Estate taxes

Projected brackets; the remote debate; relief and refunds; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations on consistent basis reporting between an estate and a person acquiring property from a decedent.

The handoff of a company carries important tax implications alongside a plethora of succession challenges. Here's what financial advisors need to talk about with clients.

In a landmark decision earlier this year, the Supreme Court addressed the valuation of shares in closely held corporations for federal tax purposes.

New rules for IRA beneficiaries, the expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and guidelines for qualified stock make these strategies especially relevant.

For financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients, the opportunities and acronyms look endless. Three experts explain the key questions to consider.

A decision backing the surviving shareholder in a family business could have carried major tax implications to succession plans. Instead, SCOTUS backed the IRS.

A professional brings objectivity to dicey conversations between relatives as well as experience navigating the substantial work involved with transferring assets, experts say.

When a small company holds a life insurance policy, estate planning gets complicated — which is why assigning it to an individual or a family may be the better choice.

Financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients get another year to think through potential tax, distribution and trust strategies, according to experts.

Some financial advisors and tax professionals with high net worth clients could find big advantages before the expiration of provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

A pair of lawmakers proposed a bill to end the abuse of grantor-retained annuity trusts to avoid taxes.

Marlene Engelhorn plans to let 50 strangers decide the fate of her inheritance.

1099s every quarter; latest tax lawmaking; a crypto outlook for 2024; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

In a change that may affect financial advisors and tax professionals' clients, the agency reversed course on a position it took seven years earlier.

A Tax Court case involving the pop legend's estate shows why there are many reasons and justifications for different valuations.

Senate Republicans have a new proposal to end the 'Death Tax.'

Estate tax collections in 2021 hit their highest levels since former President Donald Trump's tax cuts took hold, a stark trend reversal that experts attribute to one-off pandemic factors.

New rules on "portability" mean that a surviving spouse can lock in her deceased partner's exclusion years after exemption levels decrease come 2026.

Yvon Chouinard described his decision to give away the outdoor apparel-maker as his last-ditch effort to do all he could to protect the planet, but the deal is structured in ways that bring his family tax perks.