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Course Details

Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Estate Planning

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, November 20, 2025

  • 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.


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This CLE course will provide estate planners an in-depth analysis of available estate planning techniques for multinational families in light of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The panel will discuss legal challenges, the impact of new U.S. tax law changes, transfer tax planning, and methods in managing foreign business interests, investments, and unreported income or accounts, as well as other complexities involved when a U.S. taxpayer has a foreign spouse or direct family member owning foreign or inbound-U.S. assets.

Faculty

Matthew F. Erskine
Attorney
Erskine & Erskine, LLC

Mr. Erskine specializes in providing legal and fiduciary services for families, estates and businesses with unique assets or issues. He is client-focused, ensuring holistic financial security while preserving the ownership of a unique – but often illiquid – asset for the client and the family. 

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Description

Many U.S. citizens and permanent residents have non-U.S. spouses or family members or property interests abroad; likewise, many non-U.S. citizens/non-U.S. residents have property interests or U.S. family members. Under current U.S. tax law and changes stemming from OBBBA, estate planning can create some specific complications for multinational families. Estate planning counsel and tax advisers must be prepared to assist these clients in navigating the complicated tax and wealth planning rules associated with cross-border interests.

U.S. tax rules for estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes may offer gift planning opportunities. In contrast, some rules for the income taxation of corporations and partnerships may impact how investments are structured. Also, holding business and investment assets through foreign corporations may subject U.S. shareholders to additional tax liability.

Estate planning for international families must consider which countries' laws govern the disposition of assets, as well as the income, estate, and gift tax treatment of specific transactions, including the interaction of multiple tax regimes.

Listen as our experienced panel guides attendees on how to plan the estates of clients with interests in foreign business entities, real estate, and financial accounts. The panel will cover the impact of the OBBBA, legal and tax considerations when planning for the disposition of each type of asset, and the implications of U.S. tax law.

Outline

I. Implications of OBBBA and U.S. tax law on international estate planning

II. Estate planning tax and legal issues for business interests in the international context

A. Corporations

B. Debt instruments

C. Intangibles

D. Partnerships and LLCs

E. CFC rules

III. Wealth planning: gifts, bequests, and trusts for U.S. clients with assets abroad/non-U.S. clients with U.S. assets

A. Gifts of money

B. Dynasty trusts

C. Foreign grantor trust rules

D. Non-grantor trust rules

E. Real estate

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • Key planning considerations in light of OBBBA
  • Potential legal and tax pitfalls when planning for the disposition of a U.S. client's financial and real property interests abroad and a non-U.S. client's interests in the U.S.
  • The impact of situs rules on gifts and bequests by non-U.S. citizens/non-U.S. residents, including the disposition of interests in real property, business entities and debt instruments, and issues involved in converting assets to "intangible" interests
  • U.S. tax reporting and compliance issues relating to the disposition of interests in business entities, real property, and financial accounts in the international context
  • Benefits and pitfalls of U.S. or foreign grantor or non-grantor trusts for cross-border estate planning, including potential uses of "dynasty" trusts