The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 20: "Rich Russians: From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie"
Papa Has a Brand New Bag
All in the Family – Introducing Family Owned Life Insurance™ (aka FOLI™)
Family Affair - Introducing Family Office Life Annuity (FOLA)
Taking the Sting Out of Death Taxes with Dylan Metzner, Jones & Keller
HIPPER THAN HIP
Financial Planning For Health Care Professionals
IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - INTRODUCING THE MALTA FREEZE
Making Cents of Your Cash Management Agreements
Thomson Reuters Session 2: Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Registered Mutual Funds: What's Happening Now?
The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) brings sweeping and permanent changes to the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax landscape. Most notably, it significantly increases the...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, brings sweeping changes to the tax code. While the name may sound like a marketing pitch, the law itself includes significant updates...more
Last week, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). At nearly 900 pages in length, OBBBA’s size lives up to its name by enacting sweeping changes to estate and gift taxes, income taxes,...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the most significant US tax overhaul since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The OBBBA includes critical changes impacting family offices,...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law ushering in sweeping federal tax changes. The legislation notably expands the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction for professionals...more
The use of private placement life insurance (PPLI) by high-net-worth individuals has generated considerable controversy over the years, with proponents arguing that it is a proper use of existing laws that provide many of the...more
In a February Legal Update, we analyzed the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act (the “Taxpayer Protection Act” or the “Act”), a statewide California ballot initiative that could potentially repeal the...more
In President Biden’s State of the Union address, he called on all Americans to pay their “fair share.” The Treasury Department’s General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals contains several...more
As President Biden reminded taxpayers in his recent State of the Union address, the federal government continues to pursue new taxes on high-net-worth individuals. While such efforts have foundered in Congress, causing many...more
Residents of Los Angeles have approved Measure ULA, a ballot measure widely known as the “Mansion Tax,” which increases transfer tax rates on real estate sales valued at $5 million or more. Prior to Measure ULA, real estate...more
On November 8, 2022, Massachusetts voters elected to adopt Question 1, the so-called Fair Share Amendment or Massachusetts Millionaires Tax, through a ballot referendum. The referendum amends the Massachusetts state...more
On March 28, 2022, President Joe Biden released his FY 2023 Budget of the U.S. Government (the “Budget”). In a statement regarding the Budget, President Biden stated the following...more
Brief commentary on recent cases, rulings, notices, and related federal tax guidance. The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax in Biden’s 2023 Budget Proposal - Biden’s proposed “top-up” tax on wealthy individuals would ensure...more
Overview - Over the past year, several tax law changes have been proposed by the Biden administration and, in September 2021, draft legislative language was circulated, which set forth proposed changes to the Internal...more
The U.S. House Committee on Rules recently released an updated version of the Build Back Better Act (Act) to reflect the White House’s Build Back Better framework (Framework) announced on the same day (October 28, 2021). ...more
On October 27, 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released draft legislation that would, if enacted, tax the roughly 700 wealthiest Americans on a modified mark-to-market basis by requiring them to pay...more
...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more
This chart compares the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals (the Greenbook), to the tax proposals in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on September 15, 2021....more
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On September 10, 2021, the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means released a draft of proposed legislation that, if enacted into law, would reduce the estate tax exemption and significantly limit the effectiveness of certain...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
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee released proposed budget reconciliation legislation on September 13, 2021. The bill still must complete many steps in the legislative process – including passage by the full House of...more
In April 2021, President Biden announced the “American Families Plan,” which included some significant tax law changes. On May 28, 2021, the United State Department of Treasury issued a report entitled “General Explanation of...more
On September 13, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee released draft budget reconciliation legislation proposing a number of significant tax changes for businesses and for individuals....more
More — and more rigorous — IRS examinations are coming. The Biden administration is committed to closing the “tax gap” (the difference between taxes owed and taxes actually paid on time). Increased enforcement efforts are...more