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The Informed Board Podcast | CEO Succession Planning on a Clear Day
Business Better Podcast Episode: Investing in the New Mainstream Economy - A Conversation with Palladium Equity Partners
Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen
Incapacity and Succession Planning for Closely Held Businesses and the People Who Operate Them
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Five: Exploring Succession and Generational Change with Kevin Adams, Managing Director for The Mountain Group
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART V video
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART V Podcast
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART IV
Exploring Digital Asset Planning and Estate Administration With Author Sharon Hartung – Part One
Podcast: Key ESG Considerations for Family Offices and Foundations
Digital Planning Podcast: Digital Assets in Divorce, Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements, Families and Minors
Estate Planning & Family Law: How To Protect Your Assets For Future Generations
Episode 7: Conflict in the Family-Owned Business: A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Means
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Business succession planning and estate planning are often linked together, particularly in the case of closely held family businesses. In the case of a shareholder who wishes to pass along their shares of an S corporation as...more
Charitable organizations are dependent, in no small part, upon the financial support of many successful business owners. The generosity of these individuals and their organizations may be a manifestation of several factors...more
In a recent Tax Court decision, the court reviewed the activities of the Huffman family as it pertained to corporate dealings involving the family aviation business (Infinity Aerospace Inc. which the court refers to by its...more
Death of a Parent- In the context of a family-owned business, it is often the case that the matriarch or patriarch of the family is also the chief executive of the business. They may have founded the business, or they may...more
In response to Internal Revenue Code Section 2001(g)(2), enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Act, in which the Secretary of the Treasury was directed to prescribe regulations to carry out IRC Section 2001(g) with respect to the...more
Home for the Holidays? Our last post considered the division of a business between family members as a means of preempting the adverse consequences that will often follow disagreements within the family as to the...more
By now, we all know that major tax legislation was passed in December of 2017. The 2017 revenue act (the “2017 Tax Act”) is officially titled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent...more
Although every LLC, limited partnership or other pass-through entity doing business in Alabama, and even those simply organized under Alabama law, are subject to an annual business privilege tax (BPT), certain entities can...more
The Situation: The Trump Administration, in collaboration with the House and Senate, has introduced a Framework for tax reform legislation that could bring sweeping changes to U.S. tax laws....more
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
Proposed changes to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) § 2704, which would impact the valuation of transfers of family business interests at death, come at an interesting time politically given the Trump Administration’s desire to...more
The new administration in Washington, supported by Republican majorities in Congress, has pledged substantial changes to federal tax laws and regulations. One change may - or may not - be the complete elimination of federal...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
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
Purpose of Section 2704 - Internal Revenue Code Section 2704 was originally passed to restrict certain types of valuation discounts on transfers of ownership interests in family-owned businesses among family members....more
Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced bills to derail the Proposed Regulations under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Proposed Regulations”), including bills to (1) nullify the...more
IRS issues new proposed rules aimed at eliminating valuation discounts for transfers of interests in family-controlled entities. Clients considering making transfers of interests in such entities should act soon....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
On August 2, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations that, when finalized, will affect clients holding and transferring interests in family-controlled entities. Family limited partnerships...more
Recently proposed Treasury Regulations (“Proposed Regulations”), if enacted as proposed, would curtail valuation discounts that currently reduce the value of certain business interests transferred during life or at death for...more
Action Item: Owners of family businesses and investment entities (such as family limited partnerships, limited liability companies (“LLCs”), and corporations) are urged to consider making transfers of interests in those...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
Long-awaited proposed regulations under section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code, released on August 2, 2016, would make sweeping and very significant changes to the valuation of interests in many family-controlled entities...more
After years of slow boiling anticipation, statements made by the IRS and the Treasury this year heated up the conjecture and anticipation which finally came to a head on August 2, 2016. I’m of course talking about the...more
A profound effect on family controlled businesses may be in store when proposed Treasury Regulations under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code come to pass. Under the new regulations, taxpayers would be precluded from...more