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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Permanently Increases the Lifetime Estate, Gift and GST Tax Exclusion

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/10/2025

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The OBBBA extended and may permanent many key provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), including the Lifetime Estate,...more

One Big Beautiful Bill: Estate and Gift Tax Exclusion and the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Exemption Increases to $15 Million

Miller Canfield on 7/8/2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), which passed on July 3 and was signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, increases the amount individuals may transfer for federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax...more

2025 Tax Legislation Update: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Narrowly Passes Senate

Ropes & Gray LLP on 7/3/2025

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 (such version, the “House Bill”) as part of the Republican Congress’s reconciliation package. The BBB generally...more

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: An Initial Analysis of Key Tax Proposals

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/29/2025

On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Tax-related proposals contained in the OBBBA would extend or make permanent select corporate, international and individual tax...more

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

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 2/20/2025

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

The Year in Estate Planning – 2022 Popular Reads on JD Supra

Beacon Insights by JD Supra on 1/3/2023

A look at some of the most widely read estate planning updates and guidance published on JD Supra during 2022....more

2022 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/18/2022

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

2021 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/24/2021

Overview During 2021, COVID-19, the new Biden administration, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT), the American Rescue Plan (ARP), and the uncertainty about the...more

Estate Planning Advisory - House Ways and Means Proposal

A&O Shearman on 10/29/2021

The House Ways and Means Committee recently proposed sweeping changes to the tax code that would significantly impair fundamental wealth transfer planning techniques. We recommend that you consider taking action now....more

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

Verrill on 9/29/2021

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

Estate Planning Provisions of the New Tax Plan

Blank Rome LLP on 9/20/2021

On Monday, September 13, 2021, the House Ways & Means Committee released a draft tax plan which provides the clearest direction to date on how Democrats intend to use the estate and gift tax regimes to pay for part of the...more

Tax Increases Are In Sight

Rivkin Radler LLP on 9/7/2021

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

Impact Of President Biden’s Tax Plan On Estate Planning

Polsinelli on 7/26/2021

With Democratic control of the White House and Congress, there has been much speculation on what President Biden’s tax proposal will look like, as well as the likelihood that President Biden’s tax plan will be enacted into...more

2020 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/25/2020

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

Estate Planning Inflation Related Adjustments for Tax Year 2021

Williams Mullen on 10/30/2020

Many estate planning provisions of the Internal Revenue Code contain brackets, exemptions, exclusions, deductions, or other figures that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) adjusts annually for inflation. Recently, the IRS...more

Biden’s Tax Proposals and Estate Planning

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/4/2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has provided limited information about his plans to modify the tax treatment of decedents and their estates. However, he has signaled that he supports raising estate taxes and...more

Biden’s Tax Proposals For Capital Gain, Like Kind Exchanges, Basis Step-Up & The Estate Tax – Tough Times Ahead?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 8/17/2020

“The board is set. The pieces are moving. We come to it at last.” With these words, Gandalf the White acknowledged that the decisive battle for control over Middle Earth had been joined. So it is now for the U.S....more

Key 2020 Wealth Transfer Tax Numbers

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 12/13/2019

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for the year 2020, including key estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax (“GST”) exclusion...more

The Federal Transfer Tax Exemption: Increased Amount But Less Time to Use It

Dickinson Wright on 12/3/2019

Earlier this month, the IRS announced the cost of living adjusted (“COLA”) amount of the exemption applicable to transfers in 2020 that are subject to gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) taxes (i.e.,...more

Weekly IRS Roundup November 18 – 22, 2019

McDermott Will & Schulte on 11/27/2019

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

2020 Estate And Gift Tax Update

Cole Schotz on 11/15/2019

On November 6, the IRS announced the official estate and gift exclusion amounts for 2020 in Revenue Procedure 2019-44. For an estate of any decedent dying during calendar year 2020, the applicable exclusion is increased from...more

Estate Planning Adjustments for Tax Year 2020

Williams Mullen on 11/7/2019

Many estate planning provisions of the Internal Revenue Code contain brackets, exemptions, exclusions, deductions, or other figures that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) adjusts annually for inflation. Recently, the IRS...more

2018 Key Trust & Estate Planning and Corporate Ownership Implications of the New Tax Law

Perkins Coie on 1/18/2018

With the passage of Public Law no. 115-97, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the 2017 Tax Act), attorneys in Perkins Coie’s Trust & Estate Planning practice, along with our clients running closely...more

Estate Planning Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/29/2017

If enacted, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could open up significant estate planning opportunities. The House bill doubles the exemptions from estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, creating new opportunities for...more

Tackling Tax Reform – Part IV: What Can We Expect To See

Foster Garvey PC on 5/19/2017

On April 11, 2017, we discussed what constitutes Tax Reform. On April 24, 2017, we explored the process by which Tax Reform will likely be created by lawmakers. In our May 3, 2017 blog post, we focused on the likely timing...more

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