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Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Redemption Agreements and Life Insurance Proceeds: What the SCOTUS Decision in Connelly Means for Closely Held Businesses

Many closely held businesses have shareholder buy/sell redemption agreements. These agreements are critical to maintaining business continuity when a key shareholder exits the company. When the redemption agreement is...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Earnouts, Escrows, And Holdbacks: Alternative Payment Options For Structuring Your Next Business Purchase Deal

In business purchase and sale transactions, the purchase price leads to some of the most contentious push and pull in negotiations. A majority of disagreements arise from each party’s valuation of the target company as well...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Connelly Decision: Supreme Court Rules Company-Owned Life Insurance Must Be Included in Estate Valuation

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A recent Supreme Court decision means that owners of closely held companies with company-owned life insurance policies should take extra precautions to avoid an unexpectedly large estate tax bill from the IRS....more

Lathrop GPM

Supreme Court Confirms Life Insurance Proceeds Received by Corporation Increase Estate Tax Value of Decedent’s Shares

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The June 6 unanimous ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Connelly v. United States creates a significant change for closely held businesses planning to utilize life insurance proceeds to fund buy-sell agreements....more

Kaufman & Canoles

ESOP Community Waits for DOL Regulation on Valuation with Hope and Dread

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As part of the comprehensive “SECURE 2.0” retirement plan legislation enacted in December 2022, Congress directed the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue a long delayed and much needed regulation defining the term...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Hot Topics for Private Clients and Family Offices from 2024 Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning – Part One

Earlier this year several Warner attorneys attended the annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the country’s most well-respected educational event for professionals working in the trusts and estates area. The...more

Roetzel & Andress

Supreme Court to Rule on Estate Tax Valuation of Stock Purchased with Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Proceeds

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If a shareholders agreement sets forth a fixed and determinable price that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 2703(b) and cases interpreting that term, then that price will be respected for federal estate tax...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

Rivkin Radler LLP

Gifts, Sales and Effective Dates: The Race Against the Clock the Taxpayer Cannot See

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It was quite a week, wasn’t it?- Manchin- Senator Manchin continued to attract a lot of attention. To the dismay of his fellow Democrats, the West Virginian – who also chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...more

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Biden’s 2022 Revenue Proposal, Profits Interests, And The Alchemy Of Compensation

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Recap- Last week, we considered several of the revenue proposals included in the Biden Administration’s 2022 Budget that are probably of interest – or should we say, “of concern”? – to the owners of closely held...more

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Gift & Estate Tax Valuation: 5 Things To Remember

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Here are five things to remember when performing the valuation of shares of a closely held entity for gift and estate tax reporting...more

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