Collectibles such as art, antiques, jewelry, stamps, coins and automobiles can constitute a significant portion of the estate of a wealthy individual. Often and unfortunately advisors fail to focus adequate attention on planning for these...
As T&E was going to press, the wealth management community was buzzing with reports that Republican and Democratic Senators were working on new estate tax reforms. Kristen French, reporter for T&E 's sister publication, Registered Rep...
Circular 230,1 the Internal Revenue Service's pronouncement regulating written tax advice, applies to all tax practitioners, including estate planners like me much as I might wish it affected only nefarious sellers of dubious tax shelters. Here is...
Stock in a closely held business can be the dominant asset of a married business owner. Therefore, if the owner gets divorced, the business is often the largest portion of the marital estate and the most vulnerable. Divorcing clients already have...
H. Amos Goodall, Jr., author of the May issue's The Death Tax Is a Good Thing, is dead wrong to oppose a permanent repeal of the estate tax. For the fourth time in as many years, the House of Representatives on April 13 did exactly the right thing...
David T. Leibell and Daniel L. Daniels of Cummings & Lockwood LLC in Stamford, Conn., have this report: Momentum is building to gut the Type III supporting organization. Supporting organizations in general and Type IIIs in particular were bashed...
Inheritance is the stuff of dreams for advisors and clients alike, but it often has nightmarish potential. There's one good reason for this: People have a hard time planning for their own deaths. Sure, most folks of any sort of means have a will...
The next few years will see tremendous change in the world of philanthropic planning. Non-profit entities, as well as the financial and estate-planning communities that serve them, will have to work to adapt to a number of important trends: the...
From David T. Leibell and Daniel L. Daniels of Cummings & Lockwood, LLC, Stamford, Conn., we have this update: IRS approves disclaimer of residuary estate to private foundation. In Private Letter Ruling 200519042 (released May 13), the Service...
Why is it that so many secretaries and mid-level employees believe the estate tax should be permanently repealed? How is it that the gay and lesbian community favor repeal? Why did the congressional black caucus hold a press conference denouncing...
