With the gift/estate tax exemption of $11,580,000 (in 2020) set to expire or “sunset” on December 31, 2025, many advisors have encouraged high net worth clients to make large taxable gifts and “use up” their gift tax...more
With the historically high gift and estate tax exemption amounts ($11,180,000 in 2018, increasing to $11,400,000 in 2019) currently in effect, wealthy taxpayers are encouraged to make lifetime gifts to use up some or all of...more
Under the new tax law enacted effective January 1, 2018, Congress doubled the gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) exemptions. Based on inflation adjustment information available at that time, those amounts...more