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Beneficiaries of retirement accounts, both IRAs and employer qualified plans, must take required minimum distributions (RMDs) from their inherited IRA.

If a qualified personal residence trust (QPRT) is to be a part of an estate plan, consider causing the QPRT’s remainder interest to be a grantor trust for income tax purposes to add flexibility.

Filing a beneficial owner interest report with FinCEN by a nonlawyer may constitute the unauthorized practice of law in some states.

The Vice President released her proposed economic and tax plan, in the form of the proposed American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2024 (sponsored by Senator Elizabeth Warren.) Since this is a campaign year, nothing will come of this proposed legislation, at least in 2024.

Asset protection trusts (APTs) and incomplete grantor trusts (IGTs) for gift tax purposes have a bewildering history when it comes to the IRS.

A surviving spouse named as the sole beneficiary of a qualified plan retirement account can elect to be treated as the employee-participant to arguably extend the period of distribution from that inherited retirement account.

The SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022 created significant changes to and incentives for qualified plans.

The use of multiple Trusts might be a good way for a donor to make lifetime gifts.

A probate court can deny a trustee its fees, including attorneys’ fees it incurs regarding the Trust, when the court finds that there has been a breach of fiduciary duty.

Use caution when using a transfer-on-death or a payable-on-death beneficiary designation.