While Michigan does not recognize a formal statute of limitations to present a Will to probate, there are plenty of other limitations periods associated with claims against the decedent or the decedent’s estate or claims against distributees of the decedent’s estate.

The IRS just released Final Regulations, Notices, and a Revenue Procedure on the reporting requirements for digital asset custodians.

IRA custodians may have a fair amount of latitude when it comes to titling an inherited IRA, which means that ‘all IRA custodians are not alike.’

Michigan has a new purpose trust statute.

The trustee’s failure to provide written Crummey withdrawal notices to a trust beneficiary is not a reason to lose sleep.

Investing in a non-fungible token (NFT) may provide an exciting investment opportunity, but its tax and administrative complications could easily outweigh the benefits of such a speculative investment.

In the past we have covered that a Trust is not a contract with the beneficiaries. No, it is a fiduciary relationship, not a contract. In the same vein, some think that a trustee acts as the agent for the trust beneficiaries.

A directed Trust can override the duty of diversification under the Prudent Investor Act.

The IRS just made it a bit easer to apply for an extension of time to make generation skipping transfer tax (GST) elections.

The IRS continues to ramp up its challenge to claims of tax-exempt status by organizations that are created to facilitate name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities between student-athletes and their universities.