Trust and estate planners are still catching their breath from the 2020 year-end and dealing with the wave of gifting transactions that many clients completed. It seems the ink is not dry on those December transactions and we have to pivot and focus on getting gift tax returns completed.
The 2020 year-end was extremely busy…
The coronavirus outbreak, the subsequent passage of the CARES Act by the federal government, and current low interest rates have changed the landscape of charitable contributions and planning in 2020.
Charitable Contributions
The CARES Act changes the limitations on charitable giving to encourage individuals and corporations to make cash contributions to public charities.
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On March 31, 2014, broad changes were made to the New York estate and gift tax laws. In addition to increasing the New York basic exclusion amount for taxable estates, a New York estate tax “cliff” was introduced that phases out the New York basic exclusion amount for taxable estates between 100% and 105% of…
Clients occasionally come to us because their community would like to raise funds on behalf of their child with special needs. It is important that a proper special needs trust is set up before these gifts are made so that assets are not inadvertently given to the special needs child individually. A friend or family…
