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
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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
The Internal Revenue Revenue has announced cost-of-living changes to limitations on benefits and contributions for retirement plans in 2019. Notice 2018-83, 2018-47 I.R.B. ___ (11/19/2018). Among the most common limitations are the following changes: The contribution limit for employees who … Continue reading
S.B. 1886 was signed into law by Governor Wolf on October 24, 2018, becoming Act 114 of 2018. The act amends 20 Pa.C.S. § 5521(c) to require Clerks of the Orphans’ Court to report delinquencies in the filing of annual reports … Continue reading