Top Gun: Maverick - Core Estate Plan and Gifting Basics
US Expatriate Tax Planning - Part 2 - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
How Tax Works - Entity Selection
TRAs: Benefits, Complexities (and Private Jets) Explained with Tax Attorney David Peck
REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 2
IRS Dirty Dozen Warnings on Charitable Scams
US Expatriate Tax Planning - Part 1 - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Spotlight Series: A Conversation With Women Trailblazers in Tax
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
Once Removed Episode 19: The Step-Transaction Doctrine and the Case of Smaldino
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Influencers
Once Removed Episode 18: The Reciprocal Trust Doctrine
Business Better Podcast Episode: Tax Audits, Investigations, and Global Enforcement - A Conversation with IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz
Charitable Planning With Guest Stephanie Hood: Navigating Complex Rules and Traps for the Unwary
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 28 - Under the Microscope: Examining the Future of the ERC
Once Removed Episode 16: Gift and Estate Tax, Inflation Adjustments for 2024
Once Removed Episode 17: Annual Gifting to Individuals: Options, Opportunities and Pitfalls
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Inside the IRS: A Conversation With Former Agency Officials
The New Proposed Regulations on DAFs: Taxable Distributions and the Penalty Tax
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Pillar Two Analysis: An Asia Pacific Viewpoint
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Join us at our first McDermott Private Client Forum in Munich on Thursday, 28 November 2019. With this series of events, we want to create a forum for exchanging ideas on the topics of wealth, succession, inheritance and tax...more
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