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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Estate Planning

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, June 29, 2023

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

  • BARBRI is a NASBA CPE sponsor and this 110-minute webinar is accredited for 2.0 CPE credits.

  • BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).

$297.00
CLE
CPE
ALL

This CLE webinar will provide estate planners guidance on key gifting strategies for individuals and couples under current tax law. The panel will discuss mechanisms for balancing income and transfer tax benefits, key gifting considerations, asset selection, and other critical items for estate planners.

Faculty

Jennifer J. McCall
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Ms. McCall chairs the Estates, Trusts & Tax Planning practice and is a leading authority on U.S. and international gift and estate planning. She crafts tax-savings business succession and estate transfer plans that preserve wealth and enhance family relationships. Her clients include internationally renowned museums and corporations, charities, foundations, high net worth families and individuals, fiduciaries and nonprofits. Ms. McCall's experience includes complex trust and estate administration and litigation; gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes; spousal rights of election and rights of adopted children; endowments; and tax aspects related to disposition of corporate holdings and financial transactions

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Cliff Capdevielle
Director, Trusts and Estates Tax Services
MOBO Law

Mr. Capdevielle helps clients navigate the complex opportunities related to tax planning, business succession planning, and estate planning, and seeks to maximize tax savings and reach their goals.

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James Dunn
Attorney
Miscellaneous

Description

The current tax law and continuance IRS regulations require estate and trust counsel to continually evaluate planning mechanisms for estates and trusts. A key focal point for an effective estate plan involves a critical analysis of gifting strategies and other related transactions under current tax law.

Estate planning counsel must recognize available gifting techniques and determine if they are appropriate to avoid unintended tax liability while also maintaining the client's intent. Understanding the advantages and potential ramifications of making gifts and transfers during life and other methods will ensure adequate planning for an estate.

Listen as our panel discusses effective balancing of income and transfer tax benefits, key gifting considerations, asset selection, and other critical items for estate planners.

Outline

  1. Key gifting considerations under current tax law and potential changes
  2. Determining the appropriate gifting strategy
  3. Gifting to minimize income taxes
  4. Gifting to minimize transfer taxes
  5. Best practices and other planning options

Benefits

The panel will discuss these and other key issues:

  • What are the critical gifting considerations under current tax law?
  • What are the items to consider when determining the appropriate gifting strategy?
  • What options are available to minimize income taxes?
  • How do you ensure optimum tax basis planning?
  • What options are available to minimize transfer taxes?

NASBA Details

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Recognize critical gifting considerations under current tax law
  • Ascertain available options to minimize income taxes
  • Ascertain methods to ensure optimum tax basis planning
  • Understand available options to minimize transfer taxes

  • Field of Study: Taxes
  • Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
  • Advance Preparation: None
  • Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
  • Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
  • Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
  • Prerequisite: Three years+ business or public firm experience preparing complex tax forms and schedules, supervising other preparers or accountants. Specific knowledge and understanding of pass-through taxation, including taxation of partnerships, S corporations and sole proprietorships, qualified business income, net operating losses and loss limitations; familiarity with net operating loss carry-backs, carry-forwards and carried interests.

Strafford Publications, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of Accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE Credits. Complaints regarding registered sponsons may be submitted to NASBA through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

IRS Approved Provider

Strafford is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).