Estate & Tax Planning
How to Best Use the Temporarily Doubled Exemptions From the Wealth Transfer Taxes
November 2, 2020
Important Update: IRS issued “anti-abuse” Proposed Regulations on April 27, 2022 which limits available taxable gifting options discussed in paragraph G below. See our May ...
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NEWS ALERT: With Revenue Procedure 2017-34, the IRS Effectively Allows a Two-Year Window for Portability Elections in Smaller Estates and Grants an Easy Second Chance at the Election for Some of Them
June 14, 2017
by Loraine M. DiSalvo - Prior to 2010, the federal estate tax exemption (now known more commonly as the “Basic Exclusion Amount”) was a use-it-or-lose-it ...
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Big Changes Are Coming To The GA Trust Code, But Likely Not Until July 2018! (Originally Published March 2017 & Updated May 2017)
February 15, 2017
By Richard Morgan Many state legislatures over the last decade or so have been on a mission to modify state laws to become more friendly ...
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NEWS ALERT: Important IRS Filings Due by May 1, 2017, for Those Involved with Micro-Captive Insurance Companies (IRS Notice 2016-66, as Modified by IRS Notice 2017-08)
January 30, 2017
The IRS has moved to put a yield sign in front of anyone creating or utilizing a micro-captive insurance company under IRC Section 831(b) by ...
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Revocable Living Trusts: What You Need to Know
November 16, 2016
On September 14, 2016, Richard Morgan was part of a panel discussion at the monthly meeting of the Estate Planning & Probate Section of the ...
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Estate Planning – The Big Picture, but Critically Important, Issues (Updated February 2023)
October 21, 2014
This week, National Estate Planning Awareness Week, we’d like to take the opportunity to share information with you regarding estate planning. We provide individualized counsel ...
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Letter of Instructions / “The Big Book of Everything MK II”
September 15, 2014
We receive a lot of calls from people who are trying to deal with the death of a loved one. Not only are they grieving ...
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“Do-It-Yourself” Wills & Other Estate Planning – If You Really Care, Beware! (Updated February 2023)
June 30, 2014
Most people have estate planning in some form on their personal “to do” lists, but very few people want to do it. First, no one ...
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