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Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Business Owner's Guide: Use of Life Insurance for Buyouts

It is typical to have provisions in the governing documents for your company which contemplate the death and buyout of the owners. Most often, those buyout obligations are funded by the purchase of a life insurance policy on...more

Newburn Law

Agricultural Estate Planning: Securing Your Land's Future

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In the world of farming and ranching, ensuring your land's future is vital. That's where agricultural estate planning comes in. It's all about smoothly transitioning your farm or ranch to the next generation, maintaining its...more

Blank Rome LLP

Estate Planning for the Business Owner, Part 1: The Business Owner as a New Client

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For most business owners, the business is the most valuable item on their balance sheet. From an estate planning perspective, the equity in the business is also often the best asset to use for lifetime transfers to pass value...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Steps for the Long-term Success of Your Brand & Business

Family wineries face certain common issues when it comes to succession planning, and there are steps you can take to help ensure the longevity and success of your brand and business. Step 1 – Develop a Plan - Benjamin...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

The Succession Bulletin - September 2022

This quarterly newsletter explores the emerging legal topics related to business succession planning. Thought-leading attorneys from Moritt Hock & Hamroff’s Closely-Held/Family Business Practice Group share their legal...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Does Your Family Situation Call for a Spendthrift Trust?

You’ve likely spent most of your adult life accumulating wealth that you intend to eventually pass on to your loved ones. But are you concerned that the beneficiaries of your estate might squander their inheritance?...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Attention Business Owners: It’s Time to Talk About Estate Planning

If you’re a small business owner, you probably don’t have a minute to spare in your busy workday, especially if you’re struggling to recover after a turbulent 2020. Estate planning may be one of the last things on your mind. ...more

Cole Schotz

Business Succession Planning – Should I Own My Business In A Trust?

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Closely-held businesses come in all shapes and sizes. Some owners own 100% of their businesses. Some have partners. Some have children in the business. Some do not. A common question that a client asks the business and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Estate Planning Ownership Transfers May Require PPP Lender or SBA Approval

Current high estate tax exemption amounts, low interest rates, and decreased company valuations have many family business owners scrambling to make gifts of ownership interests or close other succession planning transactions...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Valuing Closely Held Businesses: The Reality Of Economic Control?

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A Time for Planning? It’s late August – again. As usual, many business owners are looking forward to having all of their employees back at work and ready to make the final push for a successful year. Others, nearing...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes & How to Avoid Making Them

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As estate planners, we have seen it all over the years. What we have learned is that people make some common mistakes. Whether due to procrastination, lack of follow through, or ignoring their own mortality! This article...more

Burr & Forman

The Federal Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax: the Often Forgotten Transfer Tax

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Many people are aware of the federal gift tax and the federal estate tax (sometimes referred to as the ‘death tax’). These are the transfer taxes which are imposed on transfers during life, by gift, or at death. In 2019, a...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Succession Planning for Wineries and Vineyards - As wine families tend their grapes, so too should they tend their business...

Wineries and vineyards are unique assets to consider when crafting personal financial, estate and business succession plans for clients, both of which are crucial components of wealth management....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

How to Plan for Successful Winery, Vineyard Business Succession

Harnessing the energy and ambition that tends to surface at the start of a new year, now may be a good time to consider your personal estate and business succession planning. Developing a plan for the future of your winery...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Personal Planning Strategies - September 2018

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With over a century of combined experience, the lawyers of Proskauer's Private Client Services Department regularly provide their diverse clientele – from business entrepreneurs and corporate executives to sports figures and...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

What Could Go Wrong? The Importance of Business Succession Planning

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Most business owners expect that their company will continue to operate after they stop working. However, successfully transitioning control of a business rarely occurs without thoughtful planning. Consideration must be...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Closely Held Businesses: You Make the Plan, or a Plan Will Be Made For You

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Who is the Better Planner for Your Affairs: You or the State? Planning for succession of a closely held business is a lot like making a will. An individual has the opportunity to make a will which directs how the...more

Downey Brand LLP

Tax Law Uncertainty Should Not Delay Farming Business Succession Planning

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President Trump promised and will pursue tax reform, but Congress must agree to any proposal. For the most part, a majority vote in both houses would allow tax reform for about a decade, and at least sixty Senate votes would...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Succession Planning—Bet the Farm on It

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Despite recent trends toward consolidation in the agricultural industry, farming generally remains a family affair. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, 97 percent of all farms in the United States are...more

Lewitt Hackman

Estate Planning NOW: Preparing for a New Government

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It’s impossible to predict what any future president will do, or what Congress will approve. But in light of comments president-elect Donald J. Trump made on the campaign trail, and given that Grand Old Party members will...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Trust and Estate: Family Feud — Hollywood May Call It Entertainment But It Is No Laughing Matter for Family Businesses, Part II...

INTRODUCTION - As discussed in Part One of this article, statistics show that most family-owned businesses fail after a generation or two. Specifically, only 30% of family-owned businesses survive the transition from...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Trust and Estate: Family Feud — Hollywood May Call It Entertainment But It Is No Laughing Matter for Family Businesses, Part I...

INTRODUCTION - There are over five million family owned businesses operating in the United States.1 The Small Business Administration has indicated that over 90% of all businesses operating in North America are family...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Proposed Tax Regulations Limit Availability of Valuation Discounts to Family Business Owners

For family business owners who desire to transfer ownership of part of their business to the next generation, the valuation of the business interest is often an important factor to consider. This is especially true for family...more

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IRS Proposes New Rules Designed to Restrict Valuation Discounts in Family Transfers

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Partnerships and LLCs are common choices of entity for family-owned businesses, due to their flexibility and the many uses to which they can be put – including pooling of family assets, succession planning, asset protection,...more

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Proposed Treasury Regulations Regarding Valuation Discounts for Transfers of Family-Controlled Entities, if Enacted, Would Apply...

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After years of anticipation, the U.S. IRS recently issued Proposed Treasury Regulations that would, if enacted in their current form, substantially eliminate most valuation discounts for family-controlled entities and result...more

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