This course will guide advisers filing gift and estate returns in understanding how to prepare for and handle IRS audits of Forms 706 and 709. The panel will also address issues to expect when appraisals are necessary, dealing with unreported gifts, and the current state of the IRS initiative in thi... Read More

This course will review qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) elections, including the reverse, partial, Clayton, and the interplay of the QTIP election with the DSUE. Our trust and estate tax expert will explain how to utilize QTIP elections to maximize taxpayers' federal estate tax and GST... Read More

This course will provide trust and estate advisers who work with high net worth individuals and partnerships with a thorough review of family-controlled entities and valuation discounts. The speakers will discuss the current landscape of family entity structures after Estate of Nancy H. Powell v. Co... Read More

This webinar will take a fresh look at gifting strategies that will help clients maximize the use of their gift tax exemption in the current estate planning environment. Our expert panelists will provide an overview of gifting methods, including using the annual exclusion, gift-splitting, GRATS, net... Read More

This course will explain common provisions found in trust documents that have meaningful tax consequences. Our panel of trust veterans will identify clauses found in trust documents that affect distributions, termination, and taxation of trusts and trust beneficiaries. Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a comprehensive guide to the computation and reporting of the deceased spouse's unused exclusion change to the deceased spouse's unused exemption (DSUE). The panel will explain when portability should be elected and demonstrate the calculation to show the D... Read More

This course will emphasize the importance of beneficiary designations in estate planning to avoid unintended tax and transfer outcomes. Our panel of trust and estate tax experts will explain transferring probate and non-probate assets, the tax consequences of beneficiary designations, and how advise... Read More

This webinar will offer advice on transferring valuable and sentimental digital assets to heirs. Our transfer tax expert will explain fiduciary rights under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA) rules, discuss methods of transferring access rights to a fiduciary, and i... Read More

This course will provide tax professionals, including accountants and attorneys, with a detailed review of the advantages and applications of intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs), tax planning approaches that utilize IDGTs, and related tax compliance. Read More

This webinar will review the primary concerns of grantors, taxpayers, and trust and estate professionals when forming and terminating trusts. Our panel will discuss initial concerns, including trust situs, funding a trust, and selecting an appropriate trustee. Our experts will cover finalizing a tru... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a more in-depth exploration of the fiduciary income calculations and determinations contained in the Uniform Principal and Income Act (UPIA). The panel will detail how to apply UPIA provisions to differentiate between corpus and... Read More

This course will guide practitioners through reporting of more complicated gifts, including examples of how gratuitous transfers made under common estate planning strategies should be reported and disclosed on Form 709. Our expert panel will discuss in detail the reporting of gifting to GRATs, Crumm... Read More

This webinar will explain how to prepare Form 706-NA, U.S. Estate and GST Tax Return, for green card holders and nonresidents. Our panel of trust and estate tax experts will discuss assets that are included in the gross estate, available deductions, and the effect of death tax treaties on the taxabl... Read More

This course will discuss the latest planning and structuring strategies with respect to family offices in light of the ever-changing legal and tax landscape. Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to trusts and estates with a practical guide to the estate basis consistency reporting requirements of Section 1014(f). The panel will explain the latest IRS pronouncements on coordinating basis reporting with the filing of the estate tax return and valuations r... Read More

This course will provide tax preparers with detailed guidance on preparing Form 5227, Split-Interest Trust Information Return. The panel will address common mistakes and traps for preparers to avoid and will provide detailed guidance on the "four-tier rules," and discuss UBTI and Chapter 42 Excise T... Read More

This course will explain the numerous elections available when preparing gift, estate, and trust returns. Some elections are easily made but critical (gift-splitting, choice of year, Section 663(b)). Other elections require much more thought and expertise (GST allocation, QTIP election, Section 645)... Read More

This webinar will discuss how a spousal lifetime access trust can provide needed flexibility in estate planning. Our panel of transfer tax veterans will discuss the primary benefits and risks couples assume when establishing a spousal lifetime access trust (SLAT) and satisfying the annual reporting... Read More

