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Potential Changes Threaten Estate Planning Strategies, Create Urgency to Act

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Actor Will Rogers is widely credited with stating that “the only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” While most taxpayers fear tax laws changing for the worse, estate...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2022 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

During 2022, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, global inflation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the uncertainty about the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), and the Inflation Reduction Act...more

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Let's Talk Cryptocurrencies and "Digital Assets": A Primer for Trust and Estate Lawyers

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By now, nearly everyone knows that cryptocurrency is digital money and cryptocurrency transactions are recorded in secure digital ledgers known as blockchains. But that doesn't even scratch the surface of this robust...more

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Planning for the Future: Estate and Tax Planning with Digital Assets

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Cryptocurrencies are becoming a larger component of investors' portfolios, especially for millennials and Generation Z, who collectively make up 94 percent of cryptocurrency buyers. While it may seemingly be too early for...more

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[Webinar] The Administration’s 2022 Proposed Estate and Gift Tax Changes - June 21st, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm ET

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Join Robert F. Morris, Esq., to discuss some important components of the Administration’s proposed changes to Federal Estate and Gift Taxes. The discussion will include how these changes may impact you and your estate plan....more

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[Webinar] The Administration’s 2022 Proposed Estate and Gift Tax Changes - June 21st, 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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Join Robert F. Morris, Esq., to discuss some important components of the Administration’s proposed changes to Federal Estate and Gift Taxes. The discussion will include how these changes may impact you and your estate plan....more

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Understanding and Protecting Trusts in An Evolving Regulatory Landscape

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Family Offices that serve high-net-worth individuals have been in recent global headlines as governments target them in an effort to tax corporate and individual gains....more

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Gift and Estate Tax Changes

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Throughout 2021, Congress and the Executive Branch proposed tax code changes that – had they ultimately passed – would have significantly changed various estate planning techniques. Some proposals would have sidelined a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2021 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Overview During 2021, COVID-19, the new Biden administration, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT), the American Rescue Plan (ARP), and the uncertainty about the...more

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House of Representatives 5376: Current Tax Legislation Pending in the U.S. House of Representatives

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...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more

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Personal Planning Strategies - October 2021

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Act Now Before the Window of Opportunity Closes - By now you have probably heard that the House Ways and Means Committee introduced legislation a few weeks ago (see Let the Estate Tax Planning Games Begin - But Where Will...more

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Draft Legislation in U.S. House of Representatives Would Dramatically Alter Estate Planning Strategies

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On September 10, 2021, the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means released a draft of proposed legislation that, if enacted into law, would reduce the estate tax exemption and significantly limit the effectiveness of certain...more

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House Ways and Means Committee Tax Plan Proposes Changes to Estate Planning

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The House Committee on Ways and Means has proposed a tax plan intended to fund President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" $3.5 trillion infrastructure program. Among the many changes in this proposed tax plan are three that...more

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House Democrats Propose Estate and Gift Tax Law Changes: Important Estate Planning Implications

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What you need to know: On September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released its proposed tax plan to fund President Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” social and economic spending package. If enacted as...more

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Personal Planning Strategies - September 2021

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You have probably heard that the House Ways and Means Committee released proposals for increasing gift and estate taxes in order support legislation being advanced by the Democratic majority in Congress. ...more

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The House Democrats’ Tax Plan – The Time for Estate Planning Is Now

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The Democrats of the House of Representatives have released a much-anticipated tax plan that would significantly impact the federal estate and gift tax system. Importantly, the House could still amend this legislation and the...more

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Let the Estate Tax Planning Games Begin - But Where Will They Land - the House Ways and Committee Has Spoken

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“President Biden and Democrats in the Congress have been working on a $3.5 trillion spending and tax package, and the details are starting to be revealed. Indeed, on Sunday, September 12th, the House Ways and Means Committee...more

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Impact Of President Biden’s Tax Plan On Estate Planning

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With Democratic control of the White House and Congress, there has been much speculation on what President Biden’s tax proposal will look like, as well as the likelihood that President Biden’s tax plan will be enacted into...more

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Wealth Management Update - July 2021

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July 2021 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts AFRs - The July applicable federal rate ("AFR") for use with a sale to a defective grantor...more

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Additional Guidance Issued for President Biden’s American Jobs and American Families Plan

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In April 2021, President Biden announced the “American Families Plan,” which included some significant tax law changes. Among the proposed changes included in the “American Families Plan” was the increase of the tax rate that...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

American Families Plan and Real Estate Investments – 1031 Exchanges

This article is part of a series discussing how the American Families Plan might affect real estate investments. Previous articles discussed how the American Families Plan proposes eliminating the stepped-up basis for many...more

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Wealth Planning and the New Administration: Potential Individual Income & Transfer Tax Changes

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On April 28, 2021, in an address to a Joint Session of Congress and a Fact Sheet published by the White House, President Biden introduced the “American Families Plan,” the President’s plan for spending and a series of tax...more

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Preparing Your Estate Plan for Biden Administration Tax Changes

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With the passage of the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 relief bill, the focus in Washington, D.C., has shifted to Administration plans for investment in infrastructure and related items and significant tax changes to help...more

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Re-Evaluating Real Estate Dispositions Under the Biden Tax Plan

How Real Estate Investment is Like Buying Violins - Real estate investors also frequently gradually increase in size and price of their assets. A real estate investor might start small with a single duplex. When they sell...more

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Gift Planning In 2021

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Trust and estate planners are still catching their breath from the 2020 year-end and dealing with the wave of gifting transactions that many clients completed. It seems the ink is not dry on those December transactions and...more

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