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
Taking the Sting Out of Death Taxes with Dylan Metzner, Jones & Keller
Gift Tax Basics
NGE On Demand: GRAT Trusts with Eric Mann
To Give or Not to Give: Considerations for Year-End Gifting
ATTENTION ALL CADETS!
The cycle continues: Your adult children — one of the first generations to benefit from Section 529 plans — are saving for their kids’ college educations through 529 accounts of their own. Did you know that parents aren’t the...more
Thanks to changes in the SECURE 2.0 Act, saving for education can now also help save for retirement. Beginning in 2024, the beneficiary of a 529 education savings plan account may roll certain excess account assets directly...more
As the year is drawing to a close, we offer you some general advice regarding year-end planning and updated inflation-adjusted figures for 2023. Annual Exclusion Gifts - In 2022, the annual exclusion amount is $16,000...more
During our estate planning discussions, parents and grandparents often tell us about their hopes and dreams for the next generations of their families. Helping children and grandchildren achieve their full potential often...more
Providing for the educational needs of your children, grandchildren and even future generations is an honorable estate planning objective. What are your options for achieving this goal? A 529 plan can be a highly effective...more
My daughter turns 17 this week. As you might imagine, college is a frequent topic of conversation at our house. Where should she go to college? Will she be accepted at her top choices? What should she study? And most...more
If you have children one of the things that you have likely thought about is how are you going to afford to send your child to college. The cost of attending college continues to rise, and as we continue to hear horror...more
Now that fewer people are subject to federal gift taxes, because of a generous $11.58 million lifetime gift tax exemption for 2020, a question many are asking is: “Do I need to file a gift tax return?” The short answer is...more
When the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed, significant changes were made to the Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, the most prominent of which is the increased applicable exclusion amount, which...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by the President on December 22, 2017, and represents one of the most significant rewritings of the federal tax code since 1986. ...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act), passed at the end of 2017 by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017, provides far-reaching changes to the federal tax landscape. Much has been written regarding...more
As Shanna Yonke mentioned in her January 22, 2018 Legal Update The New Tax Law Provides Estate Planning Opportunities, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law on December 22, 2017. The Act (officially,...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act) signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017 made sweeping changes that affect individuals, businesses, trusts and estates. This alert focuses on the impact of the Act on...more
In This Issue: - Sudden impact: When a spouse unexpectedly dies - New tax law affects estate planning strategies - All in the family: Transferring your vacation home - Estate planning pitfall: You haven’t planned for...more
The 2017 tax reform legislation colloquially referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) made some significant changes in the taxation of individuals, and these changes have already begun to generate new planning...more
This client alert is part of a special series on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and related changes to the tax code, where Blank Rome’s lawyers share their analysis of different provisions in the Act and how they may affect you...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law on December 22, 2017, includes significant changes to the U.S. federal gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax laws, effective as of January 1, 2018. In addition,...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, providing extraordinary estate planning opportunities, was signed into law by the President on December 22, 2017. The new Act allows for a great opportunity to take advantage of increased...more
The final version of the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was released on December 15, 2017. This legislation, unless amended again, is expected to be voted on this week in the U.S. House of Representatives and the...more
I. INTRODUCTION - This outline is a selective and evolving review of the history of the modern federal estate tax. It originated during the attempts to repeal the estate tax in President Clinton’s second term and...more