In March, Wright Ford Young & Co. had two new hires join our team in our audit and estate and trust departments. Andre Nielsen joined our audit department as Audit Staff and Jason Gonzalez joined our estate and trust department as Diligence Coordinator. We are excited to have these two new team members join WFY. Andre Nielsen Andre Nielsen joined our audit department as Audit Staff during the month of March. He graduated from Central Washington University in 2019 with his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Prior to WFY, Andre has three years of public accounting experience. He currently resides in
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Why Gifting During an Economic Downturn May Be Right for You
Janelle Tokunaga, CPA, MST Tax Supervisor While it may seem like there has been a shortage of good news lately, we wanted to bring your attention to a few bright spots that have come about during our current economic downturn. With the extra time you have at sheltering in place, it may be a good time to revisit your current estate and gift plan. To recap: the 2020 Federal lifetime exemption is $11.58 million per person, including inflation, and the 2020 annual Federal gift exclusion is $15,000 per donee and donor. The current economic market is showing decreased values
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Making Large Gifts Now Won’t Harm Estates After 2025
On November 20th, the IRS announced individuals taking advantage of the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts in effect from 2018 to 2025 will not be adversely impacted after 2025 when the exclusion amount is scheduled to drop to levels before 2018. The Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations which implement changes made by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). As a result, individuals planning to make large gifts between 2018 and 2025 can do so without concern that they will lose the tax benefit of the higher exclusion level once it decreases after 2025.
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Extraordinary Estate Tax Opportunity with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
You may recall that President Trump promised to repeal the Estate and Gift Tax and their cousin, the Generation Skipping Tax. However, the enacted version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed just before Christmas 2017, left these three taxes intact. The outcome is surprising, given that the Republican Party has often condemned these taxes, and given that the House, Senate, and White House are all on the same side of the party divide. Yet, complete repeal was not accomplished. Thus, these taxes remain a huge liability for high net worth individuals and families. What the Act does accomplish
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Estate and Gift Tax 2018 Inflation Adjustments
On October 19th, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2017-58, the annual inflation adjustments for 2018 for many tax provisions, including exemptions for estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes as well as the annual exclusion amount for gifts as follows: Estate, Gift and GST Tax Exemption Increases to $5,600,000. For estates of decedents who pass away during 2018, and for gifts made during 2018, the combined estate and gift tax exemption will increase to $5,600,000, up from a total of $5,490,000 for estates of decedents in 2017. The generation-skipping transfer exemption increased as well to $5,600,000. In 2018 an individual can
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