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Category Archives: Federal Estate Taxes
The Election’s Impact on Estate Planning
This election raises more issues of policy and personal character than can even be listed in one post. An issue which does not get much coverage in the media is the potential impact of the election on estate planning. Hillary … Continue reading
Posted in Estate Planning, Federal Estate Taxes, Gifting
Tagged Donald Trump, Election, Federal Estate Tax, Gifting, Hillary Clinton
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Preserve the Fruits of Your Labors – Estate Planning for Farmers
Farmers spend their lives investing their money, their time and the sweat of their brow into their fields and orchards. It is a cruel but all-too-common fate that in the end, when the owner passes on, the land must be … Continue reading
Posted in Estate Planning, Federal Estate Taxes
Tagged Estate Tax, Farmers, Fruits of Labor, Inheritance, Land
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Planning for Art Collectors
I could happily get lost in a museum. Vermeer and Van Gogh, Durer and David are favorite painters. Greek sculpture and Gothic architecture fascinate me. I love art. I can understand the desire to own a masterpiece. But valuable art creates unique estate … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Collecting, Estate Tax, Gift Tax
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Think Twice Before Giving It All Away
Whether assets are inherited at death or given away while you are still alive, the federal estate tax exemption is essentially the same, currently $5,340,000 per person. But the effect of capital gains tax may be the deciding factor. The … Continue reading
Posted in Estate Planning, Federal Estate Taxes, Gifting
Tagged Basis, Capital Gains Tax, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gifting
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Increase in Audits of Estate Tax Returns
Be careful when signing the federal 706 Estate Tax return. According to Frank Byrt of Accounting Web: The IRS scrutinized estate tax returns more than any category of individual tax returns in tax year 2011, at close to a 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged Audits, Estate Tax Returns, IRS
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Obama Still Trying to Overhaul Estate Tax
Yesterday, April 10, President Obama released a 2014 budget proposal in which he seeks to overhaul the estate tax, yet again. According to Bloomberg Businessweek: Obama’s budget would drop the per-person exemption from estate taxes to $3.5 million from $5.25 … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Estate Planning, Federal Estate Taxes
Tagged Budget, Estate Tax, IRAs, Obama
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A Facebook Billionaire in Singapore, and Estate Taxes
One popular version of the American dream is the opportunity to go to a great university, graduate, work hard, get rich and retire. The “Facebook” entrepreneurs, Mark Zuckerberg’s collaborators, have turned this dream on its head. Go to college, meet … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity Probates, Estate Planning, Federal Estate Taxes
Tagged Celebrity Estates, Eduardo Saverin, Estate Tax, Facebook, Singapore
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