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Gift-Tax Exemption

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Maximize Your Legacy: Take Advantage of the High Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Sunset

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/15/2024

As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the estate and gift tax exemption was doubled for tax years 2018-2025. In 2018, the exemption doubled from $5.49 million in 2017 to $11.18 million in 2018, and that amount has been...more

Understanding 2024 Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Exemptions

Hinckley Allen on 1/22/2024

Each year, certain estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax figures are subject to inflation adjustments that go in effect on January 1. Below are the current adjustments for 2024....more

Big Increase in 2024 Estate Exemption – IRS Issues 2024 Inflation Adjustments

Bowditch & Dewey on 11/27/2023

The IRS recently issued the 2024 annual adjustments for numerous tax provisions, including changes to tax brackets and standard deductions. Popular adjustments include...more

[Webinar] Gifting Beyond the Holidays - December 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

UB Greensfelder LLP on 12/5/2022

Gifting is a critical element of estate planning for high net worth individuals. Ulmer Trust and Estate attorneys Kim Stein, Abbie Pappas, and Erica Carducci will discuss gifting methods, including gifts utilizing the annual...more

2022 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/18/2022

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

2022 California Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter

Blank Rome LLP on 1/26/2022

Our annual estate and tax planning newsletter discusses certain concepts and techniques that should be considered in 2022 by our clients and friends in California. Perhaps the most important recent development was the failure...more

IRS Announces 2022 Inflation Adjusted Amounts For Transfer Taxes

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 12/13/2021

The IRS recently confirmed that, for 2022, the aggregate amount that can be given away without being subject to the gift or estate tax will increase to $12.06 million per individual. Thus, as of 2022, a married couple...more

2020 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/25/2020

In 2020, COVID-19, the US presidential election, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES ACT) dominated the planning landscape....more

2019 Year-End Private Wealth Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/26/2019

In 2019, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) and its resulting tax reform continued to dominate the planning landscape. As outlined in our 2018 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory, the Act made significant changes to individual...more

2018 Year-End Estate Planning Update

Verrill on 12/4/2018

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

2016 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/22/2016

In 2016, we continued to experience a period of relative stability in our federal transfer tax system and have been able to plan without expecting imminent significant changes to the system. Under the American Taxpayer Relief...more

Making Lifetime Gifts Saves Federal Taxes

Perkins Coie on 9/8/2016

Lifetime Gifts Yield Estate and Gift Tax Savings - The federal gift tax annual exclusion currently allows each individual to give up to $14,000 each year to an unlimited number of donees – entirely free of tax. (Under...more

It’s a Wonderful Life – Or is it? The Taxation of Crowdfunding

Clark Hill PLC on 7/25/2016

Every holiday season, I, like many other Americans, watch Frank Capra’s classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. While the movie has a number of iconic scenes, the most heartwarming scene occurs at the end, as the citizens of Bedford...more

Personal Planning Strategies - July 2015

Proskauer Rose LLP on 7/22/2015

Income Tax Considerations of Estate Planning Are More Important Than Ever - Gifting assets during life will reduce the size of your taxable estate at death and, correspondingly, reduce your estate tax liability. But with...more

Landmark US Supreme Court Decision May Extend US Tax Benefits to UK Civil Partners

Butler Snow LLP on 6/29/2013

On Wednesday, 26 June 2013, the US Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), which limits the definition of “marriage” to “a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife” and...more

New Tax Act Provides Long-Awaited Clarity and Certainty on Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes, and Income Tax...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/15/2013

On January 1, 2013, the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), averting the so-called “fiscal cliff.” The legislation, which was signed by President Obama on January 2,...more

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