This webinar will explain first-party and third-party special needs trusts (SNTs) for tax practitioners working with these trusts or working with clients who may benefit from an SNT. Our panel of seasoned trust experts will discuss the unique tax reporting obligations and planning considerations for... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a comprehensive and practical guide to generation-skipping transfer (GST) election strategies and the tax reporting mechanics of calculating GST taxes. The panel will offer specific guidance on reporting GSTs under various transfer scenarios. The panel will... Read More

This webinar will discuss identifying clients who could benefit substantially by forming an asset protection trust (APT), states authorizing domestic asset protection trusts (DAPTs), and considerations of forming and funding these trusts for trust and estate professionals working with high net worth... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and counsel with a drill down into the rules and practices covering the inclusion of capital gains in distributable net income (DNI) for trusts and estates. The panel will review the requirements within trust documents to allow treating capital gains as DNI and... Read More

This course will provide professionals who advise and prepare returns for trusts with updated information on trusts' situs in light of the Kaestner decision. Our experts will cover the criteria states use to tax trusts and trust beneficiaries, steps to relocate a trust, and when best to do so. Read More

This course will provide an overview of the steps required when settling an estate. Our panel of estate tax experts will walk executors and advisers through initial considerations, including identifying assets and obligations and accumulating key documents required for tax filings and distribution o... Read More

This course will discuss strategies to reduce estate tax liability and transfer assets in accordance with an unmarried taxpayer's intentions. Our accomplished panel will discuss using gifting, trusts, title transfers, and other options to pass assets to desired beneficiaries and the directives that... Read More

This course will provide fiduciary tax advisers and compliance professionals with the tools needed to navigate the unique challenges in reconciling and completing Form K-1 for estate and trust beneficiaries. The panel will discuss income classification and allocation of the trust's income distributi... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a more in-depth exploration of the fiduciary income calculations and determinations contained in the Uniform Principal and Income Act (UPIA). The panel will detail how to apply UPIA provisions to differentiate between corpus and... Read More

This course will discuss using general and limited powers of appointment to incorporate adaptability in an estate plan. Our panel of trust and estate experts will discuss utilizing these powers to circumvent future unanticipated issues and the tax consequences of these choices. Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a comprehensive and practical guide to the reporting mechanics of trust decanting transactions. The panel will discuss decanting results in a non-reporting event and offer useful tools for determining when decanting causes eithe... Read More

This course will discuss tax consequences and planning for a noncitizen spouse. Our panel of trust and estate experts will explain how to take advantage of the unlimited marital deduction using a qualified domestic trust (QDOT) and prepare the corresponding Form 706-QDT. Read More

This course will explain why disclaimers are powerful, tax-saving estate planning tools considering the constant flux of estate planning rules. The panelist will discuss how disclaimers are used to incorporate flexibility in post-mortem planning for beneficiaries. Read More

This course will explain the taxation of distributed assets and whether the distribution carries out DNI (distributable net income) to the beneficiary for fiduciaries and estate tax advisers. Our panel of fiduciary tax veterans will analyze specific, formula, and residuary bequests made to individua... Read More

This course will outline strategies that should be considered by estate and trust practitioners when preparing Form 1041. Our panel of estate tax veterans will identify ways to reduce tax for taxable and non-taxable estates and their heirs. Read More

This course will provide tax professionals and advisers with a practical guide into various states' rules governing nonresident trusts' income tax treatment with multistate income or beneficiary connections. The panel will address state taxation of trusts in light of the Supreme Court's grant of cer... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and professionals with a deep dive into calculating distributable net income (DNI) for complex trusts. The panel will delineate between trust accounting income and taxable income and focus on tax reporting of trust income from assets, such as partnership interes... Read More

