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Tax Court holds that trusteebeneficiary's power to invade trust principal for her "welfare" is limited by an ascertainable standard and trust principal not includible in her estate under IRC 2041(b)(1)(a) estate of Ann R. Chancellor, et al. v. Commiss

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 14 2011

Frequently, trust agreements ensure that the principal invasion power held by a trustee who is also a beneficiary is limited to distributions for the beneficiary's "health, education, maintenance and support"

U.S. government sues estate and donees of J. Howard Marshall II for unpaid gift taxes

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 5 2010

The U.S. government is suing the estate and donees of J. Howard Marshall for a combined $85 million of unpaid gift and GST taxes

Surviving spouse is not treated as the payee of the decedent’s IRA and therefore could not take the IRA and roll it over into an IRA in her own name

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 10 2010

In this PLR, the IRS found that the decedent's surviving spouse was not treated as the payee of the decedent's IRA, and therefore she could not take the IRA and roll it over into an IRA in her own name

New York legislature to consider new uniform trust code

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 2 2012

A new uniform trust code will be submitted to the New York state legislature for its consideration

Crummey withdrawal notices recommended practices

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 10 2012

Under current tax law, an individual is entitled to make gifts of up to $13,000 per donee per year without being subject to gift tax

Use it or lose it - increased gift and GST exemption amounts expire on 123112

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 10 2012

On December 17, 2010, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "2010 Act") was signed into law, making significant modifications to the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer ("GST") taxes

No estate tax apportionment against payable on death accounts

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 1 2010

In Estate of Sheppard v. Schleis, 2010 WI 32 (Wis. May 4, 2010), the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that, in the absence of any tax apportionment directions by the decedent, a beneficiary of a payable-on-death account is not liable for any estate tax imposed on the decedent's estate

Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 15 2010

On December 15, 2010, the Senate passed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "Bill"

Nevada Governor signed into law S.B. 221 with an effective date of October 1, 2011, which makes Nevada’s asset protection trust laws even stronger S.B. 221, 76th Sess., Reg. Sess.

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 5 2011

On June 4, 2011, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed into law S.B. 221 with an effective date of October 1, 2011

IRS announces notice and proposed regulations regarding Form TD F 90.22-1 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (the FBAR) Notice 201023;

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 16 2010

The IRS has recently announced further guidance in the area of reporting non-U.S. bank and financial accounts