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Breaking the PTC LogjamBreaking the PTC Logjam

The logjam that for eight years has checked the pace of private trust company (PTC) creations will be dislodged when the Internal Revenue Service finalizes its proposed revenue ruling, perhaps as soon as the end of this year.1 Once it's gone, expect a flood of PTC formations propelled by pent-up demand among wealthy families who've waited for clarification of their federal tax implications. Exactly

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John P.C. Duncan & Michael R. Conway, Jr.

The logjam that for eight years has checked the pace of private trust company (PTC) creations will be dislodged when the Internal Revenue Service finalizes its proposed revenue ruling, perhaps as soon as the end of this year.1 Once it's gone, expect a flood of PTC formations — propelled by pent-up demand among wealthy families who've waited for clarification of their federal tax implications.

Exactly how many new PTCs will be created depends on how successful the IRS proves to be in achieving the proposal's express goal. The tax consequences of using a PTC, said the IRS, should not be “more restrictive than the consequences that could have been achieved by a taxpayer directly [without the PTC], but...

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About the Authors

John P.C. Duncan

Partner, Kozusko Harris Duncan

John Duncan is a partner in the Chicago office of Kozusko Harris Duncan, private client/wealth management counsel. A former head of Jones Day’s world-wide bank and investment practice, John formed Duncan Associates in 2000 to focus on representing single and multi-Private Family Trust Companies. John has assisted clients in the formation of over one hundred trust companies in 14 states, including national trust banks. He drafted the CSBS Trust Options and drafted or advised on drafting comprehensive trust, trust company and other financial institution and trust laws for Illinois, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wyoming and Florida, as well as federal and state regulations of trust companies.