William M. Doyle, Lawrence M. Kern, and Eric C. Nelson joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholders in Chicago, with the intent to utilize the firm’s deep U.S. and
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The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, signed into law Dec. 20, 2019, includes a division that is known as the SECURE Act,1 which made major changes to the required minimum
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On June 21, 2019, in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held as unconstitutional a North Carolina statute that had been interpreted by North Carolina to mean that a
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Lucy S. Lee, shareholder of Greenberg Traurig’s Tax Practice, was recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Meghan Markle Is About to Have a Little Bundle of
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IRS announces the 2019 inflation-adjusted figures for gift and estate tax exemption amounts.
The federal gift, estate, and GST exemption amount ( the exemption amount) is the total amount
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The applicable federal rates (AFRs) under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 1274(d) and the Code Section 7520 rate (7520 rate) for a particular month
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Greenberg Traurig’s private client/high net worth team has the experience to advise mega-lottery winners. Our attorneys have worked with individuals who have won some of the biggest lottery awards in
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The applicable federal rates (AFRs) under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 1274(d) and Code Section 7520 rate (7520 rate) for a particular month are published by the Internal Revenue Service
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The applicable federal rates (AFRs) under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 1274(d) and the Code Section 7520 rate (7520 rate) for a particular month are published by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Revenue Ruling that is released around the 18th day of the immediately preceding month. Advance knowledge of the rates for the future month provides a window of opportunity for the quick or delayed implementation of income, gift, and estate-tax planning techniques in response to upward or downward trends. The effective implementation and management of interest-sensitive estate planning techniques also involves numerous other factors in addition to the relevant AFR or 7520 rate, including a client’s particular circumstances and should be undertaken with the advice of competent tax counsel and financial advisors.
The IRS has issued Revenue Ruling 2018-19, which provides the AFRs and 7520 rate for July 2018. Revenue Ruling 2018-19 will be in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2018-27, dated July 2, 2018.