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The proposed Build Back America Act, a $1.85 trillion social-policy and climate framework, is working its way through Congress. While the notable prior proposals were absent, the current legislation proposes a new income tax surcharge that will be added on top of the ordinary and capital gains tax rates. The surcharge—which can bring the total surtax to 8% for certain groups—will also apply to trusts and estates and will impact high-earning individuals. Unless otherwise provided, all proposals are effective January 1, 2022.

Family offices anticipating a variety of tax law changes now have more details to consider. How would the tax law changes proposed by the House Ways & Means Committee affect family offices and wealthy families? Tax specialists examine the considerations, including the surcharge on high-income individuals, estates, and trusts that would be effective for years beginning after December 31, 2021.

The Build Back Better Act recently introduced in the US House of Representatives includes many tax provisions that would significantly impact US taxpayers. However, any major bill’s road from introduction to enactment is typically long, winding, and unpredictable. This article summarizes four tax planning–related questions that are viewed as prime candidates for consideration by US families with substantial wealth, notwithstanding that uncertainty.

The White House released a retooled framework for the Build Back Better Act on October 28, 2021. Notable aspects of the Biden framework that will affect estate planning include estate and gift tax exemptions, grantor trusts, valuation rules, and the new surtax on high earners and non-grantor trusts—which could bring the total surtax to 8%). If this proposed legislation moves forward in its current form, it provides more time to use traditional estate planning techniques.

The House Budget Committee released a version of H.R. 5376 (the Build Back Better Act), which eliminated many of the previously proposed tax increases that would have impacted individuals. However, the rewrite of the Build Back Better Act includes a tax surcharge on high-income individuals, estates, and trusts that would be imposed and become effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021. Other provisions remained, some unchanged, and some modified.

The House Budget Committee released a third version of H.R. 5376 (the Build Back Better Act) on November 3, 2021. This draft increases the state and local tax deduction, brings back many of the retirement proposals from the original September 13 draft of the Bild Back Better Act, and retains the surcharge on high-income individuals, estates, and trusts from the October 28 version. A summary of the tax updates is provided to show where things stand today.

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The U.S. House of Representative passed the Build Back Better Act, the second component of the White House’s ambitious spending plan, on November 19, 2021. Among the most significant provisions in the Act is a new broad-based surcharge of up to 8% on high-income individuals, trusts, and estates. An analysis on the surcharge impact and other key provisions in the Act are provided, including the corresponding wealth and tax planning strategies.

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