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Trump Accounts: The New Child Savings Account Established Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA). The OBBA established a new type of tax-advantaged savings account for minors, known as “Trump Accounts.” While the specific details of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Estate Planning in Uncertain Times

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"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

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Passing Retirement Benefits to a Child With Special Needs

Under the SECURE Act, disabled beneficiaries can stretch out inherited retirement account distributions beyond 10 years, provided their life expectancy is longer than the default 10-year rule. Generally, an Applicable...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - April 2025

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The April 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.00%, which is 0.40% less than the March 2025 rate. The April applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a...more

Offit Kurman

Equal Shares, Unequal Outcomes: Estate Planning Strategies for Parents and their Qualified Retirement Accounts

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Typically, a parent wishes to treat their children equally in their estate plan and presumes they will achieve this goal by dividing all their assets into equal shares upon their death. Accordingly, they will designate their...more

Carlton Fields

IRS Clarifies Application of Required Minimum Distribution Rules to Inherited Retirement Accounts

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The Secure Act, passed in 2019 and updated in 2022, made significant changes to the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules applicable to qualified retirement plans, IRAs, 403(b) plans, and other eligible deferred...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Estate and Tax Planning for US Expatriates

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What are the most important elements of estate and tax planning for US expatriates?  Are you planning to move out of the United States?  Are you a US taxpayer who lives and works outside of the country?  What are some of the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A New Opportunity for 529 Account Beneficiaries – Tax-Fee Rollovers to Roth IRAs

Beneficiaries of qualified tuition programs under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (“529 accounts”) will have a new opportunity starting January 1, 2024. Under SECURE Act 2.0 (the “Act”), 529 account beneficiaries...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Estate Planning Update: Recent IRS Ruling Offers a Stark Reminder of the Benefits of Proper Estate Planning for Retirement...

Despite ultimately finding in favor of a taxpayer surviving spouse, IRS Private Letter Ruling 2023-22-014 (the “PLR”) is chock-full of reasons to ensure proper planning is in place when it comes to IRAs....more

Stark & Stark

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Issues Proposed Minimum Distribution Rules

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued much anticipated proposed regulations that clarify and revise some of the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for qualified plans (i.e. 401ks, 403bs, etc.) and...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Is It Possible to Put a Retirement Plan in a Special Needs Trust?

Retirement plans often make up a significant portion of the assets of parents of children with special needs, or of individuals who have become disabled as adults. In such cases, the question arises as to whether the...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

The SECURE Act Changes How Beneficiaries Inherit Retirement Accounts

On December 20, 2019 the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020” became law. As part of the Act and in part to pay for the over 1.7 trillion in spending that the Act contemplates, Section “O” sets forth the Setting...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

McNees Insights – Estate Planning: March 2020

The current year sees us coming off a good year in the stock market and an economy that is strong. However, in November there is another presidential election cycle, which could bring change to which political party controls...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

The Secure Act | How SECURE are you in your estate plan? (video transcript)

In this transcript of the video below, attorneys Ron Wayne and Sarah Blank discuss the SECURE Act and the key provisions that may affect you....more

Verrill

2020 Estate Planning Update

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SECURE ACT - What you need to know: The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act went into effect on January 1, 2020. The most significant provisions of the SECURE Act involve changes to the...more

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The Secure Act | How secure are you in your estate plan?

In this brief video, attorneys Ron Wayne and Sarah Blank discuss the SECURE Act and the key provisions that may affect you....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

If Your Estate Plan Includes IRAs, a New Law Means It Is Time to Reevaluate

Both workers and retirees may need to rethink some of their estate planning in light of the newest spending bill. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, part of the massive bill, makes major...more

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SECURE Act Presents Planning Challenges and Opportunities for Retirement Accounts

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the SECURE Act) was signed into U.S. law on December 20, 2019. The SECURE Act makes significant changes to the administration of IRAs and other tax-deferred...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Your Retirement Planning and the SECURE Act

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (or SECURE Act), signed into law on December 20, 2019, changes retirement planning significantly and unexpectedly. The bulk of the changes become effective as of...more

Lewitt Hackman

Why Should I Get My Estate Planning Done Now?

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Last Sunday I learned that my mother’s dear friend who is very active, hikes daily, gardens daily, does senior yoga weekly, eats a healthy diet, and has many volunteer and social commitments that keep her happy, went on a...more

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The SECURE Act: Elimination of the Stretch IRA

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The "Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019" ("SECURE Act"), which Congress passed at the end of 2019, included changes that may significantly affect how your retirement accounts fit into your...more

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The SECURE Act: Top 3 Issues to Consider Now

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Hundreds of articles have been published over the last two weeks about the SECURE Act (“Act”), which was signed into law in late December as part of the most recent budget bill. As you are certainly aware by now, the Act...more

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New SECURE Act Affects Estate Planning for Retirement Plans

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Effective January 1, 2020, a new federal law dramatically changes the landscape for estate planning with retirement accounts. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”) implements new...more

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Secure Act Insecurities

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On December 20, 2019, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act (the“Act”) was signed into law drastically altering the administration of certain retirement plans such as IRAs and 401Ks. Although...more

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Important Changes in Retirement Planning

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The holiday season is always a busy and eventful time, so you may have missed a new law that can impact how you plan for your retirement assets. On December 20, 2019, as part of a more comprehensive appropriations act, the...more

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