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Estate Taxation

  • Early Twenty-First Century Estate Planners Shift Focus from Estate to Income Tax Planning

    By:
    Philip A. Di Giorgio, Esq.
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    Sep 1, 2016

    This article will focus on successive changes to the federal tax code since the beginning of the 21st century—which have resulted in a dramatic paradigm shift in estate planning—as well as some of the planning strategies that have garnered increased attention as a result of those changes. 

  • U.S. Real Estate Beckons to Foreign Investors in Wake of FIRPTA Revisions

    By:
    Alicea Castellanos, CPA, TEP, NP and Jack R. Brister, TEP
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    Jul 1, 2016

    Changes to U.S. tax rules that were signed into law in December have important implications for foreign entities seeking to invest in the U.S. real estate market. This includes both additional disclosure requirements and provisions that may increase the tax efficiency of certain assets.

  • A Few Words About Estate Planning and Trustee Engagements

    By:
    Ron Klein, JD, CFE
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    Jul 1, 2016

    Thirty years of protecting CPAs from malpractice risks has shown that every CPA is safer if they understand the risks they are facing. In no type of engagement is this truer than in estate planning and trustee engagements. And the reason for this is clear: hindsight!


  • Cause Marketing: Plan Carefully to Avoid Legal and Tax Pitfalls

    By:
    Luana K. Lewis
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    May 1, 2016
    In recent years, cause marketing efforts have grown more popular with charities and their commercial marketing partners. Customer perceptions and behaviors are expected to drive the cause marketing trend even further in the future. 
  • IRS Proposed Regulations Concerning Basis Consistency and Reporting for Property Acquired from a Decedent

    By:
    Kevin Matz, CPA, Esq., LLM
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    May 1, 2016
    On July 31, 2015, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (the “Highway Act”) into law. The Highway Act, among other things, added new provisions to IRC sections 1014(f) and 6035 concerning basis consistency and reporting for property acquired from a decedent. 
  • Colorado Wins Round Two on Use Tax Reporting Requirements for Remote Sellers

    By:
    Brian Gordon, CPA
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    Apr 1, 2016
    In 2010, Colorado enacted a law that imposes use tax reporting obligations on many remote sellers with no nexus to the state. This law does not require them to collect sales or use tax; it only requires them to report the sales information to both the purchaser and the state of Colorado, notifying them of a use tax liability. 
  • ‘Til Death or Divorce Do Us Part

    By:
    Carole M. Bass and Rebecca A. Provder
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    Mar 1, 2016
    Death and divorce -  two “d” words that no one wants to talk about, but which cannot be ignored. While working together at the same firm, the authors – a trusts and estates lawyer and a matrimonial lawyer – have seen firsthand the significant overlap between their two fields, and how considering both can achieve optimal results for clients. 

 
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