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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
On July 4, 2025,, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law. The Act itself was almost 1,000 pages. It made many of the provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent and included new federal tax provisions....more
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
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."- The Serenity Prayer- The first 100 days of President Trump’s administration have been...more
The Trump administration is expected to work with Congress to extend the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), but this will take longer than 100 days....more
In 2018, as part of the “Trump tax cuts,” the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption was increased to $11,180,000, with annual increases for inflation. Today, the exemption stands at...more
November’s election results could have a profound effect on the estate and gift tax laws. Among a number of significant issues are...more
On April 10, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which (1) permits an “electing real property trade or business” that elected not to be subject to the...more
On November 26, 2019, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued final regulations under IR-2019-189 confirming that there will be no “clawback” for gifts made under the increased estate and gift tax exclusion put in place by...more
With over a century of combined experience, the lawyers of Proskauer's Private Client Services Department regularly provide their diverse clientele – from business entrepreneurs and corporate executives to sports figures and...more
Charitable organizations work hard to maintain exempt status. These organizations operate in a highly regulated landscape: In exchange for enjoying freedom from income taxes, they must comply with strict organizational and...more
• Each individual’s exemptions from federal estate, gift and GST taxes have roughly doubled to approximately $11,200,000 • The increased exemptions are available only temporarily, through 2025 • We recommend that you...more
On January 10th, 11th and 18th our tax attorneys ?hosted a "CPA Shoptalk" seminar in ?Portland, Vancouver and Bend. Below are ?some key takeaways to consider... 1. Partnership Audit Rules Post-TEFRA - The Balanced...more
President Donald Trump signed the U.S. tax reform bill previously entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law on December 22, 2017, enacting comprehensive U.S. tax reform with most provisions becoming effective starting on...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more
With the affirmative vote in the House today, both Houses of Congress have now passed a final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, clearing the legislation for President Trump’s signature. President Trump is widely expected...more
Congress released the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on late Friday evening, Dec. 15, 2017. This version of the bill is the result of a conference committee process to marry the different bills previously passed by the U.S. House of...more
We’re Still Waiting - A Look Back – and Thanksgiving in New England, 2017 - Loyal readers of this missive may recall that in our last two annual tax updates, “Make America Great Again!” and “Okay, Now What?” we...more
September Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - The September § 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and...more
Earlier this year, President Trump issued Executive Order 13789, which ordered the Treasury Department to review all significant tax regulations issued after December 31, 2015 and identify regulations that impose an undue...more
Responding to a Trump Executive Order, the Treasury Department has reviewed all significant tax regulations issued after December 31, 2015 and identified eight regulations to be reformed to mitigate the burden that the...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on July 7, 2017, in Notice 2017-38 (the Notice) that it has identified as "significant tax regulations" eight sets of U.S. federal tax regulations that were issued between Jan. 1,...more
Proposed changes to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) § 2704, which would impact the valuation of transfers of family business interests at death, come at an interesting time politically given the Trump Administration’s desire to...more
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As 2016 comes to a close, we would like to share with you a number of recent developments affecting trust and estate planning that may be of interest: Final regulations restricting valuation discounts unlikely to be...more