March 2025 AFRs and 7520 Rate -
The March 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.40%, which was the same as the February 2025 rate...more
3/10/2025
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June 2024 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts -
The June Section 7520 rate for use in estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs...more
6/12/2024
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Gift Tax ,
Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs) ,
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Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
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Intra-Family Loans ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Required Minimum Distributions ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act ,
Split-Interest Charitable Trusts ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Wealth Management
What This Means for Your Current Will, Revocable Trust and Estate Plan -
The estate and gift tax regimes have been permanent and unified since the passage of The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “2012 Act”). In...more
11/6/2023
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Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Inflation Adjustments ,
Required Minimum Distributions ,
Revocable Trusts ,
SECURE Act ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exemptions
September 2023 AFRs and 7520 Rate -
The September 2023 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5%, which was the same as the August 2023 rate...more
9/13/2023
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Gift-Tax Exemption ,
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Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
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Intra-Family Loans ,
Irrevocable Trusts ,
IRS ,
Lending ,
SECURE Act ,
Wills
February 2023 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts -
The February applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a sale to a defective grantor...more
2/6/2023
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Intra-Family Loans ,
IRS ,
Qualified Charitable Distributions ,
Retirement Plan ,
Roth IRA ,
SECURE Act ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Split-Interest Charitable Trusts ,
Wealth Management