Presents information on circumstances under which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can reopen estate tax closing letters. Non-classification of closing letter as a contract; Evidence of fraud; Su...
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“What’s New–Estate and Gift Tax” (https://tinyurl.com/sf3w44c3) covers the new process for obtaining an Estate Tax Closing Letter, and the new mailing address for estate and gift tax returns. The IRS clarifies that individuals taking advantage of the increased exclusion for 2018–2025 ...
Use of an Account Transcript as a Substitute for an Estate Tax Closing Letter In Notice 2017-12, the IRS provided that an IRS transcript of an estate account can be used in lieu of an estate tax closing letter to confirm that an examination of the estate tax return (Form 706) has been...
closing letter sent by the IRS to the executor to indicate that the estate’s tax return is satisfactory; depending on state law, the executor may have to file a closing letter with the state tax bureau COBRA federal mandate for most employers with group health care coverage to offer employ...
This CLE course will examine the impact of tax reform on like-kind exchanges under IRC Section 1031 with a particular focus on what now qualifies as "real property" under new regulations recently released by the IRS. The panel will discuss the requirements for like-kind exchanges to qualify fo...
Further, if there are government employee impacts such as at the IRS for processing tax transcripts, there could be delays with underwriting. The same is true if appraisers cannot get out into the field and do their reports. I’ve already heard of at least one lender asking an attorney for...
Comerica sued the IRS this summer in U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C., saying the agency’s calculations are riddled with errors. “What we have here is a classic battle of the experts — the estate’s experts and the IRS’ experts,” said Dennis Patrick, an estate planning ...
the IRS prepares a draft tax return for every American income taxpayer (i.e., about half of us) with all of the information that it has received and enables us to edit it eliminate the estate tax, which generates a huge amount of unproductive legal and accounting activity and hardly any ...
In 2024, the IRS allows someone to gift up to $18,000 annually to an individual without owing tax on the gifted amount. While the amount per individual is thus limited, the number of people to whom someone might give $18,000 is unlimited. ...