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What’s the IRS’ Perspective on 2010 Estate and Gift Tax?

I recently attended a breakfast during which Wesley Scott, with the Office of Chief, Estate and Gift Tax Program at the Internal Revenue Service spoke on this topic.  He began his presentation by noting that he could not comment on what’s happening with the legislature because he is part of the executive branch.  The IRS [...]

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Continued Inaction on Estate Tax Poses A Dilemma

The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (2001 Act) repealed the estate tax and the generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax for estates of individuals dying in 2010.  To comply with budgetary rules, the 2001 Act contained a so-called “sunset rule” under which the pre-2001 Act rules return after 2010 unless Congress provides otherwise [...]

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So you think that the Estate Taxes will be repealed in 2010

In 2001, as part of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Congress repealed the estate and generation skipping transfer tax effective for persons dying in 2010. However, after this one-year repeal the taxes are scheduled to “spring back to life” in 2011. As the law is now, estate taxes come back [...]

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Don’t Let Poor Estate Planning Tear Your Family Apart

Even if your children are now grown with families of their own, I’ll bet that you can remember scenes of passionate sibling rivalry during their younger years. In some families the rivalry dissolves as the children age and mature, but it can all come flooding back while they divide up your estate after your death.
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