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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Guidance on the Subsidiary Exemption Under the CTA’s Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule

In the two weeks since the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect (see our alert here), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published several Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) clarifying the new...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FinCEN Imposes New Reporting Requirements on LLCs and Other Entities

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The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), a set of new regulations being implemented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), requires entities newly formed or registered to do business in the United States...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

You “Placed Your Trust” In New York? You May Be Sorry You Did

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According to a report issued by the National Association of Realtors a couple of days ago, last year saw a large outmigration of people from California and New York, while Florida and Texas experienced a comparably large...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

What Is the Maximum Exemption from Land Appreciation Tax?

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Judge Yardena Seroussi recently handed down a new ruling in a case deliberated by the Real Estate Tax Appeals Committee on the taxation of luxury apartments.   The Appeals Committee deliberated the question of the entitlement...more

Cozen O'Connor

New Planning Opportunity for Florida SLATs

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A new law was recently passed in Florida that will allow a grantor spouse of a Spousal Limited Access Trust (SLAT) to be added as a beneficiary of the SLAT following the death of the beneficiary spouse. Please see below for a...more

White and Williams LLP

Pennsylvania Superior Court: No Creditor Protection for Inherited IRAS

Under longstanding Pennsylvania law, retirement savings vehicles like individual retirement accounts (IRAs), 401(k) and 403(b) accounts, pensions, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are generally exempt from creditor...more

BCLP

Privilege exemption saves trustee from DSAR-ster

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In recent years there has been a trend of beneficiaries exploiting their rights under data protection legislation to gain access to personal data in the trust context, cutting straight through the trustees’ discretion to...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Inconsistent Rulings Should Cause an IRA Beneficiary to Consider Alternative Inheritance Methods

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Despite the differing treatment of inherited IRAs under Federal, New York, and New Jersey law, clients may be best served to inherit IRAs in trusts or other asset protection vehicles rather than outright so as to provide an...more

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Ninth Circuit: Spousal Consent Not Required Under Top-Hat Plans

The Ninth Circuit held that a participant’s brother, rather than his spouse, was the proper beneficiary of benefits under a profit sharing plan. In so holding, the Court found that: (a) the participant’s first wife, who was...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - August 2014

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August Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - The August § 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

High Court to Rule on Retirement Fund Exemption

Ruth Heffron established an IRA naming her daughter, Heidi Heffron-Clark, as the sole beneficiary. Ruth died in 2001 and the account, valued at roughly $300,000, passed to Heidi. After her mother’s death, Heidi then...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Private Client - Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012/13 Country Q&A: Japan

Originally published in Private Client Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012/13. In This Issue: Taxation; Wills and Estate Administration; Succession Regimes; Intestacy; Trusts; Ownership and Familial Relationships;...more

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