by Arthur Geffen | Oct 20, 2022 | Estate Tax, Exclusion Estate Tax
Ultra-wealthy Americans can soon protect more assets from federal estate taxes, the IRS announced this week. Starting in 2023, individuals can transfer up to $12.92 million to heirs, during life or at death, without triggering a federal estate-tax bill, up from $12.06...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 18, 2022 | Child Tax Credit, Income Tax
More than 9 million individuals and families could be leaving money on the table by not filing a 2021 federal tax return, according to the IRS. Last week, the federal tax agency began sending letters to those people it had identified who could be missing out on...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 12, 2022 | Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Gifts
US Taxpayers enjoy a lifetime gift and estate tax exemption. This is the amount a person can transfer at death or during life without triggering a transfer tax. The exemption amount for 2023 is set to rise $860,000 to $12,920,000 per person ($25,840,000 per married...
by Arthur Geffen | Jul 13, 2022 | IDGT
An intentionally defective grantor trust, or IDGT, is a way of shifting tax burdens for very wealthy households. With this structure, you can create a trust that leaves wealth to your heirs while minimizing gift, estate and income tax liability. Find out how the IDGT...
by Arthur Geffen | Jul 12, 2022 | Estate Tax
he IRS issued a revenue procedure (Rev. Proc. 2022-32) Friday that allows estates to elect “portability” of a deceased spousal unused exclusion (DSUE) amount as much as five years after the decedent’s date of death. Estates of decedents dying after...
