Estate Planning
Accountants can provide valuable advisory services to clients on estate planning, including dealing with wills and estate taxes, and dealing with issues such as charitable giving, charitable remainder trusts, wealth transfer and the gift tax.
IRS Extends Deadline on Estate Tax Portability Election
The Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline to file estate tax returns and make a portability election to benefit the surviving spouses of married individuals who died during the first six months of 2011. Read more »
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AICPA Asks Congress to Provide Full Deduction for Administering Estates and Trusts
May 10, 2012The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the leaders of the House Ways and Means... Read more »
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Wanted: Estate Tax Reform
April 27, 2012It’s been awhile since serious consideration has been given to estate tax reform, but with... Read more »
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CCH Adds Estate Planning and R&D Tax Credit Treatises
April 23, 2012CCH has added two new treatises on estate planning and research and development tax incentives to... Read more »
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Running the U.S. Without Any Real Budget
February 17, 2012There hasn’t been a federal budget in three years, so what’s to worry about the... Read more »
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Preserving Estate Tax Spousal Exemption Portability and Avoiding Malpractice
February 13, 2012The legislation passed by Congress at the end of 2010 to extend the Bush tax rates for another... Read more »
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New trends in charitable giving
January 1, 2012This PFP staple isn't just for the ultra-wealthy anymore Read more »
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Deadline Looms for Filing Estate Tax Election for 2010 Decedents
November 23, 2011The Section 1022 election to opt out of the federal estate tax and into the modified carryover... Read more »
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Congressman Proposes Raising the Estate Tax
November 21, 2011A senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee has introduced legislation to... Read more »
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EISI Enhances Estate Planning in NaviPlan
November 1, 2011Emerging Information Systems Inc. has introduced a new version of its NaviPlan Select financial... Read more »
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Most Rich Families Unprepared for Wealth Transfer
October 5, 2011Less than half of wealthy families have plans in place for transferring their assets to the next... Read more »
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IRS Warns about Estate Tax Portability Election
October 4, 2011The Internal Revenue Service said that the estates of married individuals who have died after... Read more »
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IRS Gives Tax Extension to Estates of Those Who Died in 2010
September 13, 2011The Internal Revenue Service granted tax filing and penalty relief Tuesday to large estates of... Read more »
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IRS Provides Estate Tax Instructions for 2010 Decedents
September 12, 2011The Internal Revenue Service has posted the instructions for the estate tax form for people who... Read more »
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Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions in the Tax Relief Act
September 2, 2011Jerry Deener, a partner with the law firm Fox Rothschild, talks about soon-to-expire exemptions... Read more »
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