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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 -

Legal-Ease: Steps for When a Loved One Passes Away - Part Two

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 6/14/2024

This is the second of three articles addressing the topic of what needs to be done when a spouse or loved one passes away. My last article addressed the immediate things that need to be done prior to the decedent’s funeral...more

The Sunset of the TCJA – Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – Is Scheduled for the End of 2025

Allen Barron, Inc. on 4/19/2024

The sunset of the TCJA – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, is currently scheduled for the end of 2025. The TCJA contributed substantial changes to the US tax code that have benefited many US taxpayers. How should a US...more

IRS to Leave More in Our Paychecks in 2024

Allen Barron, Inc. on 11/17/2023

Is it possible for the IRS to leave more in our paychecks in 2024? What has changed for the 2024 federal income tax brackets and how will these apply to the tax return(s) you’ll file in 2025?...more

Massachusetts Estate Tax Changes

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 10/19/2023

Governor Maura Healey signed a tax relief package into law on October 4, 2023, making changes to how the Massachusetts estate tax is calculated. The new law doubles the Massachusetts estate tax exemption from $1 million to...more

I’m Divorced - Now What?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 10/3/2023

For many people, getting through their divorce is challenging enough. Navigating the financial aspects of divorce can be time-consuming and confusing. Once an individual gets to the finish line, they may think that they can...more

Transferee Liability for Estate Tax: The Downside of Being a Beneficiary

Rivkin Radler LLP on 8/11/2023

Death of a Parent- In the context of a family-owned business, it is often the case that the matriarch or patriarch of the family is also the chief executive of the business. They may have founded the business, or they may...more

Will The Corporate Transparency Act Affect Estate Planning?

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 4/6/2023

The Corporate Transparency Act of 2020 (CTA) passed through Congress on Jan. 2, 2021. The CTA was enacted to prevent companies from being able to conceal ownership of businesses where concealment could facilitate illicit...more

Fall 2022 Estate Planning Update

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on 10/25/2022

This Estate Planning Update reviews the newly-released estate tax exemption and gifting adjustments for 2023, the extended deadline to make a portability election, and simple ways that business owners and professionals can...more

How Can I Tell You?

Gerald Nowotny - Law Office of Gerald R.... on 10/21/2022

I am on the record stating that as far as musical taste is concerned, I am a "horn band" aficionado - Tower of Power, Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears. By default, I am not an aficionado of folk music and ballads. Having said...more

Appellate Division Addresses the Removal of a Fiduciary

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 5/6/2022

While the removal of a fiduciary has long been the subject of Surrogate’s Court opinions, it is not often that the Appellate Division weighs in on the issue. However, in Matter of Epstein, 2022 NY Slip Op 00658 (2d Dep’t...more

The Renoir Spelling Bee

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/26/2022

On this episode of “Splitting Heirs,” Warren K. Racusin is joined by Tracy A. Snow, counsel in Lowenstein’s Trusts & Estates practice, and Richard Schmalbeck, Professor of Law at Duke University, to explain the how, what and...more

Wealth Management Update - February 2022

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/31/2022

February 2022 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts....more

The IRS’s Renewed Focus on Abusive Trust Arrangements

Freeman Law on 1/14/2022

Taxpayers have long utilized trust arrangements for the transfer of wealth to beneficiaries or for the protection of assets from creditors. Generally, there is nothing nefarious about these types of arrangements. Rather,...more

How Dealings Between Related Parties Doomed A Captive Insurer

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 3/17/2021

Insurance: What is it? How does it work? Assume that Acme Co is paying premiums for commercial insurance coverage to protect itself from economic losses that may arise out of various events. These premiums are deductible...more

Holiday Giving: Will My Gifts Have Tax Consequences?

Ruder Ware on 12/15/2020

The holiday season is a time of giving! With Christmas arriving next week, you might be rushing to find last minute gifts for the special people in your life. Have you considered potential tax consequences of those gifts? ...more

Planning for Retirement: How Attractive is Massachusetts for Estate Tax Planning?

Bowditch & Dewey on 10/5/2020

Massachusetts is already an unattractive state of residency from an estate tax planning perspective because of its low estate tax filing threshold of $1,000,000 per person. Once a person’s adjusted taxable estate is over $1M...more

IRS Extends Filing Deadline for Federal Gift Tax and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Returns

Williams Mullen on 4/1/2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) issued various notices addressing both payment and filing deadlines for taxpayers. On March 18, 2020, for example, the IRS issued Notice 2020-17,...more

Tax and Estate Planning in the Current Environment

Snell & Wilmer on 3/25/2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting financial market turmoil, taxpayers are left with many questions regarding their obligations and the future of their holdings. In the near term, taxing authorities across...more

Wills, Trusts & Estates: Plain and Simple – Year End Gifting

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 12/18/2019

Now is the time that many people think about gifting to loved ones, especially with the holidays upon us. In addition to making you, as well as the beneficiary of your gift, feel good, lifetime gifts can help reduce your...more

Federal Estate Tax Exclusion Rises to $11,580,000 for 2020 (and more inflation adjustments)

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 11/7/2019

The IRS published Revenue Procedure 2019-44 on November 6, 2019, to set the inflation adjustments for 2020. The exclusion from federal estate will increase to $11,580,000, up from $11,400,000 in 2019....more

Tell Your Agent to File Your Tax Returns!

Holland & Hart LLP on 10/23/2019

In October 2005, Carlton Stauffer executed a durable power of attorney (“DPA”) naming his son, Hoff Stauffer, as his agent. Stauffer v. Comm’r, No. 18-2105 (1st Cir. Sept. 16, 2019). The DPA granted broad authority to Hoff...more

Court Finds That Penalty For Late Filing Of Estate Tax Return Was Arbitrary And Capricious

Cole Schotz on 10/22/2019

Seasoned trusts and estates practitioners know certain truths, such as: Stuff happens. Some estate tax disputes should not be litigated, but they are anyway. Sometimes justice is done....more

New IRS Addresses for Filing Estate Tax Returns

Holland & Hart LLP on 8/28/2019

The Instructions for Form 706 released in November 2018 included new addresses; however, we felt a reminder could be useful since the filing address changed mid-year...more

Understanding a Personal Representative

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 4/15/2019

A Personal Representative (PR) is in charge of the property (estate) of an individual who has died (known as the decedent). When a person passes away, their assets become property of their estate....more

2018 Gift Tax Returns

Dickinson Wright on 3/4/2019

If you made gifts in 2018 now is the time to begin thinking about filing a gift tax return. If you made gifts in 2018 in excess of the gift tax annual exclusion amount ($15,000 per donee in 2018, or $30,000 if a husband and...more

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