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2012 Gift & Estate Tax Decisions of Note
View in PDF: Tax News & Comment — February 2013 2012 Gift & Estate Tax Decisions of Note I. Formula Clauses The Tax Court in Wandry v. Com’r, T.C. Memo 2012-88, nonacq., 2012-46 I.R.B. upheld a defined value clause containing … Continue reading
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2012 Taxpayer Relief Act & Tax Outlook for 2013
View in PDF: Tax News & Comment — February 2013 2012 Taxpayer Relief Act & Tax Outlook for 2013 I. Overview of Act On January 2, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act) into law, … Continue reading
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Tax News & Comment — February 2013
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Tagged applicable exclusion amount, asset protection, asset protection trusts, credit shelter trust, estate attorney, estate planning, estate tax, gift tax, gross estate, GST, ILIT, irs, like kind exchange, marital deduction, New York decanting statute, new york estate tax, President Obama, probate, QTIP, tax attorney, tax lawyer, tax legislation, tax planning
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Tax News & Comment — October 2012
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Historic Changes in Tax Law Appear Imminent — October 2012
View PDF of Article in Tax New & Comment — October 2012 HISTORIC CHANGES IN TAX LAW APPEAR IMMINENT — OCTOBER 2012 Barring a significant change in voter sentiment in Ohio, and to a lesser extent in Florida and Virginia, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 presidential election taxes, Bush tax cuts, capital gains tax, Clinton taxes, congress 2012 taxes, dividends tax, estate attorney, Governor Romney taxes, medicare surtax, obama estate tax, Obama tax, President Obama taxes, Romeny tax, romney estate tax, sunset bush tax cuts, tax attorney, tax lawyer
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Tax News & Comment — October 2012
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Tagged 1031, applicable exclusion amount, asset protection, asset protection trusts, carryover basis, Congress, credit shelter trust, Delaware Asset Protection Trust, division of tax appeals, estate attorney, estate planning, estate tax, form 709, gift tax, gross estate, GST, income tax, Obama taxes, surviving spouse, tax appeals tribunal, tax attorney, tax lawyer, tax legislation, tax planning
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Recent IRS Developments — October 2012
View Article in Tax News & Comment — October 2012 RECENT IRS DEVELOPMENTS – OCTOBER 2012 Over 50 million Americans are now filing tax returns showing no income tax liability. This represents approximately 35 percent of all personal income tax … Continue reading
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Tax Court Defies IRS: Expands Use of Defined Value Clauses
View Article in Tax News & Comment — October 2012 TAX COURT DEFIES IRS: EXPANDS USE OF DEFINED VALUE CLAUSES The recent loss by the IRS in the Tax Court case Wandry v. Com’r, T.C. Memo 2012-88, added to the … Continue reading
Posted in Defined Value Clauses, Estate Planning, From the Courts, Gift & Estate Tax Decisions of Note, News, Tax Decisions, Tax News & Comment
Tagged christiansen v. commissioner, defined value clauses, estate attorney, formula clauses, formula clauses adjusting transfer, formulas that define consideration, formulas that define transers, IRS revaluation of gifts, mccord v. commissioner, petter v. commissioner, procter v. commissioner, proctor v. commissioner, tax attorney, tax lawyer, value of transferred property, wandry v. commissioner
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2011 Tax and Estate Planning Decisions of Note
A. Issues Arising Under IRC §2036 An important objective in estate tax planning is to transfer of assets out of one’s taxable estate, while retaining a degree of beneficial enjoyment over the transferred property. Where the IRS believes too much … Continue reading
Tax News & Comment — February 2012
Tax News & Comment — February 2012
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Tagged applicable exclusion amount, asset protection, asset protection trusts, credit shelter trust, Delaware Asset Protection Trust, estate planning, gift tax, probate, QTIP election, statute of limitations, surviving spouse, tax appeals tribunal, tax legislation, tax planning
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From The Courts — Recent Developments, August 2011
VIEW IN PDF: Tax News & Comment — August 2011 The Supreme Court, in an unanimous opinion, held that a medical resident whose normal work schedule requires him to perform services 40 or more hours per week, is not a … Continue reading
Tax News & Comment — August 2011
VIEW IN PDF: Tax News & Comment — August 2011 Approximately one million U.S. taxpayers have at least one financial account located in a foreign country. Many have not reported their offshore accounts to the IRS, a violation with possible … Continue reading
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Differing Tax Visions of President Obama and Governor Romney
Much has been made of the recent revelation that Governor Romney enjoyed a 14 percent tax rate on “carried interest,” which Congress permits to be reported as capital gain. Investors such as Mr. Romney pay a lower rate of tax … Continue reading
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Tax News & Comment — May 2013
Tax News & Comment — May 2013