News & Analysis as of

Income Taxes › Retirement Plan › Estate Tax

Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected in a variety of ways. Some tax systems collect... more +
Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected in a variety of ways. Some tax systems collect income taxes based on a progressive scheme, while others may utilize a proportional or regressive framework. less -
Lathrop GPM

[Webinar] Planning for Retirement Accounts that Outgrow Retirement - August 19th, 9:00 am PT

Lathrop GPM on

Lathrop GPM attorneys Allie Itami and Sara Hire will walk through key legal and tax considerations that arise when retirement accounts grow beyond personal retirement needs. From alternative investments to estate tax...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Estate Planning in Uncertain Times

Troutman Pepper Locke on

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."- The Serenity Prayer- The first 100 days of President Trump’s administration have been...more

Verrill

2023 Estate Planning Update

Verrill on

This alert from Verrill’s Private Clients & Fiduciary Services Group highlights the latest changes to the income tax and transfer tax landscape. The alert addresses the SECURE ACT 2.0, federal and state transfer tax updates...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2022 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on

During 2022, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, global inflation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the uncertainty about the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), and the Inflation Reduction Act...more

Blank Rome LLP

2022 California Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter

Blank Rome LLP on

Our annual estate and tax planning newsletter discusses certain concepts and techniques that should be considered in 2022 by our clients and friends in California. Perhaps the most important recent development was the failure...more

Foster Garvey PC

House of Representatives 5376: Current Tax Legislation Pending in the U.S. House of Representatives

Foster Garvey PC on

...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

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Better Act Before The Build Back Better Act

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on

It is said that two things are certain in life: death and taxes. True, but incomplete. What is missing from this short list is a third inevitable occurrence – tax law changes. We now have a new and pressing series of proposed...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

House Ways and Means Committee Proposes Tax Law Changes

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on

On September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation advancing a series of tax proposals (the “Ways and Means Tax Proposals”). This Client Advisory discusses some of these proposals....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2020 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on

In 2020, COVID-19, the US presidential election, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES ACT) dominated the planning landscape....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Weekly IRS Roundup November 2 – November 6, 2020

McDermott Will & Schulte on

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 2, 2020 – November 6, 2020... November 2, 2020: The IRS announced COVID-19-related...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Planning for Retirement: How Attractive is Massachusetts for Estate Tax Planning?

Bowditch & Dewey on

Massachusetts is already an unattractive state of residency from an estate tax planning perspective because of its low estate tax filing threshold of $1,000,000 per person. Once a person’s adjusted taxable estate is over $1M...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Weekly IRS Roundup November 18 – 22, 2019

McDermott Will & Schulte on

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 18 – 22, 2019. November 19, 2019: The IRS published final regulations that affect United...more

Polsinelli

House Releases Tax Bill: Talking Points and Takeaways

Polsinelli on

On November 2, 2017, the House Ways and Means Committee released the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (H.R. 1). Key elements include reducing the tax rate on corporations to 20%, and reducing the tax rate paid on income earned by...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

Some Quick Thoughts on the “Big Six” Unified Framework

Proskauer - Tax Talks on

Yesterday, the Trump Administration, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Finance Committee proposed a “unified framework” for tax reform. The members of the working group are House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI),...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Estate Planning Newsletter - December 2016

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on

Hinshaw’s Estate Planning Newsletter includes reports on opportunities and challenges that may impact your estate plan. This publication is designed to keep our clients and friends aware of certain opportunities and...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Supreme Court Finds DOMA to Be Unconstitutional -- Impact on Employers Explained

Foley Hoag LLP on

On June 26, 2013, a majority of the Supreme Court held in United States v. Windsor that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage for purposes of federal law as the union of a man and a woman, is...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

DOMA Undone

Pierce Atwood LLP on

Signed into law in 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, defined “marriage” for purposes of federal law as a union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and “spouse” as a person of the opposite sex....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Personal Planning Strategies - July 2013

Proskauer Rose LLP on

On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its decisions in Windsor v. United States and Hollingsworth, et. al. v. Perry et. al., thus ending a four year "fast-track" judicial expedition of the validity of the...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

What the DOMA and Prop. 8 Decisions Mean for Employers - Last Week’s Decisions Will Impact Employer-Provided Benefits

Best Best & Krieger LLP on

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the Defense of Marriage Act’s (DOMA) definition of marriage is unconstitutional. The Court's decision and the decisions allowing same-sex marriage to resume in California will have...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Estate Planning Opportunities Arising from Recent Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Concerning Marriages of Same-Sex Couples

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on

On June 26, 2013, the US Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court”) struck down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional in the case of United States v. Windsor (“Windsor”). In a related case, the...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

A long engagement: Married same-sex couples finally receive post-DOMA access to federal tax and estate planning benefits

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP on

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Windsor will forever change many facets of the lives of same-sex couples....more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Supreme Court Overturns Defense of Marriage Act

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on

On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") in Windsor v. United States. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision, Section 3 of DOMA, a federal law, had...more

Franczek P.C.

How Does The Supreme Court’s DOMA Decision Impact Employers?

Franczek P.C. on

The U. S. Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which had established a federal definition of marriage as a legal union only between one man and one woman....more

23 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide