A new Webcalculator for charitable remainder annuity trusts (CRATs) is now up and running. It includes projections for when a trust might terminate if the trust incorporates the language of Rev. Proc. 2016-42 so that the trust terminates before it exhausts, and … Continue reading
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The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court has proposed amending the Rules of Professional Conduct to add an additional exception to client confidentiality, allowing lawyers to make disclosures the lawyer reasonably believes are necessary “to comply with other law or … Continue reading
Butler County has vacated its order of October 7, 2017, in which a master of the Orphans’ Court was appointed. “Appointment of Orphans’ Court Master; MsD No. 2 of 2017” (Butler Co. 12/3/2018), 48 Pa.B. 7755 (12/22/2018). … Continue reading
The Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County has entered an administrative order directing that “legacy” incapacitated person cases with no docket activity for more than 10 years, and which lack information in the court’s case management system that is needed to … Continue reading
I have previously written that the Pa. Department of Revenue does not consider “income in respect of a decedent” to be subject to Pa. income tax, but the Department may be changing its position on the taxation of IRD, because … Continue reading
Below is an overview/explanation from Webcalculators. … Continue reading
A new Webcalculator for charitable remainder unitrusts (CRUTs) is now up and running. … 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