By: Mark G. Kmiecik Last month, the IRS released the 2020 inflation adjustments for several tax provisions in Rev. Proc. 2019-44. The adjustments apply to tax years beginning in 2020 and transactions or events occurring during the 2020 calendar year. A select group of key provisions relative to trusts and estates are identified below. Income…
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By: Ann M. Rieger For several months, attorneys and tax practitioners have been following the so-called “SECURE” Act,[1] which will greatly impact qualified retirement plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). While the Act passed the House of Representatives by a margin of 417 to 3 in May of this year, similar legislation stalled in the…
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By: Jacqueline L. Messler Do you have a friend or family member who is that pet owner? Expensive toys. Over the top sweaters. Facebook or Instagram account filled solely with pet pictures. Maybe you are that pet owner if you are reading this article. It’s ok. I have a professional reason to care about estate…
Read MoreAnn Rieger of Davis|Kuelthau’s corporate, health care, non-profit organizations, tax, and trusts, estates and succession planning teams will be presenting, Gifting Techniques Using Trusts and The Use of Family Limited Partnerships/LLCs in Estate Planning at the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Step-by-Step Estate Planning Series II on February 28, 2019. This series will cover advanced concepts and applications related to…
Read MoreBy: Ann M. Rieger During last year’s holiday season, the 2017 Tax Act provided a gift in the form of increases to the amounts that could be transferred without incuring federal estate, gift or generation skipping taxes. The exempt amount was increased from $5 million to $10 million per person. After applying inflation indices, the…
Read MoreBy: Mark G. Kmiecik On November 15, 2018, the IRS released the 2019 inflation adjustments for several tax provisions in Rev. Proc. 2019-57. The adjustments apply to tax years beginning in 2019 and transactions or events occurring during the 2019 calendar year. With respect to estates and trusts, below are select key provisions and amounts for…
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By Jacqueline L. Messler Now that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts has passed and the estate tax exemption has been doubled, trusts are no longer advantageous, right? And perhaps, we can look to terminate existing irrevocable trusts, as discussed in Fixing Irrevocable Trusts. The answers are not so simple. First, revocable trusts have many…
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By Ann M. Rieger & Mark J. Andres Tax season is upon us. Individuals and businesses are collecting year-end tax statements and have begun the task of completing 2017 income tax returns. These returns will be filed under the “old” rules which predate the adoption of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was passed…
Read MoreBy D|K’s Labor and Employment Team One of the changes included in the final tax reform bill last year was the elimination of the employer deduction of the cost of company-provided parking and transit expenses. As a result, companies that either pay for employee parking or reimburse transit fees should evaluate the financial effect of…
Read MoreBy Jacqueline L. Messler When estate planners meet with clients to review their estate plan, it is very common to run across clients who created irrevocable trusts in the 1980s, 90s, or early 2000s. The goal in creating these irrevocable trusts was often to reduce the size of the client’s estate to avoid estate tax….
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