State Taxes, Estate Tax, New Legislation

Massachusetts Estate Tax Changes

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 10/19/2023

Governor Maura Healey signed a tax relief package into law on October 4, 2023, making changes to how the Massachusetts estate tax is calculated. The new law doubles the Massachusetts estate tax exemption from $1 million to...more

More Planning Tips for Individuals Under New Tax Act

Ruder Ware on 2/15/2018

As Shanna Yonke mentioned in her January 22, 2018 Legal Update The New Tax Law Provides Estate Planning Opportunities, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law on December 22, 2017. The Act (officially,...more

Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Trust and Estate Planning

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/3/2018

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law on December 22, 2017, includes significant changes to the U.S. federal gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax laws, effective as of January 1, 2018. In addition,...more

Impact of the Tax Law on Estate Planning

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 1/3/2018

President Trump signed sweeping tax legislation into law on Dec. 22, 2017, resulting in several significant changes to the wealth transfer tax system, effective as of Jan. 1, 2018....more

Tax Reform Impact On Estate Taxes

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/26/2017

This is the sixth issue in a planned series of alerts designed to provide an in-depth analysis on topics related to tax reform. Like all new things, new years typically welcome many changes, opportunities and new...more

House Approves Estate Tax Repeal, Permanent Extension of State and Local Tax Deduction

McGuireWoods LLP on 4/17/2015

The House today passed the Death Tax Repeal Act (HR 1105) and the State and Local Tax Deduction Fairness Act (HR 622). The two bills would repeal the estate tax and the generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax (but not the gift...more