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How Often to Review Your Trust and Estate Plan

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How often should you review your trust and estate plan? Is there a regular cycle to these reviews, or should they be driven by significant events in your life or the lives of your beneficiaries and executor or trustee? How...more

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Exclusions, Exemptions, Estate Tax – What to Know in 2025

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As we enter 2025, it’s important to stay informed about the current federal estate and gift tax laws, including annual exclusion limits and significant changes anticipated by the end of this year. Annual Exclusion Amount- ...more

Cole Schotz

Death, Taxes and Shareholder Agreements: Lessons from the Connelly Case

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Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Connelly v. United States, that the valuation of a decedent’s shares in a closely held corporation for federal estate tax purposes must include insurance proceeds received...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - September 2024

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The September 2024 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 4.8%, a decrease from the August 2024 rate of 5.2%. The September applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Unanimous Supreme Court Determines Company-Owned Life Insurance Increases Fair Market Value

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On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court held 9-to-0 in Connelly v. United States that company-owned life insurance increases the company’s fair market value for estate tax purposes, and the company’s obligation to redeem a...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Impact of House Ways and Means Tax Proposals for Trusts, Estates, and Retirement Accounts

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In this second blog post on the House Ways and Means Tax proposals, we address the proposed changes that will affect the taxation of trusts, estates, and retirement plans. As we discussed, on September 13, 2021, the...more

Holland & Hart LLP

United States Supreme Court to Consider Whether States May Tax Trusts Based on Residence of Beneficiary

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The new limitation of the federal deduction for state income taxes to $10,000 has heightened interest in planning for state income taxes.  Thoughtful practitioners who assist clients in establishing non-grantor trusts should...more

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New IRS Proposed 199A Regulations Provide Guidance on 20% Profit Pass-Through Deduction

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On August 8th, the IRS released its much-awaited Proposed Regulations on the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-through businesses. The new deduction applies to essentially all types of businesses other than C...more

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