in the United States. Congress has exempted all estates below approximately $5 million ($10...more

Estate Planning After the Fiscal Cliff Deal

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/17/2013

Now that a deal averting the fiscal cliff has finally been reached, many of the tax and planning issues that have been mired in uncertainty for the past two years (and even longer in some cases) may be resolved. Numerous tax...more

Estate Planning Implications of the Fiscal Cliff Deal

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/15/2013

After a last-minute deal to avoid the fiscal cliff was passed by Congress on January 1, 2013, President Obama signed into law the new American Taxpayer Relief Act (“ATRA 2012”) on January 2, 2013. ATRA 2012 extends...more

Significant Estate Planning Developments in 2013

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/10/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Act) was enacted on January 2, 2013....more

Wealth Management Update Newsletter - January 2013

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/10/2013

We Didn't (Quite) Fall off the Cliff, But We Still Have To Clean up the Mess! When the clock struck midnight on December 31, 2012, estate planning practitioners said "good night" to an unprecedented period of working...more

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