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Revocable Trusts

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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 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 -

The Step Up Benefit of a Revocable Trust

Allen Barron, Inc. on 7/30/2024

What is the step-up benefit of a revocable trust from the perspective of the beneficiaries? How can a revocable trust not only pass money and assets to your beneficiaries but save a substantial amount of tax in the process? ...more

2020 California Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter

Blank Rome LLP on 1/6/2020

Blank Rome’s annual estate and tax planning newsletter addresses certain concepts and techniques that should be considered in 2020 by our clients and friends in California. Perhaps the most important and troublesome...more

Recent Cases of Interest to Fiduciaries August 2019

McGuireWoods LLP on 8/13/2019

In the most recent installment of the McGuireWoods Fiduciary Advisory Services annual multipart series on recent fiduciary cases, developments in the law concerning various topics are examined through the following: Smith...more

2019 Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter

Blank Rome LLP on 1/9/2019

Blank Rome’s annual estate and tax planning newsletter addresses estate planning concepts and techniques that should be considered in 2019 by our clients and friends. 1. Transfer Taxes. The major changes made in 2010 in...more

Warning: $10 Million Estate Tax Exemption Can Overfund Trusts at Death and Harm Your Surviving Family

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 8/7/2018

Congress's recent increase in the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer ("GST") tax exemption to $10 million per person adjusted annually for inflation ($11.18 million in 2018) is a welcome sweetener for many...more

When to Gift – Now or Later? (The Step-Up in Basis Dilemma)

Dickinson Wright on 6/4/2018

The estate and gift tax exemption was raised to $11,180,000 per person for 2018, and will increase based on inflation each year until 2026 when it will return to the amount before it was increased (approximately $6,000,000),...more

Impact of New US Tax Law on High Net Worth Individuals, Trusts and Family Offices

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/24/2018

The newly enacted U.S. tax law makes significant changes to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code affecting high net worth individuals, their investment entities and family offices. These changes are likely to spur gift...more

2016 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/22/2016

In 2016, we continued to experience a period of relative stability in our federal transfer tax system and have been able to plan without expecting imminent significant changes to the system. Under the American Taxpayer Relief...more

Wealth Management Update - October 2016

Proskauer Rose LLP on 10/1/2016

October Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - The October Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs,...more

Wealth Management Update - June 2016

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/2/2016

June Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts The June § 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs...more

Recent Cases of Interest to Fiduciaries

McGuireWoods LLP on 8/1/2015

In re Estate of House, 2014 Wash. App. LEXIS 3006 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014) - A release waiving any and all claims that the parties may have or may acquire, bars recovery for unknown claims existing at the time the release...more

Wealth Management Update Newsletter - January 2013

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/10/2013

We Didn't (Quite) Fall off the Cliff, But We Still Have To Clean up the Mess! When the clock struck midnight on December 31, 2012, estate planning practitioners said "good night" to an unprecedented period of working...more

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