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Analysis of Estate Planning and Individual Tax Changes Under the 2025 Tax Legislation

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For individual clients, the Legislation provides estate and tax planning opportunities, including through the increase in the federal gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemptions....more

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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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill and Three Key Planning Notes

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Last week, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). At nearly 900 pages in length, OBBBA’s size lives up to its name by enacting sweeping changes to estate and gift taxes, income taxes,...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Unpacking the One Big Beautiful Bill: What Changes Are Required to Optimize Your Estate Plan?

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) into law. The OBBBA is the tax and budget reconciliation package for the current 2025 fiscal year through 2034. While the bill focuses primarily...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Trump Administration Passes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1—referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The OBBBA extends and makes permanent certain provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that were set to expire...more

Goodwin

OBBBA Solidifies High Estate Tax Exemptions & Charitable Giving Changes

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President Trump’s July 4th signing of the Opportunity, Balance, and Better Budget Act sets an increased $15 million federal estate and gift tax exclusion and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption per individual,...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

The One Big, Beautiful Bill’s Key Provisions

President Trump signed into law major tax legislation on July 4, 2025. While the bill itself is almost a thousand pages long, below is a bite-size summary of what you need to know about key provisions: Individual Income and...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The OBBBA - What Has (and Hasn’t) Changed for Individual Income, Estate, and Gift Taxes

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA”) was signed into law last week, continuing the applicability of many individual federal income, estate, and gift tax provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), and in some...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Newly Enacted Legislation Makes Significant Tax Changes

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed ”An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (formerly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) (the Act), comprehensive tax reform legislation that...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Elementos clave de la “One Big Beautiful Bill”

La Cámara de Representantes de los EE.UU. aprobó hoy, con una votación de 218 a favor y 214 en contra, la versión previamente autorizada por el Senado del proyecto de ley conocido como “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Se espera que...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Tax Reform is Underway

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Will America celebrate the Fourth of July with the passage of major tax reform? On May 22, House Republicans passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” under the budget reconciliation process. This marks a significant milestone...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

House Tax Bill 2025

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On May 12, 2025, Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced the One, Big, Beautiful Bill of 2025 (the “House Bill”). The House Bill comes out of the House Ways and Means Committee after weeks of internal drafting...more

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Passing Assets and Accounts to Your Heirs Is About To Become Much More Difficult

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If you are in the process of long-term estate planning or updating an existing estate plan, the process for passing assets and accounts to your heirs is about to become much more difficult and expensive. Presently, each...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

The Sunset of the TCJA – Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – Is Scheduled for the End of 2025

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The sunset of the TCJA – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, is currently scheduled for the end of 2025.  The TCJA contributed substantial changes to the US tax code that have benefited many US taxpayers.  How should a US...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Is Your Estate Plan Past Due for a Check-Up?

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Estate planning professionals help clients look ahead and anticipate future contingencies. By necessity, however, estate plans are crafted based on laws and circumstances existing at the time they are put in place. This...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2020 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

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

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Estate Planning Essentials: Year End Charitable Giving Technique – IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions

The changes enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 have made qualified charitable distributions (QCD) from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) particularly attractive to taxpayers. A QCD is a direct transfer...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Seven Tips for Tribal Governments to Reduce Tribal Member Taxes in 2019

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• With Democrats taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives, tax provisions affecting tribal governments and their members are once again on the table for discussion. • This notice provides an overview of seven...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Wills, Trusts & Estates: Plain and Simple – Should I Maximize My Charitable Giving Before Year End?

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The standard deduction (i.e., the amount you can deduct from your adjusted gross income without itemizing deductions) under the new tax law has increased to $24,000 for married couples and $12,000 for individuals. You are...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Future Connecticut Estate Tax Still Unclear after Two New Public Acts

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Following the passage of the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in late 2017, the Connecticut legislature attempted to modify Connecticut estate tax law and make it more consistent with the new, much higher $11.2 million federal...more

Burr & Forman

New IRS Proposed 199A Regulations Provide Guidance on 20% Profit Pass-Through Deduction

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On August 8th, the IRS released its much-awaited Proposed Regulations on the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-through businesses. The new deduction applies to essentially all types of businesses other than C...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Impact of US Tax Reform on Cross-Border Estate Planning

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

Womble Bond Dickinson

Transfer Taxes and the Tax Act: An Overview and Three Possible Responses

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Individuals and businesses continue to evaluate the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act” or “Act”) and, in particular, the specific effects on personal and business tax planning. Our clients are asking us daily how...more

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Impact of New Tax Laws on Estate Planning

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by the President on December 22, 2017, and represents one of the most significant rewritings of the federal tax code since 1986. ...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Estate Planning Newsletter - First Quarter, 2018 - Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017

Charitable Gifting Strategies - The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 ("TCJA") repealed most itemized income tax deductions and increased the standard deduction—now $24,000 for married couples filing jointly, $18,000 for heads...more

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