Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 242: Business Planning in Healthcare & Life Sciences with Jennifer McEwen of Maynard Nexsen
Love Actually: Planning Considerations for Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, the Death of a Spouse, and More
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 503: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 2)
Mamma Mia!: Common Estate Planning Issues for Blended Families
Once Removed Episode 38: The Legacy Mindset: What It Is and How to Build It
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Once Removed Episode 24: Expressing Goals and Intent for the Trust
Once Removed Episode 22: Building Flexibility into the Estate Plan
Once Removed Episode 20: Helping a Beneficiary Purchase a Home
Once Removed Episode 19: The Step-Transaction Doctrine and the Case of Smaldino
Next Generation Legacy Management - The Essence of Developing, Managing and Implementing a Plan for Future Generations
A Primer On Trusts - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Once Removed Episode 13: It’s 5 o’Clock: Do You Know Where Your Will Is? A Lesson From Aretha Franklin
Charitable Bequests With Guest Stephanie Hood
Once Removed Episode 12: SLATs and the Case of McKim vs. McKim
Once Removed Episode 11: Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts, or SLATs
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Family Office Technology Solutions
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: The Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act
What is a self-proving affidavit?
The Importance of Beneficiary Designations
La legislación fiscal de EE. UU., promulgada el 4 de julio, amplía las obligaciones de reporte para fideicomisos extranjeros y entidades con traspaso de ingresos, al tiempo que consolida disposiciones clave de la reforma de...more
The July 4 U.S. tax legislation expands reporting obligations for foreign trusts and pass-through entities while locking in key provisions from the 2017 reform. For attorneys and advisors to high-net-worth individuals, this...more
High-net-worth individuals and families contemplating diversifying their wealth beyond U.S. borders, also known as outbound wealth planning, may be motivated by concerns about domestic political developments, economic policy...more
In Haworth v HMRC [2025] EWCA Civ 822 (Haworth) the UK Court of Appeal (CoA) provided much needed clarity regarding the approach to determining the ‘place of effective management’ (POEM) in the context of the UK’s double tax...more
Welcome to July’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. Apart from the draft legislation and accompanying material released on 21 July as part of “L-Day” (legislation day), July was a fairly quiet month for UK tax developments....more
In today’s competitive business environment, share incentive plans continue to be a popular tool for aligning employee interests with those of management and shareholders. Guernsey and Jersey, as leading offshore financial...more
Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section (“Code §”) 2801, if you are a “U.S. Beneficiary” - who is the recipient of a gift or bequest from, or a distribution from a trust established by, a former U.S. citizen or former Green...more
What do you need to know about offshore real estate ownership and any associated tax reporting requirements? Are you a U.S. taxpayer or U.S. resident who owns real estate outside of the United States? It may surprise you to...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for March 15, 2025 – March 28, 2025. IRS GUIDANCE - March 17, 2025: The IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2025-8, providing...more
As wealth management evolves, South African high-net-worth individuals ("HNWIs") are increasingly looking for efficient offshore structures to protect and grow their assets. One such option is "The Alphabet Trust" -...more
The IRS has clearly identified legitimate reasons why "U.S. Persons" would establish or maintain ownership in a foreign trust. However, a foreign trust creates complex IRS reporting requirements for US taxpayers who own a...more
Welcome to Lost in Translation: Blunders in International Estate Planning; in this blog series, I will delve into the rarified world of international estate planning, shedding light on possible pitfalls and slip-ups....more
Welcome to “Lost in Translation: Blunders in International Estate Planning.” This blog series explores the rarified world of international estate planning, uncovering potential pitfalls and providing insights to navigate the...more
The UK’s First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) has denied a taxpayer a deduction for contributions to a remuneration trust on the basis that such payments did not give rise to an expense under generally accepted accounting principles...more
Trustees which are UK resident, have UK assets or income which trigger a UK tax liability or directly acquire UK land on or after 6 October 2020 will generally have to register the trust with HMRC's Trust Registration Service...more
The UK’s First-tier Tribunal recently considered the application of the “place of effective management” residency tie-breaker test found in double tax treaties in the recent case of Haworth and others v HMRC [2022] UKFTT 34...more
Our International Tax Transparency Update will cover DAC6, the UK’s Trust Registration Service and other global registration requirements that may be relevant for businesses. The importance of these requirements cannot be...more
The last few years have seen an increasing number of foundations engage in a wide spectrum of impact investing i.e. investing to generate a social return and further their mission or a social purpose, rather than investing to...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
The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Ruling 2014-24 (the “Ruling”). The Ruling amends Revenue Ruling 81-100, the ruling that established the requirements applicable to a tax-qualified group trust. The...more