This course will explain how beneficiary designations impact income and transfer taxes. Our panel of IRA experts will cover the caveats and considerations of beneficiary designations, including how to advise clients in specific scenarios to minimize overall taxation properly. Read More

This course will assist trust advisers in determining when discretionary distributions can and should be made. Our panel of trust and estate veterans will discuss analyzing the trust document, determining income tax consequences, and the trustee's considerations before making discretionary distribut... Read More

This course will discuss common basis issues encountered by trust and estate advisers, including planning for volatile markets and the flux of estate taxation rules. Our veteran estate advisers will explain how to structure adaptable trusts, remove appreciated assets from trusts, determine and subst... Read More

This course will explain how making the election under IRC Section 645 can significantly reduce the tax filing burden for practitioners and lower beneficiaries tax obligations. Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a thorough and practical guide to identifying and remedying gift tax reporting errors on IRS Form 709. The panel will discuss common and complex gift tax mistakes, including incorrect reporting of gift splitting and incorrect GS... Read More

This course will discuss the hurdles to deduct charitable contributions on estate and trust returns. Our panel of trust and estate experts will detail the considerations surrounding these deductions, including examining the relative provisions in the trust documents and wills, contributing appreciat... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a comprehensive guide to navigating the complexities of calculating fiduciary accounting income (FAI) for trusts and estates. The panel will detail how to interpret essential trust and estate provisions to apply to FAI calculati... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a thorough and practical guide to reporting trust capital gains income on Schedule D of Form 1041. The panel will demonstrate calculating and allocating capital gains and losses to beneficiaries, explain the distributable net income (DNI) rules of IRC 643(a... Read More

This course will discuss the strategies for and advantages of transferring closely held business interests during the current economic climate for advisers and tax practitioners working with these entities and owners. Read More

This course will detail the caveats and considerations of state estate and inheritance taxes payable in many states. Our panel of estate planning experts will outline specific strategies to lower these taxes, including steps to change a taxpayer's domicile. Read More

This course will explore the U.S. tax compliance and accounting issues arising from foreign trust income. The panel will discuss specific U.S. tax planning issues for foreign trusts that tax advisers and tax counsel should understand. Read More

This course will explore the benefits of Crummey trusts, Crummey powers, notification requirements, and possibly the best use of these powers--the irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT). Read More

In this course, our panel of estate experts will describe the fundamentals of the complex federal generation-skipping transfer tax in simple and clear terms. They will also talk about GST planning opportunities, particularly those that should be implemented prior to the reduction in the generation-s... Read More

This course will provide fiduciary tax advisers and compliance professionals with a practical guide to the deduction structure for Form 1041 under the latest tax reform. The panel will outline the specific changes that tax reform makes to fiduciary deductions, detail the impact of income items taxab... Read More

This course will review certain estate and gift planning strategies that all advisers should be discussing with their clients to take advantage of the current market decline and low interest rates. Read More

This course will explain the benefits and caveats of holding community property for tax practitioners and advisers working with mobile clients. The panel will discuss identifying community property and helping clients retain or acquire community property status, when beneficial, along with the incom... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and professionals with a thorough and practical guide into the calculation challenges of allocating distributable net income (DNI) for complex trusts with income or beneficiaries in multiple states. The panel will focus on tax reporting of trust income from asse... Read More

This course will identify and explain the many required foreign reporting obligations, best practices for avoiding penalties, and how to resolve past noncompliance for trusts and estates. This webinar is for tax preparers, fiduciaries, and other professionals working with trusts and estates. Read More

This course will provide insight to tax professionals in dealing with family-owned entities (usually limited partnerships or LLCs) to avoid tax pitfalls and explain new considerations for organizing (and re-organizing) these entities in light of recent court cases as well as tax reform. Read More

This course will explore often overlooked opportunities to implement now to help clients mitigate income and transfer taxes in 2020 and future years. Our speaker will discuss using strategic trusts, IRC Sec. 831b Captives, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), and other tax-saving techniques in li... Read More

