The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increased the federal estate and gift tax exclusion amount (sometimes called the “basic exclusion amount” or “BEA”) from $5 million to $10 million. (Those numbers are adjusted for...more
In Revenue Procedure 2021-45 (RP-2021-45 (irs.gov)), the Internal Revenue Service announced annual inflation-adjusted tax rates for 2022, including provisions concerning estate and gift taxes.
Beginning in 2022, the...more
Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee released proposed legislation affecting numerous transfer and income tax provisions of the Code. These changes, if enacted, will have a significant impact on estate planning and...more
9/23/2021
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The IRS published Revenue Procedure 2019-44 on November 6, 2019, to set the inflation adjustments for 2020. The exclusion from federal estate will increase to $11,580,000, up from $11,400,000 in 2019....more
11/7/2019
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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS’) has set the 2019 Federal Estate Tax Exemption at $11,400,000, up from $11,180,000 in 2018....more
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released an updated Priority Guidance Plan outlining the regulatory projects that have become necessary in light of the passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the...more
Exemption Amount Doubled: A simple but powerful change was made to the Federal Estate and Gift Tax: Starting in 2018, the amount that an individual can transfer free from estate tax (the "exclusion amount") increased from a...more
The Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes the House Bill’s increases in federal estate and gift tax exemption amounts – doubling the base amount from $5 million to $10 million (indexed for inflation) – but...more
A summary of the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was released this morning (11/2/17) and reveals some major changes. The federal estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax exclusions are increased from the current $5...more