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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 -
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Death and Taxes…and Planning Opportunities

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Financial markets, political moods, and the world-at-large can take us on a roller coaster ride of ups and downs.  But savvy investors (and their estate planning counsel) know that – in the end – neither the bears nor bulls...more

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QPRTs: Take Advantage of Efficient Wealth Transfers While Rates Are Higher

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In a high interest environment, a QPRT ("Qualified Personal Residence Trust") is a great tax strategy with a statutory basis, supported by both the Internal Revenue Code and its Regulations, that can allow taxpayers to make a...more

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Wealth Management Update - May 2023

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May 2023 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts - The May Section 7520 rate for use in estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

2023: New Year, New Laws, and New Planning Opportunities

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Summary - A new year brings hope for positive change and new opportunities. With changes to estate and gift tax exemptions and the retirement laws, combined with the current and anticipated interest rate environment and...more

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Client Alert: Leveraging QPRTs in a High Interest Rate Environment

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Leveraging QPRTs in a High Interest Rate Environment - A Qualified Personal Residence Trust, or “QPRT” is a planning strategy specifically authorized in the Internal Revenue Code that allows an individual to remove a...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

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Four Key Estate Planning Issues We're Following in 2021

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The past twelve months have demonstrated that a solid estate plan, which includes steps to protect your wealth, can help you feel better prepared and provide a sense of control during times of economic uncertainty.  As we...more

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Wealth Management Update - January 2021

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January 2021 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - Certain federal interest rates increased slightly for January of 2021 while others...more

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Is Now the Right Time to Forgive Intrafamily Loans?

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Whether you made intrafamily loans years ago or perhaps this year in response to a loved one’s financial troubles due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consider forgiving those loans. Why? A record-high gift and estate tax exemption...more

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Personal Planning Strategies - October 2020

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Top Ten Estate Planning Recommendations before the End of 2020 - If you have not already been inundated with invitations to webinars, articles and newsletters regarding the estate planning you should consider doing before...more

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Wealth Management Update - October 2020

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Important federal interest rates continue to hold relatively steady. The October Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 0.4%, which is unchanged from a month ago....more

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Intra-Family Loan: A Gift Alternative In Turbulent Times?

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Woe to Us? We live in strange times. The coronavirus pandemic hit the United States hard, the scientific community fears a second round later this year, and there have been wildly differing estimates over when an...more

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Wealth Management Update - September 2020

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

Bilzin Sumberg

Move Forward with Your Estate Tax Planning Before it is Too Late

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While it is hard to imagine there could be anything advantageous about today's uncertainties and depressed asset values, the following factors, coupled with historically low interest rates...more

Blank Rome LLP

Low Interest Rate Gift Planning

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While clients still have all of 2020 to take advantage of annual exclusion gifts (currently $15,000 per donee) and the increased lifetime gift tax exemption (now $11,580,000 per taxpayer), practitioners may wish to recommend...more

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Wealth Management Update - July 2020

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July 2020 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intrafamily Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts - The July Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs...more

Lathrop GPM

Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning Updates - Spring 2020

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Estate Planning Opportunities with Historically Low Interest Rates - Many of the sophisticated estate planning strategies designed to reduce gift and estate tax exposure are tied to interest rates of the month in which...more

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Legacy & Tax Planning in a Pandemic

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A confluence of events has created an uncommon opportunity to transfer wealth and support charity: financial markets have declined because of the COVID-19 pandemic; in response, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more

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Looking Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis

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First and foremost, we hope you and your families are well and managing as best as possible during these unprecedented times. Although this crisis presents innumerable unforeseen challenges in the short run, it also presents...more

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Client Alert: Lowered Interest Rates, Market Declines and Increased Exemptions Present an Opportune Time for Tax Planning

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The current economic environment may be an opportune time to implement certain planning techniques that could be enormously beneficial to you and your family from an estate and tax planning perspective. There are at least...more

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Wealth Management Update - March 2020

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March 2020 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - Important federal interest rates continue to hold relatively steady. The March Section 7520...more

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2019 Year-End Trusts & Estates Update

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As we near the end of the year, we would like to share with you a few developments affecting trust and estate planning that may be of interest: Historically-Low Interest Rates. Treasury-prescribed interest rates applicable...more

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Wealth Management Update - October 2019

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October 2019 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

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Wealth Management Update - September 2019

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September 2019 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts - The September Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs,...more

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Wealth Management Update - August 2019

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August 2019 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts AFRs - Important federal interest rates continued to drop for August 2019. The August...more

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