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Rivkin Radler LLP

Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts: A Way to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

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You may have heard of Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLATS) lately, especially if you have been thinking about using your federal estate and gift tax exemption before the current higher exemption amount of $13.61 million is...more

Dechert LLP

Use It or (Potentially) Lose It: Inflation Hikes Provide Unprecedented Estate Planning Opportunities

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There are more estate planning opportunities as a result of inflation-adjusted figures recently released by the IRS. The gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemption amounts are each increasing to...more

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Estate Planning Techniques in a Higher Interest Rate Environment

One can hardly miss the high levels of inflation currently affecting our economy. Even for those who do not pay close attention to the news, where inflation could hardly be more covered, the price of nearly everything for...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Insight on Estate Planning - April/May 2019: A Crummey trust may sound pretty good

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has reduced estate tax concerns for many families, but estate tax liability remains a concern for some. Notably, one may implement strategies in the wake of the TCJA that are designed to...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Significant Changes to New York Estate and Income Tax Enacted

We previously alerted you to proposed legislation affecting New York estate tax law, the tax treatment of gifts by New York residents, and New York income taxation of certain trusts. This month Governor Cuomo signed final...more

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