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Allen Barron, Inc.

When to Use an Irrevocable Trust in Your Estate Plan

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What is an irrevocable trust? It is important to know when to use an irrevocable trust as part of your estate plan. What is the difference between an irrevocable trust and a revocable trust?...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Legacy Lesson: Will or Trust? Estate Planning for Single Parents

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In this episode of Legacy Lessons, Shawn R. McClelland, Partner in our Tax, Trusts, and Estates Practice Group, walks us through one of the most common estate planning questions families face: Should I create a will, or do I...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

QSBS Capital Gains Exclusions: Utilize Estate Planning to Maximize Benefits

Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) offers business owners significant federal tax benefits of exclusion of up to $10 million or ten times the stock’s basis in capital gains, whichever is greater. The stock must be held for...more

Offit Kurman

Building Adaptive Trusts: Ensuring Tax Efficiency in an Evolving Tax Landscape

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The lifetime estate tax exemption amount is as high as ever. The estate tax exemption amount rose from $1,000,000 in 2002 to $5,000,000 in 2011. Then, Congress doubled the amount of the estate tax exemption in 2018. As of...more

Fleurinord Law PLLC

Justice for Sonya Massey: How Irrevocable Trusts Can Protect Her Family’s $10M Settlement to Preserve Black Wealth

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The Massey Family’s $10M Settlement: A Win, But What’s Next? Sonya Massey’s tragic death was yet another painful reminder of the deep racial injustices that persist in America. On July 6, 2024, Sonya, a 36-year-old Black...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Decanting: Useful for Trusts as Well as Wine

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You likely have created revocable or irrevocable trusts, or a few of both, in your estate plan. Ideally, these have been properly drafted with plenty of flexibility so that they can continue to meet your wealth planning goals...more

Jaburg Wilk

Exclusions, Exemptions, Estate Tax – What to Know in 2025

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As we enter 2025, it’s important to stay informed about the current federal estate and gift tax laws, including annual exclusion limits and significant changes anticipated by the end of this year. Annual Exclusion Amount- ...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Decanting Isn’t Just for Wine Anymore – The Connecticut Uniform Trust Decanting Act

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Not all trusts age like fine wine. Family situations change, tax laws are updated, and an irrevocable trust created years ago may no longer be ideal for today’s circumstances. ...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Modernizing an Existing Irrevocable Trust

Many savvy estate plans include the use of an irrevocable trust that was established many years ago. However, the very nature of an irrevocable trust means that once the trust agreement is finalized, the terms of that trust...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Update your Trust and Estate Plan Regularly to Protect Your Interests

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It is important to update your trust and estate plan regularly to protect your interests and meet the changing requirements of your future while integrating changes in law and best practices to provide for every potential...more

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[Webinar] New IRS Guidance on Basis Adjustments for Irrevocable Grantor Trusts: Key Issues for U.S. and Non-U.S. Persons - June...

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This CLE/CPE webinar will provide estate planners insight on recently issued IRS guidance regarding basis adjustments for irrevocable grantor trusts. The panelist will discuss key items and challenges stemming from Revenue...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Webinar] Estate Planning 101: Trust Planning for Novices - August 26th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

In the next webinar in our Estate Planning 101 series, wealth preservation attorney Whitney Patience O’Reilly will discuss the basics of trusts. She will review the differences between revocable and irrevocable trusts and...more

Bowditch & Dewey

When to Take Advantage of a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT)

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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in 2020 each person may transfer up to $11,580,000 without incurring a gift or estate tax. This generous exemption amount will sunset at the end of 2025, which means that in 2026, the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Wills, Trusts & Estates: Plain and Simple – Popular Again: Life Insurance Trusts to Hedge Against Estate Taxes

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With the prospect of estate tax exemptions going down and estate tax rates going up, life insurance is being considered again to cover potential estate taxes. One way to use life insurance as a “hedge” against estate taxes is...more

Jackson Walker

Estate Planning Still Matters

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For many individuals, this is a difficult financial time. However, for those who have substantial wealth to transfer to younger generations, temporarily reduced asset values and historically low interest rates have created an...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Charitable Remainder Trusts: Income for Life and a Good Deed at Death

Many people like the idea of leaving bequests to favorite charities in their wills. But instead of leaving money to a charity in your will, you can put that money into a charitable remainder trust and collect income while you...more

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