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Will The Estate Tax Be Trumped?
1. The Election and Its Impact As we all know by now, on November 8th, Donald J. Trump, won the presidential election – pulling off a surprising upset victory over Hillary Clinton. In addition to capturing the presidency, both houses of Congress remained in Republican...
read moreThe Impending Death Of New Jersey Estate Tax
On October 14, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill which will phase out and eventually completely eliminate the New Jersey estate tax. Under the current law, New Jersey estate tax is applicable to estates that exceed $675,000 in value (the lowest “estate...
read moreDissecting the ILIT
On Thursday, August 25, 2016, at the CSB Envision6 Conference which took place in the beautiful and historic Bear Mountain Inn in Bear Mountain, NY. Baruch (Brian) Y. Greenwald & Hillel D. Weiss, Partners at Greenwald Weiss (“GW”), presented on the topic of estate...
read moreWill Your Estate Increase By 30% In 2017?
NEW PROPOSED REGULATIONS LIMITING VALUATION DISCOUNTS FINALLY PUBLISHED BY IRS Last summer we wrote in detail about impending proposed new regulations under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) that would disallow certain transfer tax valuation discounts...
read more“Practicing Law Within the Parameters of Halacha”
On Sunday, November 22, 2015, the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) hosted a CLE seminar for attorneys at their Brooklyn headquarters on the topics of “The Halachic Seder Hayerusha/Intestate Distributions in Halacha,” “Practical Halachic Estate Planning” and “Mental...
read moreThe Jewish Echo Features Q&A with Greenwald Weiss Partners
Baruch (Brian) Y. Greenwald & Hillel D. Weiss, Partners at Greenwald Weiss, were recently featured in the October 2015 issue of The Jewish Echo – a popular monthly publication circulated within Marine Park, Brooklyn and neighboring communities, and also available...
read moreEstate Planning: Rabbi, Lawyer, Client…It’s No Joke
On Thursday, August 13, 2015, at the CSB Envision5 Conference which took place in the beautiful and historic Thayer Hotel in West Point, NY, Baruch (Brian) Y. Greenwald & Hillel D. Weiss, Partners at Greenwald Weiss, presented on the topic of estate planning and...
read moreEnd of Summer Last Licks
IRS Gearing Up to Shut Door on Huge Discounts The window may be rapidly closing for wealthy families to take advantage of valuation discounts when transferring interests in family entities. At the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation meeting in May, IRS tax...
read moreFinally Some Stability to Portability
IRS Issues Final Regulations on Portability The IRS recently issued final regulations (effective June 12, 2015),[1] clarifying the application of the “portability” rules – one of the relatively newer provisions relating to federal estate and gift tax (the “transfer...
read more“Greenwald Weiss hosts ‘Essential Planning’ event in Lakewood, NJ
On Thursday, September 11th, 2014, Greenwald Weiss Attorneys at Law, LLC, a law firm focused on estate planning with offices in Brooklyn, NY and Lakewood, NJ, in conjunction with the Lakewood Courtyard, hosted an event entitled “Essential Planning” at the Lakewood...
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