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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)
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 …
NEWS ALERT: The IRS Just Confirmed That a QTIP Election Can Be Used With a Portability Election, Answering a Question That Has Existed Since 2010
The IRS recently answered a question that has existed for nearly six years now: whether Revenue Procedure 2001-38 would end up preventing the intentional use of a QTIP trust as part of planning aimed at using the new portability election to have a deceased spouse’s Basic Exclusion Amount transferred to a surviving spouse.
NEWS ALERT: Brand New Proposed Treasury Regulations Under IRC Section 2704 May Significantly Impact Family Business & Investment Entities
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have long planned to modify Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 2704. Finally, on August 2, 2016, the proposed new rules were announced.
