Tennessee enacted a new trust bill effective July 1, 2024 that made several key changes to Tennessee’s trust laws as well as an important change to the Tennessee general partnership statute. Another highlight includes changes to the Tennessee Revised Uniform Partnership Act, which may enable interests in a family-owned general partnership to qualify for applicable valuation discounts under federal estate and gift tax rules. This Holland & Knight alert takes a closer look at the new law’s impact on family wealth and business planning.
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A Comparison of State PTC Laws
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There are various laws and issues to take into account when considering a state in which to form a Private Trust Company, including requirements around annual reporting, residency of personnel, and capital requirements. This report provides a side-by-side comparison of state PTC laws across key states: Ohio, Florida, Texas, and Tennessee.
Election years offer trigger speculation about what the tax law landscape will look like depending on what happens in November. This year is no different. William C. Sinclair, Head of U.S. Family Office Practice, and Jordan Sprechman, Head of U.S. Wealth Advisory, join us from J.P. Morgan Private Bank to discuss timely estate planning considerations and what thoughtful planners may want to do before Election Day 2024.
FOX’s annual estate planning webcast will lead participants through a thoughtful discussion of some of the most important topics and developments that were addressed at the 58th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. Key legislative, regulatory, and case law updates impacting ultra-high net worth families and their family offices will be covered. Kim Kamin, Partner, Chief Wealth Strategist, Gresham Partners LLC Kevin Matz, Partner, ArentFox Schiff
Trusts 101: What is a Trust and How is it Created?
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Trusts are valuable tools frequently used to transfer wealth within families, preserve and protect wealth, and reduce taxes. Understanding trusts and the role of the trustee is important for the people establishing trusts and the beneficiaries of those trusts. Building on this foundation, answers are provided to some questions about trusts and trustees that a family’s younger generation of trust beneficiaries frequently ask.
Simply because the instrument governing your trust states that it is irrevocable and cannot be amended does not mean it cannot be modified to serve your family’s needs in a better fashion. Delaware law offers an array of options—administrative amendment, decanting, a nonjudicial settlement agreement, consent modification, trust merger, and judicial modification—to facilitate alteration of an existing trust. Learn more about these remedies to determine if one of them will suit your purpose and achieve lasting improvement in your trust’s operation.
2023 Tax and Estate Planning Update
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FOX’s annual estate planning webcast will lead participants through a thoughtful discussion of some of the most important topics and developments that were addressed at the 57th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. Key legislative, regulatory, and case law updates impacting ultra-high net worth families and their family offices will be covered. Mandy Chardoul, Partner, Plante Moran Troy Farmer, Director, Regional Wealth Strategist, FORVIS Scott Winget, Enterprise Market Leader, FOX
Don’t miss this in-depth tax, trust, and estate planning update. Recent trust and estate litigation cases will be examined, as well as trust and fiduciary state laws. Current UHNW tax audit practices will be addressed in addition to a discussion on how to manage the tax challenges that come along with states trying to tax beneficiaries who live in different locations than their trusts. Discover what to watch out for and what you should consider doing to protect the clients you serve.
2022 Tax and Estate Planning Update
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FOX’s annual estate planning webcast will lead participants through a thoughtful discussion of some of the most important topics and developments that were covered at the 56th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. Key legislative, regulatory, and case law updates impacting ultra-high net worth families and their family offices will be covered. Carl C. Fiore, Managing Director, Andersen US National Tax Office Kristin Yokomoto, Partner, BakerHostetler Scott Winget, Enterprise Market Leader, FOX
40% of families now gift their assets through trusts compared to 12.5% in 1995. Directed trusts, special purpose entities, trust protector companies, and regulated and unregulated private trust companies have all played integral roles in the growing popularity of trusts. This session focused on the important reasons families are choosing these popular trust administration options and will provided a comparison of each option, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. By the end of this webcast, attendees will be able to: