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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

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Make Estate Planning a Point of Focus in 2022

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Even if your 2022 New Year's resolutions have long since gone by the wayside, as most have, now can and should be a time of renewed focus on family and self-betterment.  In the midst of economic uncertainty, geopolitical...more

Blank Rome LLP

2022 California Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter

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Our annual estate and tax planning newsletter discusses certain concepts and techniques that should be considered in 2022 by our clients and friends in California. Perhaps the most important recent development was the failure...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Proposed Tax Law Changes Impacting Estate and Gift Taxes

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As many people are aware, Congress is considering changes to the federal tax code to support President Biden’s Build Back Better spending plan.  As of this writing, on September 22, 2021, no bill has been enacted....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Three Estate Planning Proposals to Watch

House Democrats recently released additional legislative proposals that, if passed, would affect several commonly used estate planning techniques. Among those proposals are three that would significantly impact some of the...more

Ruder Ware

Holiday Giving: Will My Gifts Have Tax Consequences?

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The holiday season is a time of giving! With Christmas arriving next week, you might be rushing to find last minute gifts for the special people in your life. Have you considered potential tax consequences of those gifts? ...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

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

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

Proskauer Rose LLP

The New Estate Tax Law – Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

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Increase in Exemption from Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes - On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") was signed into law. The Act implements a variety of significant tax reforms....more

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The Impact of Tax Reform on Estate Planning

Tax Act of 2017: Transfer Tax Provisions - The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act of 2017”) was signed by the President on December 22, 2017. The transfer tax provisions of the Tax Act of 2017 (i.e. the estate,...more

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Favorable Changes to Estate, Gift and GST Tax Laws Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), signed into law on December 22, 2017, significantly increased the exemption amounts for the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. These increases may present...more

Burr & Forman

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – 529 Plan Changes for South Carolina

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The new federal tax law, known as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that was approved by Congress and signed into law at the end of 2017, creates a benefit for individuals paying tuition for children in private or religious schools...more

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Estate Planning under the New Tax Law

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This client alert is part of a special series on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and related changes to the tax code, where Blank Rome’s lawyers share their analysis of different provisions in the Act and how they may affect you...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: An Overview and Four 2018 Planning Suggestions

For the first time in more than 30 years, the countdown to the New Year was also the countdown to major revisions to the tax code. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act) became law in late December 2017 and contains sweeping changes...more

Perkins Coie

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

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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

Stinson LLP

What You Should Know About Estate and Gift Tax Reform

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The tax bill recently passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Trump retains the gift and estate tax, but substantially curtails its reach. The new tax legislation represents a dramatic change to our transfer tax...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Impact on Gift, Estate, and GST Taxes Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)

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The tax law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), signed by President Trump on December 22, 2017, contains important changes to provisions governing gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Trust and Estate Planning

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law on December 22, 2017, includes significant changes to the U.S. federal gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax laws, effective as of January 1, 2018. In addition,...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Impact of the Tax Law on Estate Planning

President Trump signed sweeping tax legislation into law on Dec. 22, 2017, resulting in several significant changes to the wealth transfer tax system, effective as of Jan. 1, 2018....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tax Reform 101 – Estate Planning For High Net Worth Individuals

The new tax bill passed by Congress and signed into law by the President today has increased the amount individuals can transfer free of Gift, Estate and Generation Skipping Transfer (“GST”) taxes....more

Butler Snow LLP

Tax Law Changes Under The Tax Cuts And Job Act

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On December 15th, the congressional conference committee charged with reaching a consensus on the competing versions of the Senate and House tax reform bills released its conference report containing the language of the final...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Trust and Estate Planning 2017 Year End Update

As we approach the end of the year, we thought you would find it useful to have the following summary of recent developments and updates that may affect your trust and estate planning....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Federal Tax Reform May Affect Estate Planning

On November 2, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft tax reform bill known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate Finance Committee followed on November 9 with its own outline for tax reform legislation. Both...more

Clark Hill PLC

It’s a Wonderful Life – Or is it? The Taxation of Crowdfunding

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Every holiday season, I, like many other Americans, watch Frank Capra’s classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. While the movie has a number of iconic scenes, the most heartwarming scene occurs at the end, as the citizens of Bedford...more

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