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Valuations in Estate and Gift Tax Planning: Recent Developments and Key Considerations for Trust and Estates Counsel
Section 2704, Fractional Interests, Intrafamily Transfers, Promissory Notes, Defined Value Formula Clauses, and More
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About the Course
Introduction
This CLE/CPE course will provide trust and estates counsel with a thorough and comprehensive guide to the legal framework and challenges for valuations in estate and gift tax planning. The panel will discuss recent developments impacting valuations in estate planning, valuation discounts for estate and gift tax purposes, fractional interests, promissory notes, and challenges faced by estate planners implementing transfers and other strategies.
Description
IRC Section 2704 and accompanying regulations have a significant impact on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning. Estate planners must recognize key issues relating to the valuation of interests in family-controlled entities and implement tactics to avoid loss of tax benefits.
The valuation discounts utilized by estate planners in passing down family-owned assets such as closely-held businesses require a complete understanding of complex rules and their impact on certain transfers for estate and gift tax purposes. Specifically, the rules treat lapse of voting or liquidation rights as an additional transfer and eliminate some discount valuation opportunities for restrictions on liquidation in determining the fair market value of a transferred interest.
In addition, the Treasury's Fiscal Year 2024 Greenbook includes proposed changes focused on Section 2704 as such applies to tradable assets, valuation discounts, "qualified real property" elected to be treated as special-use property, fractional interests, digital assets, and other key areas of focus. Estate planning counsel are advised to carefully consider any transfers of affected entities under current tax law and in light of proposed changes.
Listen as our experienced panel provides a critical look at recent developments impacting valuations in estate planning, valuation discounts for estate and gift tax purposes, fractional interests, promissory notes, and challenges faced by estate planners implementing transfers and other strategies.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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CPE credit is not available on recordings.
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BARBRI is a NASBA CPE sponsor and this 90-minute webinar is accredited for 1.5 CPE credits.
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BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).
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Live Online
On Demand
Date + Time
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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- Contents of 2704 regulations
- Asset structures and valuation pitfalls to avoid
- Structuring transfers and key tax considerations
- Evaluating existing structures for holding family assets
The panel will discuss these and other important issues:
- What types of asset transfers are subject to Section 2704 regulations?
- How does the treatment of lapses of voting or liquidation rights impact future transfers of family-owned assets into family limited partnerships or trust vehicles?
- What issues must be considered for valuation discounts in transfers of closely-held businesses into estate planning vehicles?
- What must estate planning attorneys and advisers consider for existing transfers and operating documents to minimize the tax impact of any proposed changes to the regulations?
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the types of assets and transfers subject to the Section 2704 regulations limiting valuation discounts
- Determine provisions in existing transfer structures and operating documents that may create tax payment and reporting obligations
- Define what client transfers of non-controlling interests in family entities should be made in light of current regulations
- Recognize the impact of proposed changes to Section 2704 provided in the Treasury's Fiscal Year 2024 Greenbook
- Field of Study: Taxes
- Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
- Advance Preparation: None
- Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
- Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
- Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
- Prerequisite: Three years+ business or public firm experience with estate plan transfers of closely held business assets at mid-level within the organization, supervising other preparers/accountants. Specific knowledge and understanding of estate plan asset transfers, family-owned assets, limited partnerships and trust vehicles; familiarity with discount valuation and awareness of the basics of IRC 2704.
BARBRI, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of Accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE Credits. Complaints regarding registered sponsons may be submitted to NASBA through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).
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