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Obama Revenue Raising Proposals

by Vance E. Antonacci | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/13/2013

The Obama Administration recently released its budget proposal for the federal government’s upcoming fiscal year of October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014. The budget proposal contains a variety of changes to the tax laws...more

ATRA 2012 – How Does it Affect You?

by Vance E. Antonacci | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/9/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) was signed into law on January 1, 2013. Among other things, the Act amended the federal estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax laws. The amendments of the Act...more

Mcnees Insights - Asset Planning and Federal Taxation - Spring 2013

by Vance E. Antonacci, Scott Alan Mitchell | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/8/2013

In This Issue: ATRA 2012 – How Does it Affect You?; Planning and Paying for Long-Term Care; and Obama Revenue Raising Proposals. Excerpt from ATRA 2012 – How Does it Affect You?: The American Taxpayer...more

The New Federal Estate Tax Laws – Permanent?

by Lawrence Hunt, David Raymon | Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 4/26/2013

In January, the President signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which among other things, permanently raised the federal estate, gift and generation skipping transfer tax exemptions to $5,000,000, indexed for...more

Estate Planning with Portability: Not a Panacea

by Lauren Jenkins, William Rich, David Shayne | Holland & Knight LLP on 4/24/2013

When Congress resolved the fiscal cliff crisis early this year, it brought permanence to estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax laws that had been in flux for over a decade. In short, the American Taxpayer Relief...more

The Estate Planner - May/June 2013

by Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 4/19/2013

In This Issue: - Exemption portability: Should you rely on it? - Decant a trust to add trustee flexibility - Using the GST tax exemption to build a dynasty - Estate Planning Red Flag: Your plan includes a...more

‘Accidental’ Americans Still Owe Income Tax

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 4/15/2013

Most people who are born in the United States or who purposely become citizens here know they are U.S. citizens. But many people who’ve spent their lives abroad and are citizens of other countries may be shocked to learn that...more

Maximizing The Value Of Your Business For Your Heirs

by Pepper Hamilton LLP on 4/8/2013

One of the most difficult issues facing the owner of any successful business is how the business, or the personal wealth that it represents, can be preserved for the benefit of his or her family after death. While it is...more

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

by Margaret Cronin, Eileen Day | Leonard, Street and Deinard 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, Gift, and GST Taxes in 2013: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and Other News (Oregon)

by Michele Buck-Romero, Patrick Green, Amelia Heath | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/1/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) was signed into law on Jan. 2, 2013, avoiding dramatic changes to tax exemptions and tax rates on transfers subject to federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping...more

Estate Planning Implications of American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

by Deanna Lyon, Virginia Palmer, Judith Yang | Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP on 2/27/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act (the Act), which was passed by Congress on January 1, 2013 and signed into law by President Obama on January 2, has finally provided some permanence to the transfer tax laws....more

The Fein Print - February 2013: Real Estate Tax Appeals, Financial Powers For College Students, Fiscal Cliff

by Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard, P.C. on 2/25/2013

In This Issue: - Ask Us - Tax Appeals - Parental Authority - At 18, "You Don't Rule Me" Rules - The Fiscal Cliff Showdown - What It Means To Your Real Estate Plan - Excerpt from Parental Authority - At 18, "You...more

Insight on Estate Planning - February/March 2013: Fiscal cliff deal brings some certainty to estate planning

by Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 2/20/2013

Congress’s eleventh-hour deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” produced the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA). The act focuses on income taxes, but it also provides much-needed certainty for people engaged in estate...more

Auto Notes -- February 2013

by Michael R. Kelley, Elizabeth Mullaugh | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/11/2013

In This Issue: "Insuring Your Dealership: Do I Really Need Garage Liability and Garagekeeper's Insurance?" and "The American Taxpayer Relief Act"...more

Estate Planning After the American Taxpayer Relief Act

by Craig Dalton | 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

Estate Planning Considerations: Documentation and Peace of Mind

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/11/2013

With the introduction of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Act), the world of estate planning has been injected with a dose of certainty after more than 10 years of uncertainty as to federal estate, gift and...more

Wills, Trusts and Estates Newsletter - February 2013

by Lauren K. Keenan, Jonathan Kinney, Lori Murphy | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 2/11/2013

In This Issue: - How to Protect Your Assets as a Business Owner - Separated But Not Divorced: Don’t Wait to Update Your Estate Plan - Tales from the Cliff: Estate Planning Policy for 2013 and Beyond -...more

Federal Estate Tax Laws Allow Planning Opportunities - Finally!

by Deborah DiNardo, Lawrence Hunt | Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 2/6/2013

For over a decade, the federal estate tax law has changed from year to year. The rates have risen and fallen. The federal estate tax exemption went from $650,000 to $1,000,000. Then it increased to $1,500,000, then...more

Estate, Gift, and GST Taxes in 2013: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and Other News

by Michele Buck-Romero, David Callahan, James Flaggert, Patrick Green, Amelia Heath, Richard Klobucher, Douglas Lloyd, G. Matthew Loftin, Malcolm Moore, Dana Reid | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/5/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) was signed into law on Jan. 2, 2013, avoiding dramatic changes to tax exemptions and tax rates on transfers subject to federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping...more

Alert: Estate Planning - January 2013

by 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

The Estate Planner - January/February 2013

by Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 1/31/2013

In This Issue: - Tax deal reshapes estate planning landscape - Are your children prepared to handle your wealth? - Planning your digital legacy - Estate Planning Red Flag: You’re married and relocating into or out...more

Tales From The Cliff: Estate Planning Policy For 2013 And Beyond

by Lauren K. Keenan | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 1/31/2013

For those of you watching Congress as 2012 came to a close and wondering what would happen to the economy if we fell off the dreaded “fiscal cliff,” you may feel as though you lost a lot of sleep over nothing. Congress...more

2013 Estate Planning Update

by Laura Kelly, John Lombard, David Ludgin, Dana Mark | 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

by 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

Highlights of the Individual Tax Provisions in the New Taxpayer Relief Act

by Thomas Wechter | Duane Morris LLP on 1/24/2013

Originally published in the AICPA Tax Insider on January 17, 2013. After months of senseless haggling, the Senate early in the morning of Jan. 1, 2013, by a vote of 89–8, and the House of Representatives late in the...more

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