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IRS Announces Increased Gift and Estate Tax Exemption Amounts for 2025

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The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that the annual gift tax exclusion is increasing in 2025 due to inflation. The exclusion will be $19,000 per recipient for 2025—the highest exclusion amount ever....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup October 7 – October 11, 2024

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 7, 2024 – October 11, 2024. ...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: Joint DB & DC trustee agenda update – November 2024

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on...more

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Pensions: DC trustee agenda update - November 2024

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DC pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on your next...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Semiconductor Industry Receives Long-Awaited Tax Credit Guidance From Treasury

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On October 22, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued long-awaited regulations implementing the advanced manufacturing investment credit under Sections 48D and 50...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Annuities in 401(k) Plans

As Michael Corleone said in the very underrated “The Godfather Part III”, “Just when I want to get out, they keep bringing me back in.”...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Are You Prepared for Potential Adjustments to the Federal Estate Tax?‎

The federal estate and gift tax exemption is the highest it has ever been. Under current law, you may transfer almost $14 million to anyone you wish without having to pay a dime of federal gift or estate tax. Absent any...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Maximizing Your Wealth Transfer Potential: Updates to Gift, Estate, and GST Tax Exemptions for 2025

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When it comes to passing wealth to the next generation, one of the most powerful tools in our toolbox is the use of your lifetime gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax (GST) exemption amounts. While the...more

Holland & Hart LLP

the buzz: Cannabis News & Policy Update - October 2024

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Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. In this pre-election edition...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The SECURE Act: Key Changes and Updates

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) was originally signed into law on December 20, 2019. The Act simplifies the process for businesses to establish “safe harbor” retirement plans, making...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Treasury Department, IRS Release Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit Final Regulations

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Oct. 24, 2024, released Final Regulations regarding the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit of the Internal Revenue Code. The Final Regulations are effective 60...more

Benesch

Ohio Still Slow to Adapt Cannabis Business After November 2023 Legalization of Recreational Use

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They call it the Green Mile on I-75 North, just 11 miles north of the Ohio border in Michigan where several dispensaries compete for out of state cannabis business, including Ohio’s....more

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Navigating Employee Retention Credit Denials and Delays

Employee retention credits (ERCs) have been a critical financial lifeline for businesses dealing with the effects of COVID-19. Designed to incentivize businesses to retain employees during the economic downturn caused by...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Further Updates to the Massachusetts Estate Tax

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On October 4, 2023, the Massachusetts estate tax was updated for the first time in seventeen years (the “2023 Act”). Primarily, the 2023 Act created a $2,000,000 exemption from the estate tax for all decedents who died on or...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Retirement Philosophy

As qualified retirement plan sponsors evaluate the various new distribution options available under SECURE 2.0 (read our overview here), it is worth asking: What is your company’s retirement philosophy? The answer to this...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Deadline Approaching Under The Corporate Transparency Act

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Have you filed your company’s BOI report? As announced in December 2023, under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), certain legal entities formed before January 1, 2024 have to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Clarifying the federal tax classification of wholly owned tribal entities and the mechanics of the Section 6417 election for such...

On October 7, 2024, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) clarifying the federal tax classification of certain entities wholly owned by...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Surprising IRS Tax Bracket Changes for 2025

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Have you come across the surprising IRS tax bracket changes for 2025? Yesterday, the IRS released the 2025 income tax brackets for U.S. taxpayers. The inflation adjustments to tax brackets were a pandemic-boosted 7% for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

First Stand-Alone Crypto Tax Fraud Case Leads to Guilty Plea

On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Frank Richard Ahlgren III pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return underreporting gains from selling $3.7 million in Bitcoin. As we discussed...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

CAMT Count Me Twice: Determining CAMT AFSI in Mergers and Acquisitions

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On September 12, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued long-awaited proposed regulations (89 FR 75062) (the “Proposed Regulations”) on the application of the...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Announces 2025 Health and Welfare Limits

On October 22, 2024, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2024-40, which announces the 2025 indexed limits for certain health and welfare benefits. This is in addition to the limits that the IRS announced on May 9, 2024 in Rev. Proc....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Personal Planning Strategies - November 2024

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What This Means for Your Current Will, Revocable Trust and Estate Plan - The estate and gift tax regimes have been permanent and unified since the passage of The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the "2012 Act"). In...more

Locke Lord LLP

IRS Issues Guidance on Employer Matching Contributions for Student Loan Repayments

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued interim guidance on the SECURE 2.0 Act provision permitting employers to make matching contributions based on employees’ qualified student loan repayments (“QSLP”) under 401(k),...more

Woodruff Sawyer

​​​​​IRS Adjusts Health Flexible Spending Account and Other Benefit Limits for 2025

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On October 22, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2024-40, which increases the health flexible spending account (FSA) salary reduction contribution limit to $3,300 for plan years beginning in...more

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Understanding Small Business Relief: Key Provisions of the UAE Corporate Tax Law

The introduction of the Small Business Relief under Article 21 of the UAE Corporate Tax Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022) aims to support small businesses by exempting them from corporate tax obligations, provided they...more

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