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Category Archives: Lifetime Exclusion
IRS & NYS DTF Matters; Recent Developments & 2014 Regs. & Rulings of Note
I. New York State Matters NYS Amends Estate & Gift Tax Beginning April 1, 2014, the NYS estate exemption will increase every 12 months through 2017. On April 1, 2014, the NYS exemption became $2.0625; on April 1, 2015, $3.125 … Continue reading
Posted in Estate Planning, Federal Gift Tax, Federal Income Tax, Grantor Trusts, Income Taxation of Nongrantor trusts, Portability
Tagged asset sales to grantor trusts, final regs on portability, final regs on section 67(a), last deceased spouse, new york "throwback" rule for trusts, New York Amendments to Gift and Estate Tax, New York estate tax exemption, new york obviates grantor trusts, New York portability, new york trust changes, new york's "cliff" estate rule, plr 20130002 new york, Portability, qtip contingency plr 20140011, relief from late portability elections, Taylor v. NYS Tax Commission
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Portability of Estate Tax Exclusion — Did Congress Guild the Lily?
View in PDF: Tax News & Comment — February 2013 I. Introduction As part of the 2010 Tax Act, Congress enacted a statute allowing a surviving spouse to utilize the unused portion of the predeceasing spouse’s lifetime estate tax … Continue reading
Posted in Estate Planning, Gift Tax Planning, Lifetime Exclusion, Portability
Tagged advantages of portability, applicable exclusion amount, credit shelter trust, credit shelter trust vs. portability, deceased spousal exclusion amount, disadvantages of portability, DSUE, electing portability, estate attorney, estate planning, estate tax, estate tax exclusion, estate tax return, gift tax, gross estate, GST, ILIT, IRS estate tax audits, new york estate tax, Portability, QTIP election, QTIP Trust, tax attorney, tax lawyer
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Portability of Estate Tax Exclusion — Did Congress Guild the Lily?
View in PDF: Tax News & Comment — February 2013 I. Introduction As part of the 2010 Tax Act, Congress enacted a statute allowing a surviving spouse to utilize the unused portion of the predeceasing spouse’s lifetime estate tax … Continue reading
Posted in Estate Planning, Lifetime Exclusion, Portability
Tagged advantages of portability, applicable exclusion amount, credit shelter trust, credit shelter trust vs. portability, deceased spousal exclusion amount, disadvantages of portability, DSUE, electing portability, estate planning, estate tax, estate tax exclusion, estate tax return, gift tax, gross estate, GST, ILIT, IRS estate tax audits, new york estate tax, Portability, QTIP election, QTIP Trust
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August Comment: NYS Estate, Gift & Trust Tax Update
I. Introduction A number of important changes to New York estate, trust and gift tax law were recently enacted. Briefly, (i) the New York estate tax exemption will reach parity with the federal exemption by 2019; (ii) the federal estate … Continue reading →