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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Priceless Mistake: How Faulty Appraisals Can Undermine Charitable Tax Deductions

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A recent US Tax Court case (WT Art P’ship LP v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2025-30) illustrates how failing to comply with the technical requirements for substantiating the value of charitable contributions can jeopardize a...more

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Wealth Management Update - May 2025

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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

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

How to Take Advantage of Changes in Interest Rates For Gift and Estate Tax Savings

A recent Tax Court order highlights the gift and estate planning opportunities afforded when a senior family member makes loans to other family members. In Galli v. Commissioner, Docket Nos. 7003-20 and 7005-20, the Court had...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

“Hey Mom, Can I Have A Few Bucks?” Is It A Loan? A Gift? A Little of Each?

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A parent will sometimes transfer money to a child to enable the child to make an investment that the child could not otherwise make on their own. For example, the child may have identified an attractive business opportunity...more

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A Tale of Two Recent QTIP Trust Termination Cases — Anenberg and McDougall

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Through the years, the US Tax Court has provided significant clarification on the gift tax consequences of terminating qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trusts. Two new cases in 2024, Estate of Sally J. Anenberg...more

Gray Reed

IRS Concedes Yet Another Form 3520 Related Penalty Case

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United States citizens and residents are often not aware of the myriad of foreign information return filing obligations that exist under federal tax laws.  For example, buried within the Code are reporting obligations...more

Freeman Law

[Webinar] Freeman Law’s Tax Court Examination Course: An Introduction to the Tax Court: Jurisdiction, Procedure, and Overview -...

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This program is the first of Freeman Law’s multi-class course designed to prepare CPAs and Enrolled Agents for the Tax Court’s admissions examination. Participants will receive an overview of the Tax Court and will learn...more

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Wealth Management Update - December 2019

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2016 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

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

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Make net gifts to reduce your gift tax rate

Lifetime giving is a smart strategy to reduce a taxable estate, but the gift tax rate of 40% is steep. If one has used up his or her $5.43 million gift and estate tax exemption and would like to potentially reduce his or her...more

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