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A new Webcalculator for charitable remainder unitrusts (CRUTs) is now up and running. … Continue reading
The Internal Revenue Service has published proposed regulations on the impact of the changes to the federal estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount (BEA), which doubled from $5 million to $10 million in 2018, but will return to $5 … Continue reading
Settlement did not create a “common fund” that would justify the payment of legal fees from the estate when one residuary beneficiary made a payment to the other three residuary beneficiaries, and no other beneficiaries were unjustly enriched by the … Continue reading
Daughter who had served as father’s agent under power of attorney, and who was nominated to serve as his guardian by that instrument, was not appointed by the court to serve as guardian after father was determined to be incapacitated, … Continue reading
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The statute of limitations for an action for legal malpractice in the administration of an estate began to run when a declaratory judgment action was filed to correct the alleged legal errors, and not when the court ruled in favor … Continue reading
A new Webcalculator for “grantor retained annuity trusts” (GRATs) is now up and running. … Continue reading
The Internal Revenue Service has released Rev. Proc. 2018-57, 2018-49 I.R.B. ___ (12/3/2018), with the official inflation adjustments for 2019. The published adjustments for income taxes differ in many cases from the inflation adjustments that were published here in September, … Continue reading
The IRS has issued another private letter ruling granting retroactive tax effect to a judicial reformation of a trust which the IRS agreed did not carry out the intentions of the settlor due to an error by the attorney who … Continue reading