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Ius Laboris

Pensions on Divorce: Practical Hurdles and the Gender Pension Gap

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The UK pension sharing system often results in poor outcomes for divorced women due to its complexity and low uptake. Practical issues like timing delays, unresponsive ex-spouses, and fluctuating pension credit values further...more

Offit Kurman

The Dos and Don’ts of a High-Asset Divorce

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Divorce is not easy, and when substantial assets are involved, the process becomes even more complex. High-asset divorces should be approached with the goal of fairness and financial security for the family.  I’ve compiled...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The Tax Implications of Divorce: Alimony, Child Support, IRAs and More

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Divorce is a complex and emotionally charged process that also brings substantial financial considerations, with three of the most significant financial aspects of a divorce being alimony (spousal support), child support, and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Illinois Updates

The following is a summary of some of the key legislative and judicial updates from Illinois in 2024. Control and Protection of Trust Property - On August 9, 2024, Senate Bill 3343 (SB 3343) was signed into law, which...more

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &...

Navigating Tax Changes in 2025: A Guide for Separating Couples

As the election approaches, discussions regarding tax modifications and changes to the tax law have increased. But before the election, the IRS has already announced some new IRS regulations which will begin in 2025. As...more

Brooks Pierce

Changing Laws Present Unique Estate Planning Opportunities for Married Couples

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Today’s federal estate and gift tax laws may be remembered as the most generous to wealthy families since the Great Depression. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) doubled the federal estate, gift, and generation skipping...more

Foster Garvey PC

A Journey Through Subchapter S / A Review of The Not So Obvious & The Many Traps That Exist For The Unwary: Part V – Spouses...

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This fifth installment of my multi-part series on Subchapter S is focused on married individuals who own shares of an S corporation. While the rules relating to shareholder eligibility seem straightforward, their application...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Indiana Supreme Court Recognizes Wide Range of Methods to Secure Property Settlement Judgments, Plus the Need for Definitive...

On March 20, 2024, a unanimous Indiana Supreme Court decided Cooley v. Cooley, which reiterates the wide range of security methods available to Indiana trial courts to ensure payment of property settlement judgments, as well...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

What is Known as the IRS Survivor’s Penalty?

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What is known as the IRS survivor’s penalty, and is there anything that can be done to provide for a surviving spouse as we age? The “survivor’s penalty” is the likelihood that a surviving spouse will face higher federal and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Is it Too Soon to Discuss a Joint Return for 2024?

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Yes, it’s January which means that accountants all across America are locking into their space capsules for launch into orbit where they will prepare countless returns due on April 15 for TY 2023 and then gently parachute...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Time to Step Up? Florida’s Community Property Trust Act Worth A Look

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Unknown to many Floridians, Florida enacted the Community Property Trust Act which went into effect on July 1, 2021, and established the ability to convert non-community property into community property. The community...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Once Removed Episode 11: Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts, or SLATs

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Steve Murphy, chair of the private wealth services practice group at McGuireWoods, discusses the Spousal Lifetime Access Trust, also known as the SLAT. Steve explains the rights that your spouse can have in this trust through...more

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2022 Tax Season: What Families Need to Know

As the 2022 tax season kicks off, there are important issues that divorcing parties must consider. First, it is always more beneficial to the family unit for the parties to file taxes married filing jointly. Not only does...more

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I Just Got My Divorce Decree, How Can/Should I File My Taxes for 2022?

Tax filing status is a common question asked of divorce attorneys like me and my colleagues – especially toward the end of the year. That said, while this is a popular question, this could be the shortest blog in history...more

Freeman Law

What Happened to My Joint IRS Income Tax Refund?: The IRS’s Authority to Offset

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Generally, when a taxpayer makes an overpayment of tax, the IRS refunds the overpayment to the taxpayer.  But this is not always the case.  For example, the IRS has the statutory authority to credit (or offset) an overpayment...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Announces Increased Gift and Estate Tax Exemption Amounts

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The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the annual gift tax exclusion is increasing next year due to inflation. After four years of being at $15,000, the exclusion will be $16,000 per recipient for 2022—the highest...more

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &...

It’s Tax Season

Tax season always brings up several questions for clients who are divorced, in the process of divorce, or separated. The two biggest concerns are typically determining which filing status is most applicable to your situation...more

Gray Reed

Collecting Separate Tax Debts from Community Property

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Texas is a “community property” state; but all property in Texas is not “community property”. In Texas, each spouse can have his or her own “separate” property, which generally consists of property that was acquired by gift...more

Lewitt Hackman

How to Be a Smart Spouse

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No one wants to be blindsided by a negative financial situation, particularly one created by one’s spouse....more

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &...

Let's Talk Family Law Taxes

Join Weber Gallagher Partner, Carolyn Mirabile, and guest, Donna Pironti, a forensic accountant specializing in matrimonial litigation support and tax consulting, for our next episode of Let's Talk Family Law. Carolyn and...more

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War of the Rosas - Using Pooled Income Funds in Divorce Planning

According to statistics 40-50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. To add insult to injury, tax reform eliminated the deductibility of alimony payments for divorce and separation agreements that are finalized or amended...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts: What You Should Know

Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts, or “SLATs,” may be the ideal vehicle for clients interested in pursuing wealth-transfer tax planning. Before deciding whether SLATs may be right for you and your family, it’s important to...more

Lewitt Hackman

Why Should I Get My Estate Planning Done Now?

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Last Sunday I learned that my mother’s dear friend who is very active, hikes daily, gardens daily, does senior yoga weekly, eats a healthy diet, and has many volunteer and social commitments that keep her happy, went on a...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Event] 2019 Private Client West Coast Forum – November 8th, Palo Alto, CA

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Please join us this November for McDermott Will & Emery’s Private Client West Coast Forum. At this complimentary program, experienced McDermott partners will lead discussions on a broad range of topics pertinent to ultra-high...more

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[Event] 2019 Private Client West Coast Forum – November 7th, San Francisco, CA

Please join us this November for McDermott Will & Emery’s Private Client West Coast Forum. At this complimentary program, experienced McDermott partners will lead discussions on a broad range of topics pertinent to ultra-high...more

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