Shareholders, Estate Tax, Gift Tax

Gifting Qualified Small Business Stock – Can You “Stack” the Section 1202 Odds In Your Favor?

Rivkin Radler LLP on 9/4/2025

C Corp - Imagine a closely held and growing start-up business (“Corp”) that was recently incorporated under state law and, so, is treated as a regular C corporation for purposes of the federal income tax. Thus, Corp will pay...more

Terminating a Trust? Don’t Forget to Consider This Tax Issue

Rivkin Radler LLP on 5/29/2025

Every conveyance of property or of an interest in property from one person to another is prompted, or at least influenced, by economic considerations. The parties to the transaction may swap properties, or one party may...more

Supreme Court Decision in Connelly v. United States

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/10/2024

On June 6, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in in Connelly, As Executor of the Estate of Connelly v. United States, (602 US ________). The decision involves the application of the federal estate tax...more

Disposing Of Assets Under The Ways and Means Committee’s Proposals

Rivkin Radler LLP on 9/21/2021

First Step- Last Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved that portion of the 2022 budget legislation with which it was tasked by the Congressional Budget resolution of August 24. The text of the bill...more

Gift & Estate Tax Valuation: 5 Things To Remember

Opportune LLP on 4/28/2021

Here are five things to remember when performing the valuation of shares of a closely held entity for gift and estate tax reporting...more

IRS Clarifies Tax Filing and Payment Deadline Extensions

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/28/2020

The Internal Revenue Service released a Q&A on Notice 2020-18 to clarify the relief available to taxpayers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Q&A offers important new details on the federal income tax filing and...more

Impact of US Tax Reform on Cross-Border Estate Planning

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/20/2018

The U.S. tax act enacted in December 2017 includes a number of provisions that impact high net worth families with U.S. connections. For families with U.S. members, changes to the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer...more

Congress Releases Revised Conference Bill on Tax Reform - A Look at How It Compares with Earlier House and Senate Bills

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/20/2017

Congress released the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on late Friday evening, Dec. 15, 2017. This version of the bill is the result of a conference committee process to marry the different bills previously passed by the U.S. House of...more

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