Each person has a permanent exclusion amount of $5 million which they can give during life or at death. That amount is inflation adjusted. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doubled that exclusion for years 2018 through 2025. In 2018, the inflation adjusted, temporarily doubled, exclusion is $11.18 million. Shortly after passage, questions arose regarding hypothetical taxpayers who utilized the doubled exclusion during their lifetime and then died in 2026 or later, when the exclusion reverts to the … [Read more...] about Proposed Regulations Address “Clawback” Issue
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Estate Planning is About More Than Taxes
The new tax law doubled the amount that can be passed free of federal estate taxation, at least through 2025. In 2018, an individual can pass $11.18 million free from federal estate taxation. But, estate planning was never just about estate taxation. The core of estate planning has always been about protecting your loved ones and the assets you leave them. There are many different ways you can protect your loved ones. Here are a few ways, depending upon the needs of your loved … [Read more...] about Estate Planning is About More Than Taxes
New Year’s Greetings
There are many changes for 2018. Congress passed a last-minute tax law, which the President signed the last business day before the Holidays. Congress Passes New Tax Law Last week the Senate passed the new tax law, (which had been called the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” and due to Senate parliamentarian objections is now 'An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018”) and then the House of Representatives passed … [Read more...] about New Year’s Greetings
