Category Archives: Tax

2026 Estate and Gift Tax Updates

by Peggy Lennon This year, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) directly increased the lifetime exclusion, which is the base amount that one can give free of federal gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax, either at lifetime or at death. The OBBB did not increase other dollar amounts in the estate, gift and GST tax...

2025 Gift Tax Changes: What You Need to Know About New Limits 

Annually, the IRS updates the amount one can give free of federal gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax to account for inflation. These adjustments impact the lifetime exclusion, which is the amount that one can give free of federal estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax, either at lifetime or at death. The annual gift tax...

2024 Changes to Gifting Limits

Author – Peggy Lennon Each year, the IRS sets the amounts that one can give free of federal gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax, to account for inflation. These adjustments impact the lifetime exclusion, which is the amount that one can give free of federal gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax, either at lifetime or...

Estate & Gift Tax Update

Author – Peggy Lennon The IRS has announced the 2023 annual inflation adjustments impacting the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (in addition to many other tax provisions). These can be found in Revenue Procedure 2022-38, published on October 18, 2022. Starting January 1, 2023, the estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount and the...

How the American Families Plan Could Affect Your Taxes

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Author – Peggy Lennon President Biden has introduced the American Families Plan (“AFP”), advancing the administration’s infrastructure agenda. As drafted, the AFP includes $1 trillion in investments and $800 billion in tax credits aimed towards children and families. The AFP adds funding for the expansive agenda by tax increases, which are aimed at wealthy taxpayers,...

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