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Permanent Exemptions and New Deductions: What the 2025 Tax Law Means for Estate and Tax Planning

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the 2025 Budget Reconciliation bill, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“Act”). This legislation extends several provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

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2025 Texas Legislative Update | Proposed Constitutional Amendments Relating to State Taxes

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The 89th regular session of the Texas Legislature has voted to put some proposed constitutional amendments relating to state taxation on the ballot for the election on November 5, 2025. Let’s take a look....more

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Washington State to Raise Capital Gains, Estate Tax Rates

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By June 7, 2025, Gov. Bob Ferguson is expected to sign legislation into law that would increase funding for Washington State's Education Legacy Trust Account (ELTA) by raising the capital gains and estate tax rates. ...more

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House Approval May Point to Extension of TCJA

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Starting January 1, 2026, many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) are set to expire. Among the most significant provisions set to sunset is the increased estate and gift tax exemption, which currently...more

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Death Tax Repeal Bills Introduced in Congress: A Legislative Showdown Looms

New legislation to repeal the federal estate tax, often referred to as the “death tax,” has been introduced in Congress. Senator John Thune (R-SD) and Representative Randy Feenstra (R-IA) have introduced companion bills in...more

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How Will New Congress Impact Tax and Estate Planning Strategies?

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With the looming elections, tax planners have taken time to consider what the future of Estate and Gift Tax planning might be under the new Congress. Every new Congress considers changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,...more

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Oregon’s New Estate Tax Exemption for Family Businesses engaged in Farming, Forestry, ‎or Fishing Businesses

On July 13, 2023, Governor Tina Kotek signed into law SB 498, which provides a new Oregon estate tax exemption for up to $15 million (the NR Exemption) of natural resource property that is used in a decedent’s farming,...more

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Potential Changes Threaten Estate Planning Strategies, Create Urgency to Act

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Actor Will Rogers is widely credited with stating that “the only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” While most taxpayers fear tax laws changing for the worse, estate...more

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Taxation & Representation, October 5, 2021

TAX TIDBIT - Where In the Tax World Are Manchin and Sinema? The contents and scope of the Build Back Better Act—the budget reconciliation measure through which congressional Democrats are attempting to enact most of...more

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Personal Planning Strategies - October 2021

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Act Now Before the Window of Opportunity Closes - By now you have probably heard that the House Ways and Means Committee introduced legislation a few weeks ago (see Let the Estate Tax Planning Games Begin - But Where Will...more

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Draft Legislation in U.S. House of Representatives Would Dramatically Alter Estate Planning Strategies

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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

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House Ways and Means Committee Tax Plan Proposes Changes to Estate Planning

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The House Committee on Ways and Means has proposed a tax plan intended to fund President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" $3.5 trillion infrastructure program. Among the many changes in this proposed tax plan are three that...more

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House Democrats Propose Estate and Gift Tax Law Changes: Important Estate Planning Implications

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What you need to know: On September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released its proposed tax plan to fund President Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” social and economic spending package. If enacted as...more

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Personal Planning Strategies - September 2021

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You have probably heard that the House Ways and Means Committee released proposals for increasing gift and estate taxes in order support legislation being advanced by the Democratic majority in Congress. ...more

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Let the Estate Tax Planning Games Begin - But Where Will They Land - the House Ways and Committee Has Spoken

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“President Biden and Democrats in the Congress have been working on a $3.5 trillion spending and tax package, and the details are starting to be revealed. Indeed, on Sunday, September 12th, the House Ways and Means Committee...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Three Estate Planning Proposals to Watch

House Democrats recently released additional legislative proposals that, if passed, would affect several commonly used estate planning techniques. Among those proposals are three that would significantly impact some of the...more

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Tax Increases Are In Sight

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Summertime in Washington- On August 11, the Senate passed the $3.5 trillion budget resolution for the 2021-2022 fiscal year – S. Con. Res. 14, as amended – by a vote of 50 to 49, strictly along party lines, including...more

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For The 99.5% Act – Is Change a Coming for the Estate Planning World?

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On March 25, 2021, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation called “For the 99.5% Act.” This bill is aimed at the fortunes of the top 0.5% of wealthy Americans. ...more

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[Webinar] The Biden Administration: What Businesses Need to Know - Tax Changes on the Horizon with the Biden Administration -...

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The Biden administration is signaling significant policy shifts. Business owners and C-Suite executives are encouraged to join us for a series of complimentary webcasts discussing these likely changes and how they will impact...more

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2021 Biden Plan Estate Planning Advisory

After President-Elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump, the nation's eyes were largely focused on the two US Senate run-off elections in Georgia, which determined the makeup of the US Senate...more

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Why Is The WSJ Attacking A Dead Bill?

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Last Friday, The Wall Street Journal published an alarming Op-Ed piece concerning a California Bill, AB 2088, that would impose a wealth tax on any person who spends more than 60 days inside the state’s borders in a single...more

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Potential Estate Planning Implications of 2020 Election Results

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With the election less than a month away, there has been significant discussion regarding potential tax law changes under a new administration.  While no one can predict the future, we can certainly discuss what could happen...more

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Democratic Tax Policy Proposals - February 2020

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Recently, several of the presidential candidates and other prominent Democrats have suggested a number of different tax policy proposals, including wealth taxes, mark-to-market taxation, a VAT, additional taxes, increased...more

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Democratic Tax Policy Proposals

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Recently, several of the presidential candidates and other prominent Democrats have suggested a number of different tax policy proposals, including wealth taxes, mark-to-market taxation, a VAT, additional taxes, increased...more

Conn Kavanaugh

An End to Estate Taxes? Or Just the Beginning?

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Toward the end of a typical estate planning engagement, clients will often ask me when they should revisit their estate plans. I always tell them to pull out their plan and look it over and reach out to me to touch base at...more

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