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Author: Christopher Weeg

October 23, 2024 News

IRS Releases 2025 Inflation Adjusted Numbers

   The IRS released inflation-adjusted tax figures for 2025.  Below are some notable highlights affecting various provisions in the Internal Revenue Code applicable for the 2025 tax year The lifetime gift, generation-skipping transfer, and estate tax exclusion amounts have been increased from $13,610,000 to $13,990,000. The gift tax annual exclusion…

November 16, 2023 CS Blog

IRS Releases 2024 Inflation-Adjusted Numbers

IRS Releases 2024 Inflation-Adjusted Numbers             A silver lining to our current high inflation environment is the IRS’s just-released inflation-adjusted numbers for 2024.  Below are some notable highlights affecting various provisions in the Internal Revenue Code applicable for the 2024 tax year: The lifetime gift and estate tax exclusion amounts…

June 19, 2023 CS Blog

Transfer Tax Planning Basics

Transfer tax planning focuses on gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) taxes, which are collectively referred to as “transfer taxes.”  The base transfer tax exemption amount is $10,000,000 ($12,920,000 million for 2023, as indexed for inflation).  Under current law, the base transfer tax exemption amount is set to reduce to…