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Estate of Giovacchini v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2013-27

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2013

The Tax Court redetermined values for estate and gift tax purposes of a large parcel of more than 2,500 acres of land near Lake Tahoe, California

Estate of Kite v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2013-43

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2013

The Tax Court held that a surviving spouse's sale of substantial entity interests to trusts for her children in exchange for a 10-year deferred

Tax court finds transfer of an interest in a limited partnership and timberland to an FLP was not includible in the decedent’s gross estate under Section 2036(a) because the transfer was a bona fide sale for adequate and full consideration

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 10 2010

This Tax Court decision provides another Section 2036 victory for the taxpayer by holding that assets transferred to an FLP were not includible in the decedent's gross estate under Section 2036(a) because the transfer was a bona fide sale for adequate and full consideration

Adams v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo 2010-72 (April 13, 2010).

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2010

In this case, the Tax Court held that a beneficiary was permitted to claim a mortgage interest deduction for trust property

Estate of Schneider v. Finmann, 2009 NY Slip Op 2319 (App. Div. Mar. 24, 2009) (appeal pending before Court of Appeals)

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2010

This case was argued before the Court of Appeals on May 4, 2010, and has not yet been decided by the Court

Ludwick v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2010-104 (May 10, 2010)

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2010

In this case, the Tax Court held that a contribution of a tenancy-in-common interest in a personal residence to a qualified personal residence trust was entitled to a 17 marketability discount from its full fair market value

Federal Court of Claims holds that primary executor of estate was not entitled to reissuance of $10 million refund when check was previously issued to and negotiated by an ancillary executor

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2010

The Federal Court of Claims recently denied a U.S. executor’s claim for a federal tax refund when the IRS had previously issued a refund check to a non-U.S. ancillary executor

Federal district court finds promoter of “Aegis” system of “trusts” guilty of conspiracy to defraud and aiding the filing of a false tax return

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2010

The defendant in Wasson was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and of aiding in the filing of a false tax return

Wealth management update

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2010

Yesterday, the New York Court of Appeals issued a decision in Estate of Schneider v. Finmann (citation pending), a case involving the applicability of New York's strict privity defense in an estate planning malpractice claim that was previously discussed in our Wealth Management Update Newsletter (June 2010

Spendthrift provision of trust not invalidated despite control by beneficiary

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 1 2010

In Miller v. Kresser, --- So.3d ---, 2010 WL 1779899 (Fla. 4th DCA May 5, 2010), the Florida Court of Appeal, Fourth District, ruled that a creditor cannot invalidate a trust's spendthrift provision to reach the trust assets so long as the language of the trust agreement meets statutory requirements