The Mississippi House of Representatives is currently considering a pair of bills that could have a major impact on trust and estates in Mississippi. The bills, H.B. 1375 and H.B. 1425, are the product of a study committee formed by the Secretary of State and touch on a broad range of subjects, including non-probate transfers, transfer…
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One of the more common engagements for our firm is to assist with business sales and acquisitions. This article is the second in a series of articles which will walk through and generally discuss the steps typically associated with the sale of a business. In Part 1, we discussed the breakdown of the business, the…
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Whenever I attend a large conference, I try to take some time afterwards to consider the most important takeaways. Having just returned from the 53rd Annual Heckerling Institute of Estate Planning which was held from January 14-19, 2019, I spent the last week reviewing the conference materials and my notes. From this, I have compiled…
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One of the more common engagements for our firm is to assist with business sales and acquisitions. This article is part of a series of articles which will walk through and discuss the steps typically associated with the sale of a business. This series of articles will discuss the process and means of selling a…
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The federal government shutdown is stretching into week four, and there is no end in sight. The shutdown has affected all federal agencies and courts, including the United States Tax Court. One question raised by the shutdown is what effect does it have on Tax Court filing deadlines? The question is important because statutory filing…
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Lock It in Now: Deduction for Alimony Set to Expire After 12/31/18 As part of the Tax Cut & Jobs Act of 2017 (the “TCJA”), Congress included provisions to repeal the deduction of alimony under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) § which called for a corresponding inclusion of alimony in the income of the recipient where such…
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Original Tax Court Opinion I have previously written about the case of Wendell Falls Development, LLC v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo 2018-45. In that case, the Tax Court denied a charitable conservation easement deduction relating to a 125-acre parcel that was part of a total 1,280-acre development outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. I noted that the…
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Overview As of November 23, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published proposed regulations providing some valuable guidance with respect to the upcoming sunset of the increased estate and gift tax exemption in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”). With the TCJA, the estate tax exemption amount was increased from $5.49 Million to $11.18…
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Overview The Tax Court recently held that a partnership interest assigned to a revocable trust was not an assignee interest but rather was a limited partnership interest, and as result, the discounts for lack or marketability and lack of control were reduced and eliminated respectively. The Estate of Frank D. Streightoff (the “Estate”) argued that…
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One of the most difficult aspects of state and local tax practice is the lack of publicly available guidance addressing a client’s situation. One potentially rich source of guidance are orders issued by administrative tribunals in taxpayer appeals. These orders are similar in form and function to judicial opinions. Unlike judicial opinions, however, these orders…
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