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The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the 2010 Tax Act) creates significantly more multi-generational trust planning opportunities. The 2010 Tax Act increases the gift, estate and generation skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption to $5 million per person through Dec. 31, 2012.1 The increased exemptions create a window of opportunity, making now an ideal

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Daniel G. Worthington & Daniel D. Mielnicki

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the 2010 Tax Act) creates significantly more multi-generational trust planning opportunities. The 2010 Tax Act increases the gift, estate and generation skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption to $5 million per person through Dec. 31, 2012.1 The increased exemptions create a window of opportunity, making now an ideal time for transfer-tax planning. Asset values, particularly for real estate, are low. Interest rates remain at their lowest levels. There are, however, caveats. The 2010 Tax Act may create unexpected traps for the unwary practitioner.

Arguably, the key to taking advantage of the larger exemptions now av...

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About the Authors

Daniel G. Worthington

 

Dr. Daniel Glen Worthington is an independent estate planner, consultant, and legal educator with over twenty years of experience in helping meet the estate and financial planning needs of affluent families. Dr. Worthington consults affluent individuals and their families through their law firms, national financial firms and non-profit organizations regarding advanced philanthropic, estate and generation skipping transfer tax issues. He is a lecturer and frequent contributor to national estate planning periodicals and journals, including Trusts and Estates. He is featured in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in American Education.

Dr. Worthington resides in Orlando, Florida and serves as a Senior Wealth Advisor, with his principal office at the Florida Hospital Foundation. He previously served as Assistant Vice President and Trusts and Estates Counsel at the University of Central Florida Foundation. Dr. Worthington is the former Associate Dean of the University of South Dakota School of Law, where he also served as Executive Vice President for the Law School Foundation.

Dr. Worthington is co-founder of the Family Bank Design Center, and is a founding board member of the nationally based South Dakota Trust Company. He also serves on the national editorial boards of both the Planned Giving Design Center and the Endowment Development Corporation. He presently serves the National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG) as one of the 11 member National Valuation Task Force. He is also serves adjunct faculty member in the Masters of Tax Program at the University of Central Florida.