Recently, New Jersey repealed its estate tax for residents passing away after December 31, 2017 [New Jersey Statutes Annotated (N.J.S.A.) 54:38-1 (c)(4)]. However, the New…
The year 2012 was monumental for estate and retirement planning. Individuals flooded advisors' offices in the latter part of the year to make gifts to…
Estate Tax Advice Today
The Impact of Coronavirus, the CARES Act, Low Interest Rates, and Market Declines
In Brief The COVID-19 pandemic has put the economy in a precarious state, but certain effects of the downturn, such as historically low interest rates…
ICYMI—Financial Planning Using Qualified Opportunity Zones
The Integration of Estate Tax and Income Tax Planning Is Now Complete
In Brief The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 expanded the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption amounts, dramatically changing the landscape…
Financial Planning Using Qualified Opportunity Zones
The Integration of Estate Tax and Income Tax Planning Is Now Complete
In Brief The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 expanded the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption amounts, dramatically changing the landscape…
State and Local Tax Roundup
Current Developments in New Jersey and Connecticut
CPAs need to be aware of current tax developments in key states to properly advise clients that are doing business in multiple jurisdictions. Below is…
There was much speculation surrounding the fate of the federal estate tax leading up to the ultimate passage of the Tax Cuts and Job Act…
Gift Horse or Trojan Horse?
Helping Beneficiaries Avoid Hidden Tax Liens
It is the worst-case scenario for many individual taxpayers: a lien on their property. While a lien is not the same as seizure, as the…
Taxpayers and their advisors alike are focused on the potentially massive tax changes being discussed in Congress. As of this writing, it is uncertain what…
Life insurance is one of the most important tools in modern financial planning, but it is not always the most appreciated. It has a role…
Too often, valuable planning steps fall between the tasks a high-net-worth individual's various advisors believe to be within their purview. Should the step be addressed…
In Brief Many strategies exist for transferring wealth from one generation to the next without running afoul of the estate tax. Most of these, however,…