A New Year is upon us, it is an election year, and a rollback of the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes is scheduled for the not too distant future. State and federal estate and gift taxes are an...more
The Washington Supreme Court recently upheld as constitutional the state’s capital gains tax (WA Cap Gains Tax) that was enacted in 2021. The new WA Cap Gains Tax creates new wrinkles and provides new planning opportunities...more
As the end of the calendar year approaches, we would like to remind our clients of some year-end estate planning ideas to consider. A person can currently make annual gifts of up to US$16,000 per recipient to an unlimited...more
After the Democrats took control of the presidency and Congress earlier this year, questions have circulated regarding possible changes to the federal estate and gift tax laws, including a decrease in the exemptions from tax...more
President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) on December 22, 2017, implementing a new law that affects many taxpayers. This Alert addresses some of the changes to the federal estate, gift, and...more
A power of attorney is an integral part of a person’s estate plan. Under a power of attorney, a person (known as the principal) gives broad powers to another party (known as an agent or attorney in fact) to act on his or her...more
Gifts and bequests of interests in family-owned companies have traditionally been valued at their fair market values for purposes of calculating the gift or estate tax on the transfer. In valuing these transfers, there is...more