Empowerment Through Hero Generation with Nicole a`Beckett and Dr. Shruti Roy
Choosing a Trustee: Navigating the Complexities and Key Considerations
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 242: Business Planning in Healthcare & Life Sciences with Jennifer McEwen of Maynard Nexsen
Do I Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
Insights on Planned Giving From the BNY Annual Charitable Giving Report for 2024
Navigating Solo Aging with Dr. Gerda Maissel
Love Actually: Planning Considerations for Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, the Death of a Spouse, and More
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 503: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 2)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 501: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 1)
Charitable Split Interest Trust Planning with Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira, Part Two
Mamma Mia!: Common Estate Planning Issues for Blended Families
Charitable Split-Interest Trust Planning With Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira - Part One
Financial Planning Tips for the Sandwich Generation with Sherry Finkel Murphy
Once Removed Episode 38: The Legacy Mindset: What It Is and How to Build It
The Terminator: The QPRT as a Wealth Transfer Strategy and CTA Updates
The Risks of Bad Advice
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Your Digital Legacy
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Top Gun: Maverick - Core Estate Plan and Gifting Basics
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Estate Planning and the Corporate Transparency Act
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The May 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.00%, which is the same as the April 2025 Section 7520 rate...more
On February 13, 2025, Republican lawmakers in Congress introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act, which aims to permanently eliminate the federal estate tax. Since 2015, various legislative efforts to repeal the estate, gift, and...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 provided major changes to the Internal Revenue Code, specifically doubling the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption (collectively, the exemption) from...more
Fewer taxpayers are subject to gift taxes thanks to a $12,920,000.00 lifetime gift tax exemption for 2023. Because many taxpayers do not fall under the exemption amount, they do not necessarily have to file a gift tax return....more
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
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Historically, only the very wealthy engaged in generation-skipping estate planning. Families and individuals who do not think of themselves as "very wealthy," however, also can reap significant benefits from this type of...more
The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means’ tax proposals would significantly impact estate planning for high net worth individuals if enacted. Gift, estate and GST exemption amounts would be decreased; grantor trusts would...more
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Impact of the Election on Current Transfer Tax Laws - The results of the upcoming presidential and congressional elections may impact current transfer tax laws. From a policy and political standpoint, historically the...more
December 2019 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts - The December Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs,...more
With over a century of combined experience, the lawyers of Proskauer's Private Client Services Department regularly provide their diverse clientele – from business entrepreneurs and corporate executives to sports figures and...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes changes that may impact your income-tax liability—the increased standard deduction, decreased corporate income-tax rate, new individual income-tax rates, and grain-glitch issue for farmers,...more
In PLR 201811002 the IRS has ruled that gift splitting works differently when applied to Gift taxes and Generation Skipping Transfer (GST) taxes. Gift splitting is authorized by IRC Section 2513(a)(1) and states, generally,...more
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I. INTRODUCTION - This outline is a selective and evolving review of the history of the modern federal estate tax. It originated during the attempts to repeal the estate tax in President Clinton’s second term and...more
The election of Donald Trump and Republican majorities in U.S. Congress make the future of the federal transfer tax system (gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes) uncertain. President-elect Trump and...more
Earlier this month, the IRS issued long-awaited proposed regulations under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code that, if adopted, will have a substantial impact on traditional estate planning techniques commonly utilized...more
High net worth families often utilize family entity structures, such as limited partnerships or limited liability companies, in order to provide for the coordinated management of family assets and move wealth to younger...more