The concept of portability, permanently enacted as part of the amendments to the estate tax law under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, allows the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (DSUEA) of a decedent to be...more
August Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - The August ยง 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and...more
The new estate laws are challenging to comply with and will require most high net worth individuals to review their existing plan. One of the major issues is how the trust is divided on the death of the first spouse, and who...more