This course will provide tax professionals and fiduciary advisers with a practical guide to the rules governing trust accounting income and tax treatment of partnership share assets held by trusts. The panel will discuss the specific challenges that partnership holdings present in calculating FAI, d... Read More

This course will explain the fundamentals of gift tax for advisers new to Form 709, and provide a review for seasoned professionals wanting to brush up on the specifics of gift transfers. Our panel of experts will explain when gift tax returns should be filed, skip versus non-skip persons, and the p... Read More

This course will discuss necessary considerations when naming the beneficiaries of IRAs, as well as how to determine applicable beneficiaries, distribution periods, and amounts for RMDs for inherited retirement accounts. The panelist will cover spousal beneficiaries, non-spousal beneficiaries, condu... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a thorough and comprehensive guide to the gift and generation skipping tax reporting challenges of allocating GST transfer taxes in circumstances involving the use of GRATs, IDGTs, ILITs, and similar trusts. Our nationally known speaker will discuss how to... Read More

This course will provide guidance on family business succession for advisers and professionals working with small business owners. All business owners should have a succession plan in place whether the business is staying in the family or being sold to outsiders. This webinar will cover gifting, sel... Read More

This course will address tax planning strategies for nonresident aliens. Although the $11,400,000 unified credit is at an all-time high, the exemption for nonresidents remains at $60,000. This significant difference makes understanding the domicile of a taxpayer a critical determination. Our panel w... Read More

This course will provide fiduciary tax advisers and compliance professionals with a critical first look at the practical impact of the tax reform law on trust and estate tax reporting. The panel will detail the specific changes the new law makes to fiduciary deductions, outline the way that distribu... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a thorough and practical guide for reporting foreign trusts with U.S. owners or other U.S. nexus on Form 1040NR. The panel will detail the events and transactions that require reporting, discuss filing obligations for owners and... Read More

This course will explain creative grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) strategies to maximize the amount passing to beneficiaries without paying transfer tax. The panel will discuss determining if a GRAT would benefit you or your client, specific strategies to optimize the GRAT(s) and under what ci... Read More

This course will provide fiduciary tax advisers and compliance professionals with a practical guide to the deduction structure for Form 1041 under the latest tax reform. The panel will outline the specific changes that recent tax reform makes to fiduciary deductions, detail the impact of income item... Read More

This course will explain the new tax law's impact on existing estate plans. The panel will describe the potential dangers of old estate planning techniques and offer suggestions for minimizing overall income and estate taxes paid in light of the recent tax overhaul. Read More

This course will provide fiduciary tax advisers with a practical guide to the tax compliance for reporting fractional interest ownership and transfers on estate and trust tax returns. The panel will outline how to identify fractional interest transfers in trust documents, make the allocations and va... Read More

This course will provide fiduciaries and their tax advisers with a thorough and practical guide to year-end charitable planning in the wake of the 2017 tax overhaul. The panel will detail which charitable vehicles provide maximum tax savings after tax reform law, focusing on qualified charitable dis... Read More

This course will prepare fiduciaries and tax advisers with a practical guide to navigating the challenges of estate and transfer tax apportionment. The panel will discuss how to interpret estate planning documents in instances where the apportionment is unclear, as well as understanding the proper t... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a practical guide to meeting the unique challenges of reporting the trust income of an SNT on Form 1041. The panel will give you tools to differentiate between types of SNTs and describe the specific tax filing requirements of a QDT versus a first-party tru... Read More

This course will provide estate planners and fiduciary advisers with a practical guide to navigating "the throwback tax" on distributions from foreign trusts to U.S. beneficiaries. The panel will define undistributed net income (UNI), detail the reclassification process, and offer specifics on avoid... Read More

This course will provide fiduciary tax advisers and compliance professionals with a practical guide to the new deduction structure for Form 1041 under the new tax law. The panel will outline the specific changes the new law makes to fiduciary deductions, detail the impact of income items newly taxab... Read More

