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Trump Law’s Estate Tax Exemption Is a Boon for Wealth Planning

President Donald Trump’s massive tax-and-spending package requires attention from both individuals and estate planners to advance their estate and income tax planning objectives. Originally Published by Bloomberg Law. ...more

Frantz Ward LLP

Key Estate Planning Considerations Resulting From the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)

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On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) was signed into law, bringing with it important changes to the federal estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer (GST) tax system. Many of the provisions in...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Enactment of OBBBA: It’s Time to Plan, Not Relax – “Winter is Coming”

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In the months preceding the general election in 2024, the owners of many closely held businesses who had not yet given much thought to the disposition of their future estates, including their businesses, decided they should...more

Haynes Boone

Federal Estate, Gift and GST Tax Highlights from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) brings sweeping and permanent changes to the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax landscape. Most notably, it significantly increases the...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Big Beautiful Bill: What Every High Net Worth Family Needs to Know

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, brings sweeping changes to the tax code. While the name may sound like a marketing pitch, the law itself includes significant updates...more

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Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Key Tax Changes for Business Owners and Estate Planning Clients

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law on July 4, 2025. This legislation introduces changes that will impact estate, tax, and business planning strategies for many business owners and high-net-worth individuals and...more

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Permanent Exemptions and New Deductions: What the 2025 Tax Law Means for Estate and Tax Planning

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the 2025 Budget Reconciliation bill, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“Act”). This legislation extends several provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

The One Big Beautiful Bill: Continuity and Change in Personal Planning

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On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB”) was signed into law. Introduction - Many Americans will experience the OBBB as a continuation of income and transfer tax laws passed during the President’s...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill and Three Key Planning Notes

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Last week, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). At nearly 900 pages in length, OBBBA’s size lives up to its name by enacting sweeping changes to estate and gift taxes, income taxes,...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Your Guide to the Tax Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017, made some of the most significant changes to the tax law since the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Absent further legislation, many of the provisions...more

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The Sun Will Not Set: The One Big Beautiful Bill

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The long-anticipated “sunset” of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was slated for the end of 2025. Upon this “sunset,” the federal estate and gift tax exemptions—which reached $13.99 million per individual in...more

Williams Mullen

Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the Basic Exclusion Amount and GST Exemption

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By way of background, in 2012, the basic exclusion amount and GST exemption were permanently increased to $5 million, with that amount indexed for inflation. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), temporarily increased the...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Closely Held Businesses and Their Owners Ask: What’s Big and Beautiful in the Recent Tax Law?

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”) was signed into law last week, on July 4. As promised by the White House, the Act extends – i.e., purports to make “permanent” – many of the otherwise expiring provisions that were...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Unpacking the One Big Beautiful Bill: What Changes Are Required to Optimize Your Estate Plan?

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) into law. The OBBBA is the tax and budget reconciliation package for the current 2025 fiscal year through 2034. While the bill focuses primarily...more

Foster Garvey PC

One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part II – Estate and Gift Tax

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In this second installment of our multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), my colleague David Knutson and I discuss the changes made by the Act to the federal estate and gift tax regime....more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Enacts a Permanent Increase in the Estate and Gift Tax Lifetime Exclusion Amount for 2025 and Later...

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On July 3, 2025, and by a vote of 218 to 214, the U.S. House of Representative passed the Senate’s amended version of H.R. 1 (also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” or OBBBA 2025), which is the tax-and-budget...more

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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

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Stay Tuned for Our Client Alert Series

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As you may be aware, on July 4, 2025, a landmark piece of tax legislation – commonly referred to as “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – was signed into law, ushering in some of the most significant changes to the tax code in...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Breaking Down Key Changes In The New Tax Legislation

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The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has ushered in significant tax legislation based predominantly on the Trump administration’s stated priorities. ... Below we summarize some of these key changes and note...more

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Senate Finance Committee’s Take on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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Following our prior alert on the House Ways & Means Committee version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), the House passed its version of the OBBBA (“House Bill”) on May 22, 2025, and on June 17, 2025 the Senate...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Now Is the Time to Revisit Trusts & Estates Plans, as Tax Exemption Law Changes Are on the Horizon

On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by a single-vote margin. This bill adopted many of the recommendations of the House Ways and Means Committee, with a few changes along the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New House Tax Bill Contains Several Key Provisions

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On Monday, Republicans unveiled their much anticipated Tax Bill (the “Bill”). At 389 pages, the Bill contains a number of provisions. Some are simply extensions of previous provisions that were sunsetting at the end of 2025....more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Countdown to Tax Changes: Navigating Budget Reconciliation 2025

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As the clock ticks down to the end of 2025, the impending sunset of key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) looms large, threatening tax hikes for millions of Americans. With Congress at a crossroads, the...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Act Now or Pay Later? Will Congress Extend the Higher Estate Tax Exemption Before 2026?

As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2025, estate planners and their clients are closely monitoring developments in Washington, D.C. The scheduled sunset of the increased estate and gift tax exemption is now less...more

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Death Tax Repeal Act

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On February 13, 2025, Republican lawmakers in Congress introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act, which aims to permanently eliminate the federal estate tax. Since 2015, various legislative efforts to repeal the estate, gift, and...more

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