Issue Includes:
  • Relief for Taxpayers for Portability of Estate Tax Exemption
  • Is a Law Clerk an Employee?
  • To Whom is the Trustee of a Revocable Trust Liable While the Grantor is Living?
Issue Includes:
  • Be Aware of Unknown Agreements With Your IRA
  • Bad News for Clients Who Believe Gifts of Real Estate will not be Discovered by the IRS
Issue Includes:
  • IRS's Chief Counsel Denies Request for Taxpayer E-Mails
  • Clearer Directions on Estate Tax Return - Protective Claims for Refund
Issue Includes:
  • A Will Without A Residuary Clause Doesn't Reflect Your Will
  • IRS Tempts Employers Who Misclassify Employees
  • Inflation-Adjusted 2012 Figures For Transfer Tax Items
Issue Includes:
  • Transfer Of A Home To Avoid Estate Taxes
  • Important 2011 Legislative Probate Changes
  • New Durable Power Of Attorney Statute
Issue Includes:
  • IRS Details Penalty Framework For Voluntary Disclosure Of Unreported Offshore Income
Issue Includes:
  • Form 990-N Electronic Notification e-Postcard
  • Tax Court Holds Estate Is Not Entitled To Multiple Fractional Discounts In Same Property
  • IRS Still Working On Basis Form For Zero Estate Tax For 2010
Issue Includes:
  • Portability Of Unused Exclusion Between Spouses
  • Notice 2011-11: PTIN Relief
  • Plain Writing Act
Issue Includes:
  • Estate and Gift Tax Highlights of the New Tax Law
  • Federal Court Opens the Door for Joint Filing by Same Sex Married Couples
  • Disclaimer from QPRT Allowed After Bad Legal Advice
Issue Includes:
  • Homestead Law Changes
  • Irrevocable Life Insurance ("ILIT") Trust
  • Floridas Estate Tax Patch
  • Federal Estate Tax Exemption
Issue Includes:
  • No Economic Hardship Exception for Distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRA”)
  • IRS Can Fine Law Firm for Failure to Comply with Levy on a Partner’s Draws
  • Changing Your Address with the IRS
Issue Includes:
  • IRS Clarifies Impact of Code Sec. 2511(c) on Gift Tax for Transfers to Trusts
  • Gift Tax Exclusion Denied for Transfer of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) Interests
  • Transfer to an FLP for Consideration Avoids Inclusion in Estate
Issue Includes:
  • What Is Going on With the Estate Tax???!!!!
  • Is An Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”) Exempt from Bankruptcy?
  • Are “Inherited” IRAs Exempt From Garnishment?
Issue Includes:
  • Various – Florida Changes Effective July 1, 2009
  • Inventory Filed with the Florida Department of Revenue
  • Life Insurance Within IRAs
  • Favorable LLC Valuation Case
Issue Includes:
  • Important Planning for 2010 - IRA to Roth IRA Conversions
  • Practitioner Privileges
  • The Creditor Exemption of a Sole Participant of a Keogh Plan
Issue Includes:
  • The Bankruptcy Trustee Loses: A New Disclaimer Works!
  • All Estate Planning Clients Should Review Their Documents Because of the Increased Exemption
  • Portability of Save Our Home Cap
  • Update of Recording of Probate Documents
Issue Includes:
  • Good News for Minimum Required Distributions (“MRDs”)
  • Standard Mileage Rate
  • Further Help with Section 529 Plans
  • ”Priority Guidance Plan”
  • New H. R. 436






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