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Linton Family Llc And The Step Transaction Doctrine, Wendy G. Gerzog
Linton Family Llc And The Step Transaction Doctrine, Wendy G. Gerzog
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This article discusses Linton, a district court decision about a family limited liability company, indirect gifts, and the step transaction doctrine.
Families For Tax Purposes: What About The Steps, Wendy G. Gerzog
Families For Tax Purposes: What About The Steps, Wendy G. Gerzog
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At least 4.4 million families in the U.S. are blended ones that include step-children and step-parents. For tax purposes, these steps receive preferential treatment for their status because they are on the one hand included as family members for many income tax benefit sections, but on the other hand excluded as family members for business entity attribution purposes and for gift and estate tax anti-abuse provisions. In the interests of fairness and uniformity, steps should be treated as family members for all tax purposes where steps have in fact voluntarily acted as their biological or adoptive counterparts, both when such …
Negron: Circuits Now Split 2-2, Wendy G. Gerzog
Negron: Circuits Now Split 2-2, Wendy G. Gerzog
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The article discusses Negron and the circuit split on the issue of whether to value non-assignable lottery payments in a decedent's estate by means of the actuarial tables or whether that value needs to be discounted for non-marketability.