Top Gun: Maverick - Core Estate Plan and Gifting Basics
Once Removed Episode 19: The Step-Transaction Doctrine and the Case of Smaldino
Once Removed Episode 18: The Reciprocal Trust Doctrine
Once Removed Episode 16: Gift and Estate Tax, Inflation Adjustments for 2024
Once Removed Episode 17: Annual Gifting to Individuals: Options, Opportunities and Pitfalls
Gift Tax Basics
NGE On Demand: GRAT Trusts with Eric Mann
To Give or Not to Give: Considerations for Year-End Gifting
The 2010 Tax Relief Act and your estate plan
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) enacted significant changes in the federal estate and gift tax laws commencing in 2018. One of the most notable changes was that the TCJA doubled the federal lifetime gift tax...more
During 2022, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, global inflation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the uncertainty about the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), and the Inflation Reduction Act...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increased the federal estate and gift tax exclusion amount (sometimes called the “basic exclusion amount” or “BEA”) from $5 million to $10 million. (Those numbers are adjusted for...more
The IRS recently released proposed clawback regulations on the treatment of gifts that are complete at the time of transfer but are potentially included in the donor's gross estate at death. Such gifts will likely get the...more
The Treasury Department issued final regulations, citing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), on November 26, 2019 (Treasury Decision 9884) confirming that taxpayers will not be subject to “clawback” of the value of their...more
On November 26, 2019, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued final regulations under IR-2019-189 confirming that there will be no “clawback” for gifts made under the increased estate and gift tax exclusion put in place by...more
For those of sufficient wealth to be concerned about federal estate taxes, lifetime gift giving can be an effective strategy. Although the estate tax is imposed on the aggregate of the taxable estate and lifetime taxable...more
What’s a clawback ? and should you be worried about it? By temporarily doubling the gift and estate tax exemption amount, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created an historic opportunity for affluent families to shelter wealth...more
As previously posted, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017 (the “2017 Act”) made significant changes to the federal wealth transfer system with respect to gift and estate tax transfers during the...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) passed in December, 2017, doubled the estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount from $5.0 million to $10.0, coupled with a cost of living adjustment. For 2019, the basic exclusion amount is...more
On Dec. 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the 2017 Act) into law. The 2017 Act roughly doubled the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption amounts from $5.49 million per...more
Federal Transfer Taxes - The Internal Revenue Service has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the 2019 tax year... Federal unified gift and estate tax exclusion increasing to $11,400,000: As of January 1,...more
IRS Issues Proposed Temporary Clawback Regulations: Large gifts made under Tax Cut and Jobs Act won’t be clawed back when increased exclusions sunsets in 2025. The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act doubled an individual’s...more
When Congress enacted tax reform in December 2017, federal gift and estate tax “basic exclusion amount” (often referred to as the “gift and estate tax exemption”) increased to $10 million per person (from $5 million), indexed...more
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
In This Issue: - Use It or Lose It - Increased Gift and GST Exemption Amounts Expire on 12/31/12 - Income Tax Deductions for Charitable Donations May Be Denied Without a Qualified Appraisal Mohamed v....more