Tax Planning

Non-Spouse Beneficiaries of Inherited IRAs & The 50% Penalty: Timing is Everything!

The IRS recently published IRS Information Letter 2016-0071. This Information Letter discusses rules that apply to anyone who has inherited an IRA account or other ...
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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 ...
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Georgia 529 Plans Get Even Better For Married Couples

Beginning with the 2016 tax year (i.e., for Georgia income tax returns filed in 2017), the 529 Plan contribution income tax deduction for married couples ...
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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, ...
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Tax planning for families earning over $180,000 per year with kids in college. A must read!

If you have done well with your career or you and your spouse have done well with both of your careers and you have kids ...
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Important Tax Court Case Dealing with the Valuation of a Business: Buy-Sell Agreements, Employment Agreements and Initial Appraisals do matter, but not necessarily in the way you may think.

By Richard M. Morgan The Tax Court in the recent Adell v. Comm. Case has made some very interesting determinations that will help in planning ...
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Shifting business opportunities: An incredible strategy to shift wealth and income to other family members if you have or create the right facts.

By Richard M. Morgan The 2014 U.S. Tax Court case, Bross Trucking v Commissioner, illustrates the type of facts needed to shift business opportunities that ...
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“Do-It-Yourself” Wills & Other Estate Planning – If You Really Care, Beware! (Updated February 2023)

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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