Tax Planning
2025 Tax Year Estate Planning Related Tax Exemption Figures as Adjusted for Inflation
October 23, 2024
While high inflation is generally bad for the economy, the upside is that various tax figures adjust upwards for inflation on an annual (or other) ...
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2024 Tax Year Estate Planning Related Tax Exemption Figures as Adjusted for Inflation
November 14, 2023
While high inflation is generally bad for the economy, the upside is that various tax figures adjust upwards for inflation on an annual (or other) ...
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Don’t Forget This Important Step After Transferring Your Primary Residence to Your Revocable Living Trust!
September 27, 2023
Georgia has a new probate law going into effect on July 1, 2023 that imposes new and additional requirements on appointed Executors. The new statute, ...
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A 2014 Handwritten Will of the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin, Declared Valid by Jury
August 11, 2023
The estate of Aretha Franklin became the center of a family dispute after the “Queen of Soul” died in her Michigan home on August 14, ...
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NEWS ALERT: New Will Probate Requirements to Notify Beneficiaries, Effective July 1, 2023
June 29, 2023
Georgia has a new probate law going into effect on July 1, 2023 that imposes new and additional requirements on appointed Executors. The new statute, ...
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Estate Planning for Married Couples with Children from Prior Relationships (Blended Families) and for Couples without Children (Updated December 2022)
December 14, 2022
Estate planning for blended families and for those without children can raise difficult issues, but viable options normally exist to keep the parties satisfied. Blended ...
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2023 Tax Year Estate Planning Related Tax Exemption Figures as Adjusted for Inflation
November 28, 2022
While high inflation is generally bad for the economy, the upside is that various tax figures adjust upwards for inflation on an annual (or other) ...
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IRS Issues “Anti-Abuse” Clawback Proposed Regulations: Important for Those Attempting to Utilize the Temporarily Doubled Basic Exclusion Amount
May 27, 2022
As we discussed in several prior Newsletters, the 2017 Tax Act temporarily doubled the exemption from the Estate and Gift Taxes, known as the Basic ...
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