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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.

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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

No estate tax apportionment against payable on death accounts

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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

Crummey withdrawal notices recommended practices

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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

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

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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

Florida Governor signed into law C.S.H.B. 325, which establishes that there is no fiduciary exception to the attorney client privilege C.S.H.B. 325, 2011 Leg. (Fla. 2011)

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USA
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July 5 2011

On June 21, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed C.S.H.B. 325 into law

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

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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

Court rescinds nonqualified disclaimer and denies gift tax liability

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USA
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November 5 2010

In this case, a disclaimant's parents set up Qualified Personal Resident Trusts ("QPRTs") that passed to the disclaimant, Craig, and his sister after the QPRT terms expired

Proposed Treas. Reg. 1.67-4

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USA
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November 15 2011

Treasury has issued new proposed Regulations in connection with what costs incurred by estates or non-grantor trusts are subject to the 2 floor for miscellaneous deductions under I.R.C. 67(a

Electing out of the application of the estate tax and allocating basis step-up for 2010 decedents

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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August 9 2011

The legislation enacted in December 2010 retroactively reinstated the federal Estate tax for 2010 decedents but allows an applicable Executor to “opt out” of the Estate tax regime by making a “Section 1022 Election”

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

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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"

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