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Tax Changes Coming in 2025 Affecting Farmers and Agribusiness Clients

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions are set to sunset at the end of calendar year 2025. With this sunset on the horizon, those involved in the farming and agribusiness industries may want to take note and adjust their...more

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Supreme Court Decision in Connelly v. United States

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On June 6, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in in Connelly, As Executor of the Estate of Connelly v. United States, (602 US ________). The decision involves the application of the federal estate tax...more

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The Family-Owned Business, Stock Options, And Personal Goodwill – a Smorgasbord of Tax Issues

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Many of us have encountered variations of the following scenario: a parent owns and operates a business; one or more of their children are employed in the business; as the children mature and become more experienced and...more

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Taxes and the 2024 Election: ‘Tis the Season to Plan and Act

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This is The End- I have dreaded the year end for as long as I can remember. As a teenager and then as a young adult I associated the final quarter of the year, and especially the period beginning on Thanksgiving and...more

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Disclaiming to Save Taxes

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It’s not enough for the founder of a closely held business to have successfully established the business. The business has to grow, not only to increase profits, but also to make it more competitive and to diversify its...more

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Corporate-Owned Life Insurance, a Redemption, and The Value of a Decedent’s Stock

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Estate Tax – It’s a Killer- One of the reasons often given for eliminating the estate tax is the substantial economic burden it places upon the estate of a deceased business owner and upon the business itself. Specifically,...more

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Gifting Business Interests Before Selling the Business? Think Valuation

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Counting the Days?- We are 302 days away from the national mid-term elections, to be held November 8, 2022, yet the first full week of the new year has already highlighted some of the economic issues with which the...more

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Gift Transfers: Not on the Congressional Agenda, But Still in the Crosshairs of the IRS

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Same old in D.C.- On Monday, November 15, the President will sign into law the approximately $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was finally passed by Congress when the House approved the Senate’s...more

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Gifts, Sales and Effective Dates: The Race Against the Clock the Taxpayer Cannot See

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It was quite a week, wasn’t it?- Manchin- Senator Manchin continued to attract a lot of attention. To the dismay of his fellow Democrats, the West Virginian – who also chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...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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Tax Increases Are In Sight

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Summertime in Washington- On August 11, the Senate passed the $3.5 trillion budget resolution for the 2021-2022 fiscal year – S. Con. Res. 14, as amended – by a vote of 50 to 49, strictly along party lines, including...more

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Biden’s 2022 Revenue Proposal, Profits Interests, And The Alchemy Of Compensation

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Recap- Last week, we considered several of the revenue proposals included in the Biden Administration’s 2022 Budget that are probably of interest – or should we say, “of concern”? – to the owners of closely held...more

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The Biden Administration’s Revenue Proposals For Fiscal Year 2022: Tax Increases And Forced Recognition Of Capital Gains

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Extra, Extra!- Last Friday afternoon, as millions of unsuspecting Americans prepared for the long Memorial Day weekend – for many, perhaps, their first mask-less holiday celebration in almost 15 months – the Biden...more

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The President’s Recent Tax Proposals: What Do They Mean For Business Owners?

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A Night to Remember? Did you listen to the President’s speech last Wednesday? He addressed a joint session of Congress to pitch the Administration’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. Due to COVID-related...more

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Gift & Estate Tax Valuation: 5 Things To Remember

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Here are five things to remember when performing the valuation of shares of a closely held entity for gift and estate tax reporting...more

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A Farewell to the Current Gift and Estate Tax Exemption?

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We recently wrote about a window of opportunity to take advantage of the rising estate and gift tax exemption before it sets. It is becoming clearer that the window may be shutting fast. The opportunity to take advantage...more

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Business Succession Planning – Should I Own My Business In A Trust?

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Closely-held businesses come in all shapes and sizes. Some owners own 100% of their businesses. Some have partners. Some have children in the business. Some do not. A common question that a client asks the business and...more

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The Election, The Democrats’ Tax Proposals, And Year-End Tax Planning: Caught Between Scylla And Charybdis

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What a Week- There is no denying that last week’s political events were historic; one can only hope they were aberrational. The week began with the Sunday New York Times publishing a story in which it claimed to have...more

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Biden’s Tax Proposals For Capital Gain, Like Kind Exchanges, Basis Step-Up & The Estate Tax – Tough Times Ahead?

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“The board is set. The pieces are moving. We come to it at last.” With these words, Gandalf the White acknowledged that the decisive battle for control over Middle Earth had been joined. So it is now for the U.S....more

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Peter, Paul, and Mary Should Make Large Gifts – Now!

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Peter, Paul, and Mary have done well for themselves. Each has a nice home, a seasonal residence, and a large IRA. Coincidentally, each also has an additional $11 million worth of real estate, savings, brokerage accounts, and...more

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Wealth Inequality, COVID-19, Recession, The 2020 Election & The Estate Tax

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Politics and Wealth Inequality- As we approach the presidential convention season, and the election campaign that will follow, the thoughts of many business owners have turned to the federal estate tax, and for good...more

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When A New York Exempt Resident Trust Meets The Sale Of A Business

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Imagine, if you will, the owner of a closely held business. Although the business has done well, the owner believes they can take it to the proverbial “next level” by dedicating another five years of intense effort and some...more

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Valuing Closely Held Businesses: The Reality Of Economic Control?

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A Time for Planning? It’s late August – again. As usual, many business owners are looking forward to having all of their employees back at work and ready to make the final push for a successful year. Others, nearing...more

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The Gifts of a Family Business: A Talk with Karen Albritton and Deana Labriola

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This is the fourth article in a series about transitions and transactions for midsized companies... Karen Albritton: Growing up in a family business, and now advising closely held companies as a consultant, has given me an...more

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Changes in Planning for Closely Held Businesses Under the New Tax Law

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The tax changes recently signed into law increased the exemption from federal estate and gift taxes to about twice the prior level. Even though the increase is temporary and will expire at the end of 2025, it changes some of...more

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