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| 1 | Low Interest Rates Present Enhanced Wealth Transfer Opportunities Mickey R. Davis, Bridget O'Toole Purdie, Matthew J. White, A. Taylor Hill, Mary Elizabeth Mason; Bracewell & Giuliani LLP; July 15, 2008, previously published on June 24, 2008 When the IRS considers the gift tax consequences of transactions between family members, they often look to current market interest rates to ensure that the transactions are reported properly. |
| 2 | Estate Administration Richard T. DeCou; Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.; July 8, 2008, previously published on June 11, 2008 What happens after a family member has died? Hopefully, the decedent will have left funeral instructions. If not, New Jersey statute indicates that the next of kin is the person with authority to make funeral and burial arrangements. |
| 3 | Every Dark Cloud Has a Silver Lining: Lower Interest Rates Provide Estate Planning Opportunities Pepper Hamilton LLP; May 9, 2008, previously published on April 18, 2008 Although the news is full of stories about the troubled U.S. economy, the plummeting real estate market and skyrocketing consumer debt, those seeking to reduce their taxable estates for federal estate tax purposes can find solace in estate and gift planning opportunities presented by the struggling... |
| 4 | Counsel to Counsel Magazine -- May 2008 Complete Issue April 29, 2008 President's Letter: These are difficult times for many companies, but such times usually call the legal function to the fore. It's clear that the current economic slowdown has put real strain on corporations. The cash crunch has tightened business lending and made restructuring a more... |
| 5 | IRS Ruling Clarifies Estate Tax Deferral for Some Family Business Owners Reeve E. Chudd; Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP; May 8, 2008, previously published on April 2008 Under current law, the payment of the estate tax liability which results when someone dies ("the decedent") is due nine months after the decedent's date of death. |
| 6 | Historically Low Interest Rates Create Unique Gift and Estate Planning Opportunities Blank Rome LLP; May 7, 2008, previously published on April 2008 Interest rates are currently near all-time historic lows. These low interest rates have made this a propitious time to consider strategies for saving gift and estate taxes. The following popular estate planning techniques are particularly attractive in a low-interest-rate environment. All of these... |
| 7 | Conflicts of Interest - The Pensions Regulator Expects Trustees to Move to Best Practice William Sutton; Reed Smith LLP; May 6, 2008, previously published on April 2, 2008 In practice, the importance of the proper management of trustee conflicts is nothing new and most trustee boards will have already taken sensible measures to identify and deal with conflicts. However, now that tPR has gone into print trustees will need to take advice on revisiting their procedures... |
| 8 | Third Time's a Charm? Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Estate Tax Reform McGuireWoods LLP; April 21, 2008, previously published on April 7, 2008 On April 3, 2008, Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) led the Senate Finance Committee in a hearing devoted to areas of reform in the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax system. This was the third hearing that the Senate Finance Committee has held on estate tax reform. |
| 9 | Where the Senate Goes Now That It Has Held Estate Tax Hearings Ronald D. Aucutt, Dennis I. Belcher, W. Birch Douglass, Charles D. "Skip" Fox; McGuireWoods LLP; April 21, 2008, previously published on April 14, 2008 At the hearing on April 3, three Democratic Senators and two Republican Senators were present at various times. (At last month's hearing, there were three Democrats and three Republicans present from time to time.) That might seem to be a rather paltry attendance in a committee of 21 members. But... |
| 10 | Estate Tax Reform Update James O. Wyss, Rebecca Whitacre; Haynes and Boone, LLP; April 17, 2008, previously published on April 1, 2008 It is only 21 months until the federal estate tax is repealed - for one year - and 33 months from reduction of the estate tax exemption and a 22-33% increase in the estate tax rate. Unless Congress takes action soon, planning for most families with assets exceeding $2 million will continue to be... |
