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Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the... more +
Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the disposition of assets, guardianship of minor children, and appointment of representatives to make medical and financial decisions. Effective estate planning can decrease tax liability and facilitate the probate process.  less -
Blank Rome LLP

Estate Planning for the Business Owner Series, Part 4: Document the Transfer

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Once a business owner has an understanding of the value of the business and the tax and cash flow impacts of the transfer, the next step is to document the transfer. This may be done by the client’s separate business legal...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen

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Allen Barron's podcast on Business Succession Planning focuses on one of the most important part of protecting an owner, member, partner, shareholder or investor in any company, and yet less than one in four businesses have a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Keep It in the Family: Three Tips for Preserving Family Business Interests

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As a family business owner, are you missing out on valuable estate and wealth transfer planning opportunities or jeopardizing your current plan altogether? Katten recently hosted a program that addressed common concerns,...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

[Webinar] Family Business Succession – The Good, the Bad and the Lessons Learned - May 23rd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Join Warner Norcross + Judd LLP attorneys Charles Ash, Matt Johnson and Laura Morris for a webinar discussion on family business succession and the challenges and opportunities to a successful transition. In this webinar, we...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Has Your Buy-Sell Agreement Recently Been Updated?

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A buy-sell agreement should be a critical part of your estate plan if you have an interest in a business that’s closely held or family owned. The agreement provides for the disposition of each owner’s interest after a...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Continuing the Family Business After Its Founder’s Passing: The Austen Family Legacy

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The adult children of Jack Austen – Kate, Charlie, and Claire – are gathering a few months after their father’s passing to remember him and discuss what to do with the family business, Oceanic Real Estate, LLC. ...more

Gray Reed

Family Matters: Can a Family Business Succeed Without Maximum Valuation and Sound Estate Planning

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Struggling these last several months with the family dynamics and dilemmas of transitioning his family business to the next generation, Big Daddy Ernest Bux, 65, now turns to ordinary, practical considerations. What are...more

Gray Reed

Can a Family Business Succession Plan be Successful?

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Finishing a best-year-ever 2018 and being questioned daily by his second wife Anna Nicole about making her children officers and owners of the family business Buxboro State Bank, Big Daddy Ernest Bux concludes, at 65 years...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Owner Dilemmas: Should I Stay, Go, Lead, or Follow?

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You’ve built a great business. You want to do the smart work of planning for an orderly succession and transition to the next generation of leaders and owners. You’ve planned well and have financial flexibility. Some...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

IRS and Treasury Department Announce Withdrawal of Proposed 2704 Regulations

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On October 4, 2017, in its Second Report to the President Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it is recommending the complete withdrawal of the proposed 2704...more

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The Future Of Proposed IRS § 2704 Modifications Is Uncertain

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Proposed changes to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) § 2704, which would impact the valuation of transfers of family business interests at death, come at an interesting time politically given the Trump Administration’s desire to...more

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Ron Aucutt’s “Top Ten” Estate Planning and Estate Tax Developments of 2016

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In an always-anticipated annual tradition, Ronald Aucutt, a McGuireWoods partner and co-chair of the firm’s private wealth services group, has identified the following as the top ten estate planning and estate tax...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

2016 Year-End Trusts & Estates Update

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As 2016 comes to a close, we would like to share with you a number of recent developments affecting trust and estate planning that may be of interest: Final regulations restricting valuation discounts unlikely to be...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Personal Planning Strategies - December 2016

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2017 Estate, Gift and GST Tax Update: What This Means for Your Current Will, Revocable Trust and Estate Plan - As we previously reported, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the "Act") made the following permanent:...more

Perkins Coie

What Proposed Tax Plans by Trump Administration and House Republicans Mean for Personal Planning

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The election of Donald Trump and Republican majorities in U.S. Congress make the future of the federal transfer tax system (gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes) uncertain. President-elect Trump and...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Trust and Estate: Family Feud — Hollywood May Call It Entertainment But It Is No Laughing Matter for Family Businesses, Part II...

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INTRODUCTION - As discussed in Part One of this article, statistics show that most family-owned businesses fail after a generation or two. Specifically, only 30% of family-owned businesses survive the transition from...more

Jackson Walker

Time to Transfer Early Stage Investments?

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New rules may stop “cheap” transfers of business interests to kids and grandkids. Proposed IRS regulations that may be effective as early as the end of 2016 are designed to severely limit use of discounts on gifts or sales...more

Gray Reed

Successfully Selling Your Business: 4 Tips – No Matter the Buyer

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Among the growing number of business owners looking to sell their business, JR and Sue Ellen Pawlenty are in the market to sell their company Pawlenty Energy. Recently Tilting the Scales highlighted Successfully Selling Your...more

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IRS Proposes Regulations That Would Increase Wealth Transfer Taxes in Family-Controlled Entities

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed regulations on August 2, 2016, under which transfers to family members of interests in family-controlled entities — including partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs) and...more

Brooks Pierce

Proposed IRS Valuation Rules Could Have Major Impact on Family Wealth Transfers

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New rules proposed by the IRS on August 2 could severely limit or eliminate the use of discounts commonly applied to value interests in family businesses for tax purposes. These discounts, which have been approved in numerous...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Proposed Tax Regulations Limit Availability of Valuation Discounts to Family Business Owners

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For family business owners who desire to transfer ownership of part of their business to the next generation, the valuation of the business interest is often an important factor to consider. This is especially true for family...more

Burr & Forman

IRS Proposes New Rules Designed to Restrict Valuation Discounts in Family Transfers

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Partnerships and LLCs are common choices of entity for family-owned businesses, due to their flexibility and the many uses to which they can be put – including pooling of family assets, succession planning, asset protection,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Proposed 2704 Regulations: Significant Impact on Valuation Discounts for Family Businesses

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Background: On August 4, 2016, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations addressing the valuation of certain business interests for federal estate, gift and generation-skipping tax...more

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Proposed Treasury Regulations Regarding Valuation Discounts for Transfers of Family-Controlled Entities, if Enacted, Would Apply...

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After years of anticipation, the U.S. IRS recently issued Proposed Treasury Regulations that would, if enacted in their current form, substantially eliminate most valuation discounts for family-controlled entities and result...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

The End of Family Business Valuation Discounts?

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Proposed Treasury Regulations Prompt Immediate Action - The Threat to Planning with Family Business Interests: Recently proposed regulations threaten a powerful planning technique – the use of valuation discounts...more

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