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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

Miller Canfield

The Gift and Estate Tax Exclusion: Lock It In or Let it Ride?

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The Gift and Estate Tax Exclusion is currently scheduled to be reduced by approximately 50% in about 13 months. Without action from Congress, on January 1, 2026, the Exclusion will go from almost $14 million to about $7...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Laws for a New Year: Year-End Estate Planning in Preparation for 2025

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As 2024 quickly comes to a close, the new year will bring a change in the presidency, a new Congress, and potential changes to policies and laws that could impact individuals of all wealth levels. Going into the election,...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2024 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

This year was busy for trusts and estates practitioners. With 2025 marking the final year of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), many of its implications for federal corporate and individual income tax, gift, estate and...more

DarrowEverett LLP

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

Venable LLP

“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” - Plan Ahead for the Sunset of Federal Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions at the End of 2025

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) enacted significant changes in the federal estate and gift tax laws commencing in 2018. One of the most notable changes was that the TCJA doubled the federal lifetime gift tax...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Maximize Your Legacy: Take Advantage of the High Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Sunset

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As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the estate and gift tax exemption was doubled for tax years 2018-2025. In 2018, the exemption doubled from $5.49 million in 2017 to $11.18 million in 2018, and that amount has been...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Seize the Moment: Maximizing Your Estate Planning Before 2026

In a significant legislative shift, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 doubled the exemption amounts for estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (collectively known as “Death Taxes”). As of 2024, the federal...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2022 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

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

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Gifting and Estate Tax in Period of Big Changes

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​​​​​​​The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increased the federal estate and gift tax exclusion amount (sometimes called the “basic exclusion amount” or “BEA”) from $5 million to $10 million. (Those numbers are adjusted for...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Not So Fast! IRS Releases Proposed Clawback Regulations

The IRS recently released proposed clawback regulations on the treatment of gifts that are complete at the time of transfer but are potentially included in the donor's gross estate at death. Such gifts will likely get the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

IRS Looks to Limit Estate Tax Break For Large Gifts in Tweak to Anti-Clawback Regulations

The Treasury Department issued proposed regulations on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in follow up to the anti-clawback regulations published on November 26, 2019. The 2019 anti-clawback regulations were in response to the Tax Cuts...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2021 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

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

Jackson Walker

Tax Planning for a Biden Presidency

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This past November, we outlined selected tax law changes that President-elect Joe Biden has proposed, both in speaking engagements and on his campaign website, some or all of which could be enacted in 2021 or future years. ...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

Foley & Lardner LLP

Impact of 2020 Election Results for Tax Planning (Webinar Recap)

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On Tuesday, November 3rd, Americans went to the polls and cast votes for President, Senators, and House members. In some cases, the results are still being tabulated (or subject to challenge). However, the picture becomes a...more

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Tax Planning for a Biden Presidency

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With Biden as the projected President-Elect (subject to pending federal litigation and the Electoral College vote), tax planning for late 2020, 2021, and beyond is top of mind for many businesses and individuals....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Year-End Estate Planning in an Election Year

The 2020 election is less than a month away and year-end estate planning is already underway for many. Under current law, the estate, gift and GST (generation-skipping transfer) tax exemptions for 2020 are set at $11,580,000...more

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IRS Confirms No “Clawback” for Gifts Made Under the Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exclusion

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On November 26, 2019, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued final regulations under IR-2019-189 confirming that there will be no “clawback” for gifts made under the increased estate and gift tax exclusion put in place by...more

Genova Burns LLC

Estate Tax "Clawback" Relief Announced; But of Limited Application

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For those of sufficient wealth to be concerned about federal estate taxes, lifetime gift giving can be an effective strategy. Although the estate tax is imposed on the aggregate of the taxable estate and lifetime taxable...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner - November/December 2019

What’s a clawback ? and should you be worried about it? By temporarily doubling the gift and estate tax exemption amount, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created an historic opportunity for affluent families to shelter wealth...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Proposed Tax Regulations Eliminate Possibility of Clawback of Lifetime Gifts for Estate Tax Purposes

As previously posted, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017 (the “2017 Act”) made significant changes to the federal wealth transfer system with respect to gift and estate tax transfers during the...more

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Increased Estate/Gift Tax Exemptions Under TCJA: No-Clawback, but Use it or Lose It

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) passed in December, 2017, doubled the estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount from $5.0 million to $10.0, coupled with a cost of living adjustment. For 2019, the basic exclusion amount is...more

Winstead PC

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Alleviating "Clawback" Concerns

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On Dec. 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the 2017 Act) into law. The 2017 Act roughly doubled the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption amounts from $5.49 million per...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

To Gift Or Not To Gift? The Time May Have Arrived

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The Joy – and Tax Benefits – of Gifting As we enter the “season of giving” and the end of yet another year, the thoughts of many tax advisers turn to . . . tax planning. In keeping with the spirit of the season, an adviser...more

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