by Arthur Geffen | Oct 27, 2021 | Estate Tax, Tax, Tax Planning
Inheritance can make your taxes tricky. If you inherit property or assets, as opposed to cash, you generally don’t owe taxes until you sell those assets. These capital gains taxes are then calculated using what’s known as a stepped-up cost basis. This means that you...
by Arthur Geffen | Jan 12, 2021 | Tax, Tax Planning
Use a spousal limited access trust (or SLAT) Of all of the proposed changes, the most significant is the reduction of the estate and gift tax exemption from $11 million to $5 million. This decrease can be avoided by transferring wealth now. One option is the spousal...
by Arthur Geffen | Dec 30, 2019 | Tax Planning
There is a ritual that often occurs in high net worth households in the final weeks of the year. It can be a check in the mail or tucked inside a Christmas present. At other times, it may be a deposit into a 529 plan or a trust without the beneficiary knowing....
by Arthur Geffen | Apr 15, 2019 | Tax, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Tax Solutions
VERY INTERESTING READ The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 left some Americans celebrating their gains, others decrying losses, and a good chunk of the nation unsure of what to think, actually. That’s to be expected – it will take time to understand the true impact of...
by Arthur Geffen | Jan 17, 2019 | Tax Planning
Tax reform ushered in major changes for the U.S. taxation system for the 2018 tax year, with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introducing new rates and brackets, expanded deductions and credits, and new limits on certain tax breaks. You probably had to do some pretty...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 3, 2018 | Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Tax Planning
Even as controversy heats up around the transfer of wealth from the real estate empire of the president’s father, Fred Trump, to his children, it’s getting much easier to gift millions of dollars — legally — to family. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
