The Internal Revenue Service has introduced a new online service that can provide additional information about tax-exempt organizations. According to IR-2018-116, the new Tax Exempt Organization Search (TEOS) replaces EO Select Check (a more limited service available since 2012) and makes … Continue reading
Daniel Evans
The order of the Supreme Court that amended the public access policy of the Pennsylvania courts and was published at 48 Pa.B. 2113 (4/14/2018) has been republished as an “Amended Order” at 48 Pa.B. 2602 (5/5/2018). The only apparent change is that … Continue reading
The executor or administrator of a decedent’s estate is required to file the estate tax return for the estate (I.R.C. § 6018(a)) and is liable for the resulting tax (I.R.C. § 2002), and is required to file the decedent’s income...
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IRC section 645 allows an election to treat a revocable trust as part of the estate of the settlor for income tax purposes, which allows revocable trusts to file income tax returns as estates following the death of the settlor...
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The recent decision of the Superior Court in In re: Petition of Sandra Navarra by the Limited Guardian of Her Estate, 2018 PA Super 84 (4/11/2018), aff’g 7 Fid.Rep.3d 39 (O.C. Lawrence Co. 2016), is significant in addressing the power of the Orphans’ Court...
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The Internal Revenue Service has released Rev. Proc. 2018-22, 2018-18 I.R.B. __ (4/30/2018), which modifies and supersedes two sections of Rev. Proc. 2018-18, 2018-10 I.R.B. 392 (3/5/2018), which contained revised inflation adjustments for 2018. The change that affect fiduciary income tax is the … Continue reading
The Orphans’ Court had the power to change the will of an incapacitated person and substitute its judgment for that of the incapacitated person even though changes to an incapacitated person’s will are not among the specific powers listed in … Continue reading
One would think that marriage should be a binary condition: It is either “on” or “off,” because two people are either “married” or “not married.” And that is certainly true of the “on” condition, because the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries...
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The Supreme Court has entered an order with attached amended public access policy (and explanatory report) that amends the public access policy for courts of record. The main purpose of the amendments is to include magisterial district courts within the public … Continue reading
Below is hte author’s form of combined health care power of attorney and living will. There is a separate article with commentary on the form. A copy of the form as an MS Word file is also available here. …...
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