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Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the... more +
Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the disposition of assets, guardianship of minor children, and appointment of representatives to make medical and financial decisions. Effective estate planning can decrease tax liability and facilitate the probate process.  less -
Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Gift Horse with Rotten Teeth: When Equity Bequests Violate Transfer Restrictions or Buy-Sell Agreements

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How often do hopeful beneficiaries of a last will and testament expect to receive what they think will be a valuable bequest of a business interest, only to find their joy turn to despair when they discover the bequest...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tennessee Trust Bill Takes Effect and Makes Important Changes to the State's Trust Laws

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee approved Public Chapter No. 695 on April 11, 2024, as passed by the Tennessee General Assembly (Trust Bill). The new law became effective on July 1, 2024, and it made several important changes to...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Hot Topics for Private Clients and Family Offices from 2024 Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning – Part One

Earlier this year several Warner attorneys attended the annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the country’s most well-respected educational event for professionals working in the trusts and estates area. The...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The IRS Is Coming for Partnerships and High Net Wealth Individuals

The Internal Revenue Service plans to deploy thousands of new hires to expand audits of partnerships and high net wealth individuals. As part of a larger transformation at the agency, it is using some of the $60 billion in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Rolls Out Long-Planned Strategy Targeting Large Partnerships and High-Wealth Individual Taxpayers

On September 8, 2023, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel announced the rollout of a coordinated enforcement strategy that will involve audits of returns filed by 75 of the largest partnerships operating...more

Williams Mullen

[Event] Hampton Roads Spring Tax Forum - May 17th, Norfolk, VA

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Join our seasoned tax and estate planning attorneys on Wednesday, May 17th in Norfolk for the Williams Mullen Spring Tax Forum. Breakfast will be provided. This program will dig into complex private equity structures, how...more

Goodwin

New Corporate Reporting Requirements on Trusts and Other Estate Planning Vehicles

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued final regulations setting out the reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The CTA requires the reporting of beneficial ownership information...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

An S Corporation’s Sale of Real Property Following the Death of Its Shareholder

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Don’t Do It- There are certain generally accepted “dos and don’ts” of which almost every investor is certainly aware. For example, do not put all your eggs in one basket; if an investment seems too good to be true, stay...more

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Business Succession Planning – Should I Own My Business In A Trust?

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Closely-held businesses come in all shapes and sizes. Some owners own 100% of their businesses. Some have partners. Some have children in the business. Some do not. A common question that a client asks the business and...more

Winstead PC

Court Reverses Receivership Order In Partnership Dispute Because The Probate Court Did Not Have Jurisdiction To Enter A...

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In In re Estate of Hallmark, an executrix of an estate filed suit in probate court for declarations regarding a partnership and sued the other partners. No. 11-18-00187-CV 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 7063 (Tex. App.—Eastland August...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Loss Of The Favorable Capital Gain Rate, The Exclusion Of Gain under Section 1202, And The Incorporation Of The Partnership

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If the Democrats Win- Science has not established – at least to my knowledge – any correlation between the pre-election year-end activities of individual business owners, on the one hand, and election outcomes, on the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Webinar] Wine Industry Roundtable - November 5th, 10:00 am - 11:30 am PT

COVID, fires, shut downs, smoke taint: 2020 has brought one challenge after another to the wine industry. With our roots in the industry we ourselves are dealing, and are seeing our clients and friends deal, with many novel...more

Jones Day

IRS to Begin Examination of Hundreds of High-Wealth Individuals Starting July 15

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The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced that as soon as it reopens its collection and examination functions on July 15, it will immediately begin the examination of hundreds of high-income individuals and private...more

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Highlights from the Final Opportunity Zone Regulations

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The US Treasury released Final Regulations providing guidance under Subchapter Z (the Opportunity Zone Provisions) of the Internal Revenue Code in December of 2019. The Final Regulations clarify many portions of two earlier...more

Allen Matkins

Is A Trust Always A Person?

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Yesterday's post discussed Justice Grimes' opinion that while a trust must always act through a trustee, a trust is a "person" that may associate in a partnership under the California Uniform Partnership Act of 1994 (Cal....more

Gray Reed

Can a Family Business Succession Plan be Successful?

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Finishing a best-year-ever 2018 and being questioned daily by his second wife Anna Nicole about making her children officers and owners of the family business Buxboro State Bank, Big Daddy Ernest Bux concludes, at 65 years...more

Dentons

Section 199A and Calculating and Reporting for Relevant Passthrough Entities, Publicly Traded Partnerships, Trusts, and Estates

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Last week, we provided a high-level overview on the application of Section 199A as it relates to estates, trusts, and beneficiaries. This post will cover the details of calculating and reporting the Section 199A deductions....more

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New IRS Proposed 199A Regulations Provide Guidance on 20% Profit Pass-Through Deduction

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On August 8th, the IRS released its much-awaited Proposed Regulations on the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-through businesses. The new deduction applies to essentially all types of businesses other than C...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Impact of US Tax Reform on Cross-Border Estate Planning

The U.S. tax act enacted in December 2017 includes a number of provisions that impact high net worth families with U.S. connections. For families with U.S. members, changes to the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Bad Blood Among Late Developer’s Heirs Jeopardizes Real Estate Mega-Deal

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A New York real estate deal valued at close to $1 billion came to a grinding halt when the underlying animosities between a late developer’s widow and his children from previous marriages came to a head in court. Although the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Ron Aucutt’s “Top Ten” Estate Planning and Estate Tax Developments of 2016

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In an always-anticipated annual tradition, Ronald Aucutt, a McGuireWoods partner and co-chair of the firm’s private wealth services group, has identified the following as the top ten estate planning and estate tax...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Trust and Estate: Family Feud — Hollywood May Call It Entertainment But It Is No Laughing Matter for Family Businesses, Part II...

INTRODUCTION - As discussed in Part One of this article, statistics show that most family-owned businesses fail after a generation or two. Specifically, only 30% of family-owned businesses survive the transition from...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Trust and Estate: Family Feud — Hollywood May Call It Entertainment But It Is No Laughing Matter for Family Businesses, Part I...

INTRODUCTION - There are over five million family owned businesses operating in the United States.1 The Small Business Administration has indicated that over 90% of all businesses operating in North America are family...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Proposed Tax Regulations Limit Availability of Valuation Discounts to Family Business Owners

For family business owners who desire to transfer ownership of part of their business to the next generation, the valuation of the business interest is often an important factor to consider. This is especially true for family...more

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IRS Proposes New Rules Designed to Restrict Valuation Discounts in Family Transfers

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Partnerships and LLCs are common choices of entity for family-owned businesses, due to their flexibility and the many uses to which they can be put – including pooling of family assets, succession planning, asset protection,...more

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