IRS Withdraws Regulations Which Could Have Eliminated Valuation Discounts
The IRS has never been a fan of valuation discounts. These discounts allow the owner of a closely-held business to transfer an interest in the business to family members and others and, for gift and estate tax purposes, take a discount which reduces the value… Read More
Making Living Wills More Clear with a QR Code Link to a Video Personal Statement
They go by many names, living wills, advance directives for healthcare, healthcare powers of attorney and healthcare proxies. I usually call them advance directives for healthcare (and will use that term in this article) because I think that covers all the issues they address. There… Read More
2017 New Year Business Succession Resolutions
How are your New Year’s resolutions coming along? If you own a business and one of your resolutions was to review your will and other estate planning documents, failure to keep this resolution can have a much more negative impact than not losing the ten… Read More
Treasury Department Plans to Close Valuation Loopholes for Closely-held Businesses
On August 2nd, the Treasury issued proposed regulations that seek to eliminate the use of several strategies to reduce estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax (“GST”). Specifically, if the new rules are finalized, taxpayers will generally no longer be able to take certain types of voting… Read More