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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Sun Will Not Set: The One Big Beautiful Bill

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The long-anticipated “sunset” of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was slated for the end of 2025. Upon this “sunset,” the federal estate and gift tax exemptions—which reached $13.99 million per individual in...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Key One Big Beautiful Bill Act implications for family offices and high-net-worth investors

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the most significant US tax overhaul since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The OBBBA includes critical changes impacting family offices,...more

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Keeping the Family Cabin, in the Family

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Planning for Generations - As an estate planning attorney, a question I am frequently asked is, “How can we make sure the family cabin, ranch, or rental property stays in the family?” Real property carries deep sentimental...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Unpacking the One Big Beautiful Bill: What Changes Are Required to Optimize Your Estate Plan?

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) into law. The OBBBA is the tax and budget reconciliation package for the current 2025 fiscal year through 2034. While the bill focuses primarily...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, July/August 2025

Handle an inherited IRA with care - An inherited IRA can be a welcome financial windfall. But the rules governing required minimum distributions (RMDs) from these tax-deferred accounts are complex. IRA recipients should...more

Lerch, Early & Brewer

How to Protect an Incapacitated Loved One Going Through Divorce

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Sometimes people going through divorce lack decision-making capacity. At times, the lack of decision-making capacity is the cause of the divorce. Other times, the incapacity occurred long before or after the separation, or...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

President Trump’s Budget Extends His 2017 Individual Tax Provisions

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President Trump signed into law what is commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), extending provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 otherwise set to expire at the end of this year. The new...more

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Key Tax Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: What Individuals and Businesses Need to Know

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The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) on July 4, 2025 is the first key piece of tax legislation passed during President Trump’s second administration. While preserving much of the structure established...more

Foster Garvey PC

One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part II – Estate and Gift Tax

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In this second installment of our multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), my colleague David Knutson and I discuss the changes made by the Act to the federal estate and gift tax regime....more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Top 10 Tax Takeaways As Enacted in the Big Beautiful Bill Act

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the legislation commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” In follow up to our previous article, which discusses the bill as passed by the U.S. House of...more

Frost Brown Todd

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Enacts a Permanent Increase in the Estate and Gift Tax Lifetime Exclusion Amount for 2025 and Later...

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On July 3, 2025, and by a vote of 218 to 214, the U.S. House of Representative passed the Senate’s amended version of H.R. 1 (also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” or OBBBA 2025), which is the tax-and-budget...more

Hone Maxwell

Tax Law Changes in the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act: Key Takeaways

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The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, passed on July 4, 2025, introduces many significant changes to U.S. tax law, affecting individual, estate and gift, business, and international tax provisions. For some of these changes, it...more

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OBBBA Solidifies High Estate Tax Exemptions & Charitable Giving Changes

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President Trump’s July 4th signing of the Opportunity, Balance, and Better Budget Act sets an increased $15 million federal estate and gift tax exclusion and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption per individual,...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Stay Tuned for Our Client Alert Series

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As you may be aware, on July 4, 2025, a landmark piece of tax legislation – commonly referred to as “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – was signed into law, ushering in some of the most significant changes to the tax code in...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Permanently Increases the Lifetime Estate, Gift and GST Tax Exclusion

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).  The OBBBA extended and may permanent many key provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), including the Lifetime Estate,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Trump Accounts: The New Child Savings Account Established Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA). The OBBA established a new type of tax-advantaged savings account for minors, known as “Trump Accounts.” While the specific details of...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The OBBBA - What Has (and Hasn’t) Changed for Individual Income, Estate, and Gift Taxes

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA”) was signed into law last week, continuing the applicability of many individual federal income, estate, and gift tax provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), and in some...more

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Don’t Fall Into a Marriage With a Registered Domestic Partner

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The state of California can recognize you and your partner as a couple without marriage. Through a registered domestic partnership, couples can receive state recognition of their relationship, while avoiding the formalities,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Increased Wealth Transfer Tax Exemptions Made Permanent in One Big Beautiful Bill

The new tax cut and spending bill known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, increases federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemptions to $15 million...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Estate Planning and Estate Administrations During Economic Downturns

In uncertain economic times, many individuals are concerned about the value of their investments, and for good reason. When the stock market dips or real estate prices fall, the effect isn’t just felt in personal investment...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Preparing for College: Why Your Student Needs a Health Care Proxy and Durable Power of Attorney

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Parents of college students or of any child who has turned 18 years old should encourage their adult child to execute a durable power of attorney, health care proxy and HIPAA Authorization....more

Mayer Brown

UK Reforms to the Rules on Surplus Release From DB Pension Schemes

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AT A GLANCE - The government will make release of surplus from ongoing defined benefit (DB) pension schemes easier....more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Handle an Inherited IRA With Care

An inherited IRA can be a welcome financial windfall. But the rules governing required minimum distributions (RMDs) from these tax-deferred accounts are complex. IRA recipients should familiarize themselves with these rules...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Estate Planning in Uncertain Times

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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."- The Serenity Prayer- The first 100 days of President Trump’s administration have been...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

2025 Tax Update: What You Should Know

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This client alert provides a summary of the major provisions of the new tax bill. To make this extraordinarily complex bill somewhat understandable, we have left off several details and simplified the discussion, so it is...more

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