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Tax-Loss Harvesting Part III: Investment Strategies

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Taxpayers invest to make money and hope to earn a decent return on their investments. Tax-loss harvesting can be used as part of a taxpayer’s overall investment strategy without affecting investment  returns, while offsetting...more

Gray Reed

Federal Income Taxation of Intellectual Property Development and Cost Recovery

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Intellectual property (“IP”) development can cost millions of dollars so cost recovery timing can be financially material. General tax principles typically require that expenses associated with creating assets having useful...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Top Tax and Legal Considerations for Wealthy Families Going Global

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In recent years, we have seen high net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families become, increasingly, “global citizens.” As families and their assets touch multiple jurisdictions, a myriad of issues become especially important...more

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Massachusetts Doubles Estate Tax Threshold as Part of $1 Billion Tax Reform Act

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On October 4, 2023, Massachusetts enacted a new law called “An Act to improve the Commonwealth’s competitiveness, affordability, and equity” (the “Act”). The Act makes several tax law changes relevant to Massachusetts...more

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Taxation of Derivatives Held by Investors: What to Know

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The taxation of derivatives and financial products has developed in an uncoordinated and piecemeal fashion. Tax rules have largely been enacted in response to what the government has perceived as abusive transactions —...more

Freeman Law

Why You Should Hire a Tax Professional to Review Your Trust

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Trusts come in many variations, rendering them often difficult for non-attorneys to follow and comprehend.  Indeed, this variation can often be seen in the nomenclature used for trust arrangements, which includes terms such...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, November/December 2022

Rising rates spark interest in charitable remainder trusts - If you wish to leave a charitable legacy while generating income during your lifetime, a charitable remainder trust (CRT) may be a viable solution. In addition...more

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What is a Trust?

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Trusts - Trusts play an important role in estate and tax planning. A trust is a fiduciary arrangement that allows a trustee to hold legal title to assets for the benefit of a beneficiary. The beneficiary is, in turn, said...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Spotlight - VOL. 5, NO. 3 Fall 2020

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The Spotlight is the result of ongoing collaboration between our national trial practice and estate planning groups, with the goal of providing a forum to discuss the latest news and other issues impacting the trusts and...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Selling Assets to Reduce Your Estate Tax Exposure - Act Before September 30

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If you have an estate that may be subject to estate tax next year, particularly if the November election results in a greatly reduced federal estate tax exemption in 2021, now is the time to remove assets from your taxable...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Event] REITs: IRS Ruling Opens Door For Midstream Assets - Feb. 12th, 12:00 pm CT (and available via webcast)

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In the early 1990s, several MLPs converted into REITs to take advantage of better capital formation opportunities, but the REIT structure was not suitable for many midstream assets. Recent IRS guidance suggests this historic...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

IRA News: Beware, the IRS May be Your New Biggest Beneficiary

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019.” If it becomes law, the SECURE Act will bring changes for individuals with retirement accounts....more

Burr & Forman

Tax Reform and Estate Planning: How the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impacts Estate Plans for McNair Clients

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When the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed, significant changes were made to the Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, the most prominent of which is the increased applicable exclusion amount, which...more

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Impact of Tax Reform on the Purchase and Sale of Controlled Foreign Corporations — Selected Considerations

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The application of §1248 and §338(g) in the context of the purchase or sale of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) has long been one of the most complex areas of the tax code. The recently enacted tax reform act — herein,...more

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