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Brooks Pierce

Changing Laws Present Unique Estate Planning Opportunities for Married Couples

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Today’s federal estate and gift tax laws may be remembered as the most generous to wealthy families since the Great Depression. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) doubled the federal estate, gift, and generation skipping...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Legal-Ease: What Happens When You Are Sole Beneficiary of a Trust?

Dear Jonathan: My mother, who recently passed away, prepared a trust naming me as her sole beneficiary. She intentionally disinherited my brother due to a falling out they had years ago. Although he knows that he has been...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Bringing Back the Bypass Trust

According to some people, the bypass trust (sometimes referred to as a credit shelter trust) has gone the way of the dodo bird in the current estate tax environment. However, this “dinosaur” of a technique for married couples...more

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[Webinar] New IRS Guidance on Basis Adjustments for Irrevocable Grantor Trusts: Key Issues for U.S. and Non-U.S. Persons - June...

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This CLE/CPE webinar will provide estate planners insight on recently issued IRS guidance regarding basis adjustments for irrevocable grantor trusts. The panelist will discuss key items and challenges stemming from Revenue...more

Freeman Law

What is Estate Tax?

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The estate tax is a tax on transferring assets from a deceased person to their heirs or beneficiaries. The federal estate tax in the United States is imposed on the transfer of the taxable estate of every decedent who is a US...more

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Estate Planning Essentials for Health Care Providers: Protecting Legacy and Loved Ones

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Physicians and healthcare providers, like many others with demanding professions, often postpone or overlook their own estate planning and preparation. Estate planning is a fundamental process for individuals at any stage of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Year-End Estate Planning for 2023

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A strong stock market and “soft landing” have generated significant wealth this year. The gift tax, estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax are all imposed on the fair market value of assets at the time of transfer....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - November 2023

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

Rivkin Radler LLP

New 2024 Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts

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The federal estate and gift tax exemption (the combined amount you can give away to beneficiaries other than your spouse or charities during life and at death without paying gift or estate tax) is increasing to $13.61 million...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Fideicomisos (“Trusts”): Entendiendo Para Que No Se Deje Engañar

Los Fideicomisos (“Trusts”) son vehículos que pueden ayudar en la preservación de la riqueza y la propiedad para las generaciones futuras, proteger activos o llevar a cabo un propósito caritativo. Un Fideicomiso es una...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Understanding Trusts So You Are Not Mislead By The Word “Trust”

Trusts are vehicles that can assist in the preservation of wealth and property for future generations, protect assets, or carry out a charitable purpose. A trust is an entity created and governed under the state law in which...more

Roetzel & Andress

Saving for College While Also Saving for…Retirement?

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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

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Should You Place Your Home in a QPRT?

If you own your principal residence, you may be able to benefit from its build-up in equity, realize current tax breaks and pocket a sizeable tax-exempt gain when you sell it. What’s more, from an estate planning perspective,...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Understanding Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts and Their Tax Benefits in Estate Planning

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A typical challenge encountered by estates of varying sizes and complexities is the lack of liquidity to cover the costs of estate administration. These expenses may satisfy just debts to creditors or estate tax payments. ...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Foreign Individuals Holding U.S. Real Property, or Left Holding the Bag?

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There have been some interesting developments of late with respect to the ownership of real property in parts of the English-speaking world. For example, Canada has imposed a temporary ban on the purchase of such property by...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

2022 Year-End and 2023 Planning

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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

Freeman Law

Why You Should Hire a Tax Professional to Review Your Trust

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Trusts come in many variations, rendering them often difficult for non-attorneys to follow and comprehend.  Indeed, this variation can often be seen in the nomenclature used for trust arrangements, which includes terms such...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Planning Strategies for a High-Interest Rate Environment

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As interest rates continue to climb, taxpayers will begin to see a greater benefit from strategies that leverage higher interest rates to reduce the actuarial value of a taxable gift. The higher the rate, the more favorable...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Making Gifts this Year and Next

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As we head into the last quarter of the year, many clients are thinking about making gifts to their family members. It can also be a good time to plan to make gifts in January of next year....more

Cozen O'Connor

New Planning Opportunity for Florida SLATs

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A new law was recently passed in Florida that will allow a grantor spouse of a Spousal Limited Access Trust (SLAT) to be added as a beneficiary of the SLAT following the death of the beneficiary spouse. Please see below for a...more

Jones & Keller, P.C.

Taking the Sting Out of Death Taxes with Dylan Metzner, Jones & Keller

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High-net worth individuals have an opportunity to take advantage of high transfer tax exemptions if they act fast. Set to expire in 2026, unless Congress acts sooner, the time is now to implement strategies that make the most...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, March/April 2022

GST taxes - Plan carefully to avoid surprises - If you wish to share some of your wealth with your grandchildren or great grandchildren — or if your estate plan is likely to benefit these generations — it’s critical to...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Gift Planning in 2022

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Each year, the IRS considers inflationary adjustments to the estate and gift tax exemption amount and gift tax annual exclusion amount. As you consider estate planning or making gifts during the new year, here are the numbers...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Gift Transfers: Not on the Congressional Agenda, But Still in the Crosshairs of the IRS

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Same old in D.C.- On Monday, November 15, the President will sign into law the approximately $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was finally passed by Congress when the House approved the Senate’s...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Impact of House Ways and Means Tax Proposals for Trusts, Estates, and Retirement Accounts

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In this second blog post on the House Ways and Means Tax proposals, we address the proposed changes that will affect the taxation of trusts, estates, and retirement plans. As we discussed, on September 13, 2021, the...more

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