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Fiscal Cliff is a non-technical economic term used popularly to describe a series of tax increases and mandatory budget cuts set to occur at the beginning of 2013. The term "cliff" refers to the idea that such increases and cuts would be catastrophic to the fragile economy and consequently, force the economy off of a metaphorical cliff. less -

Alert: Estate Planning - January 2013

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 2/5/2013

For the first time in more than a decade, clients and advisors can plan their estates with a significant degree of certainty. The new tax law passed by Congress on January 1, 2013 and signed into law by President Obama...more

The Fiscal Cliff Deal - What does it mean for you and your business?

Butler Snow LLP on 1/18/2013

In the early morning hours of January 1, 2013, the Senate approved the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) by a vote of 89-8. Less than 24 hours later, the House of Representatives also approved the Act by a vote...more

Estate Planning After the Fiscal Cliff Deal

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/17/2013

Now that a deal averting the fiscal cliff has finally been reached, many of the tax and planning issues that have been mired in uncertainty for the past two years (and even longer in some cases) may be resolved. Numerous tax...more

How Will the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Affect You - Details of Legislation passed by Congress to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

Poyner Spruill LLP on 1/15/2013

On January 2, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, H.R. 8 (ATRA), preserving many of the key tax provisions passed during the George W. Bush presidency, which were scheduled to...more

McNees Insights - Asset Planning and Federal Taxation - Winter 2013

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 1/14/2013

2012 Tax Act - The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) was signed into law on January 1, 2013 to avert the tax law changes that were one part of the “fiscal cliff” facing our country’s economy (the other...more

Significant Estate Planning Developments in 2013

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/10/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Act) was enacted on January 2, 2013....more

Congress Avoids the Fiscal ‘Cliff’—Now What?

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/10/2013

The new federal tax bill establishes permanent income, estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax provisions that present additional planning opportunities for 2013 and beyond. ...more

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Stabilizes Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-skipping Transfer Tax Law

Dickinson Wright on 1/10/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the "2012 Act") — actually passed by Congress on January 1, 2013 — brings welcome stability to federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax law which has been in...more

Important New Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act

Morgan Lewis on 1/7/2013

From tax rates and tax extenders to the revival of the Pease limitation, the act includes a host of provisions affecting tax-exempt organizations....more

Fiscal cliff avoided — what it means for you

Saul Ewing LLP on 1/5/2013

While most of us were celebrating the new year, members of the U.S. House and Senate were trying to prevent a fall over the dreaded "fiscal cliff," the combination of automatic tax increases and automatic reductions in...more

Tax Law Blog: Estate and Gift Law Tax Aspects of Fiscal Cliff Legislation

Dentons on 1/3/2013

The Fiscal Cliff legislation passed by the Senate on Monday and the House of Representatives late on New Year’s Day extends the estate, gift and generation skipping tax provisions we have been working with in 2011 and 2012....more

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