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Estate taxes, also known as inheritance or death taxes, are taxes on an individual's right to transfer property at death.

Home Is Where the Heart Is (and where the IRS will try to find you): Thinking of Living Abroad? Even ExPats May Have to Pay U.S....

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 11/1/2023

Unlike most countries in the world, if you are a citizen or resident of the United States, the government gets to tax all of your worldwide income, regardless of where it's earned or where you live. And if the IRS decides...more

Moving to the U.S.? Have You Planned for the Estate and Gift Taxes?

Rivkin Radler LLP on 8/23/2022

It is a fact that the phenomenon of human migration has been a major force in the history of the world. Indeed, among the themes that have remained constant during my years of practice, there are two that may be...more

Weekly IRS Roundup November 2 – November 6, 2020

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/11/2020

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 2, 2020 – November 6, 2020... November 2, 2020: The IRS announced COVID-19-related...more

IRS Expands E-Signature Policy to Include Gift and Estate Tax Returns and Foreign Trust Reporting Forms

Bilzin Sumberg on 9/11/2020

On August 28, the IRS announced that it would temporarily accept e-signatures on certain forms. Included among that initial list of forms was Form 8832, Entity Classification Election (commonly known as a “check-the-box”...more

Premarital planning - Protecting your assets without a prenup

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/3/2015

Protecting family assets in the event of a divorce is particularly significant for family business owners, who typically want to avoid sharing ownership with their ex-spouses or their children’s ex-spouses. A prenuptial...more

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