This course will give trust tax advisers and fiduciaries a thorough guide to recognizing and reporting unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) generated by assets held in trusts and estates, including inherited retirement plans. The webinar will focus on the standards and guidelines for determining... Read More

This course will provide estate and trust tax advisers and compliance professionals with a thorough and practical guide to the tax compliance issues that fiduciaries face before making or allocating U.S. domestic trust or estate distributions to foreign beneficiaries. The panel will explain how to d... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to trusts and fiduciaries with detailed practical guidance for completing IRS Form 1041-A, U.S. Information Return Trust Accumulation of Charitable Amounts. The panel will discuss the intersection between Form 5227 and 1041-A, detail trusts that are required to... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with guidance on calculating trust accumulation distributions for beneficiaries of foreign trusts. The panel will detail the computations required to complete Schedule J of Form 1041. The panel will discuss the interdependence between Schedule J and the reportin... Read More

This course will provide tax professionals with a deep dive into the determination of "material participation" (MP) regarding trusts and estates in applying passive activity rules. The panel will analyze the tax court's groundbreaking holding in Aragona Trust v. Comm'r (2014) and offer perspectives... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to fiduciaries with detailed and practical guidance on the tax reporting complexities of trusts designated as IRA beneficiaries. The panel will thoroughly discuss the rules for measuring life expectancy for purposes of required minimum distributions (RMDs) and d... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a practical, beyond the basics guide to the Section 2513 "gift-splitting rules." The panel will offer practical and detailed guidance on applying the rules to client situations involving GRATs, Crummey Trusts, and other vehicles... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a thorough and practical exploration of the GST exemption allocation rules in IRC Section 2632. The panel will take a line-by-line approach to the Code provisions, discussing default treatment and going in depth into the electio... Read More

This course will provide tax professionals who advise fiduciaries in trust and estate matters with a thorough and practical guide to reporting pecuniary property-in-kind distributions from trusts and estates on Form 1041. The panel will discuss proper reporting for property substitutions to meet pec... Read More

This course will provide tax preparers and advisers with a comprehensive and practical guide to the planning and reporting issues in the imposition of IRC Section 1411 net investment income tax (NIIT) on trusts and estates. The panel will discuss how to calculate NIIT for reporting on a Form 1041 In... Read More

This course will provide tax professionals with a deep dive into the determination of "material participation" (MP) as the concepts apply to trusts and estates in the application of passive activity rules. The panel will analyze the tax court's groundbreaking holding in Aragona Trust v. Comm'r and p... Read More

This course will provide tax professionals with a deep and comprehensive examination of the IRC Section 691 Income in Respect of Decedents (IRD) rules. I will discuss what types of income must be included in IRD, including how to allocate receivables to IRD, and avoiding double-tax on IRD by appropr... Read More

This course will provide tax preparers with detailed guidance on preparing Form 5227, Split Interest Trust Information Return. The panel will address common mistakes and traps for preparers to avoid, and will provide detailed guidance on the "four-tier rules," as well as discuss UBTI and Chapter 42... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a thorough and comprehensive guide to the gift and generation skipping tax reporting challenges of allocating GST transfer taxes in circumstances involving the use of GRATs, IDGTs, ILITs and similar trusts. The panel will discuss how to allocate exemption a... Read More

This course will provide tax advisors and return preparers with a review of a full range of compliance issues and decisions that arise in completing federal Form 706. The panel will outline their approaches for dealing with the difficult questions tax preparers will face. Read More

This course will prepare tax advisors and counsel to understand when a trust or estate's fees are deductible or subject to the 2% floor for itemized deductions. New regulations under Sect. 67(e) provide rules, which are not intuitive, governing whether various expenses paid by estates and trusts are... Read More

This course will improve return preparers' familiarity with preparing Form 1041, such as calculating distributable net income, allocating income between the trust and beneficiaries, and understanding reporting rules for revocable and irrevocable trusts. Read More