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Advising Estate Planning Clients After The 2012 Tax Act, Dennis I. Belcher, Charles D. Fox Iv
Advising Estate Planning Clients After The 2012 Tax Act, Dennis I. Belcher, Charles D. Fox Iv
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
No abstract provided.
Unseating Privilege: Rawls, Equality Of Opportunity, And Wealth Transfer Taxation, Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Unseating Privilege: Rawls, Equality Of Opportunity, And Wealth Transfer Taxation, Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This Article is the second in a series that examines the estate tax from a particular philosophical position in order to demonstrate the relevance and importance of the wealth transfer taxes to that position. In this Article, I explore Rawlsian equality of opportunity, a philosophical position that is at the heart of much American thought. Equality of opportunity requires not only ensuring that sufficient opportunities are available to the least well-off members of society but also that opportunities are not available to other members merely because of their wealth or other arbitrary advantages. Therefore, an income tax alone, even one …
Graev: Conditional Facade Easement, Wendy G. Gerzog
Graev: Conditional Facade Easement, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
In Graev v. Commissioner, the Tax Court decided whether the taxpayers’ donations of a facade easement and cash contributions were conditional gifts and therefore disallowable as charitable deductions under the requirements of the regulations. The court reviewed the facts to determine whether the condition was allowed because it was “so remote as to be negligible.” The taxpayers argued that case law at the time of the donation allowed for a donation of between 10 and 15 percent of the value of the property, and that they had deducted a value constituting 11 percent of the property’s appraised value; that the …
Koons: Interest Deduction And Flp Valuation Practice Pointers, Wendy G. Gerzog
Koons: Interest Deduction And Flp Valuation Practice Pointers, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
The Tax Court's Koons decision explains the rules for allowing an estate to deduct interest payments, and it details how the court arrived at a determination of the value of a family limited liability company interest.
Valuing Fractional Interests In Art For Estate Tax Purposes, Wendy G. Gerzog
Valuing Fractional Interests In Art For Estate Tax Purposes, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
It is difficult to value fractional interests in art because there is virtually no market in those interests. Nevertheless, the Tax Court in Estate of Elkins valued the decedent’s fractional interests in multiple artworks, which the decedent and his children highly cherished. First, the court addressed the restricted agreements under section 2703 and then the court determined the value of decedent’s interests in the art.
When Sommers Are Winters: Do Blanks Denote Revocability?, Wendy G. Gerzog
When Sommers Are Winters: Do Blanks Denote Revocability?, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
In Sommers, ruling on both parties’ motions for partial summary judgment, the Tax Court dealt with claims of issue preclusion and collateral estoppel, equitable apportionment, the completion of gifts of limited liability company interests, and retained powers that would cause estate tax inclusion.
Two aspects of Sommers held particular interest for me. The first is that the parties appear to be arguing their opponent’s conventional position. The second is that the court grappled with whether the blanks left in the gift documents were immaterial to gift completion; however, the court did not address whether the decedent’s completed gifts qualified for …
Wimmer Wins Flp Annual Exclusions, Wendy G. Gerzog
Wimmer Wins Flp Annual Exclusions, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
In Wimmer, the Tax Court held that the income stream from a taxpayer’s gifts of family limited partnership interests was eligible for the annual exclusion. By comparing the income interest in the partnership’s dividend paying marketable securities to the income interest in a trust, the court made Wimmer a winner. But does the opinion logically lead to that conclusion?
The Creeping Federalization Of Wealth-Transfer Law, Lawrence W. Waggoner
The Creeping Federalization Of Wealth-Transfer Law, Lawrence W. Waggoner
Law & Economics Working Papers
This paper, titled “The Creeping Federalization of Wealth-Transfer Law,” is prepared for a symposium on the role of federal law in private wealth transfer. The symposium is to be held at Vanderbilt University Law School on February 21, 2014, and is sponsored by the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation. Symposium papers will be published in volume 66 of the Vanderbilt Law Review (Nov. 2014 issue).
This paper surveys areas of federalization of wealth-transfer law. Federal authorities have little experience in making law that governs wealth transfers, because that function is traditionally within the province of state law. …
Income And Substitution Effects Of Estate Taxation, James R. Hines Jr.
Income And Substitution Effects Of Estate Taxation, James R. Hines Jr.
Articles
This paper evaluates the effect of estate taxes on labor supply. The analysis decomposes the effect of estate taxation into the substitution effect of relative price changes and the two income effects for which the estate tax is responsible. These two income effects arise from tax burdens on those who leave estates plus tax burdens on those who receive them. Despite the double income burden of the estate tax, existing empirical evidence suggests that the net effect of estate taxation on aggregate labor supply is uncertain.
Rethinking The Penalty For The Failure To File Gift Tax Returns, Jay A. Soled, Paul L. Caron, Charles Davenport, Richard L. Schmalbeck
Rethinking The Penalty For The Failure To File Gift Tax Returns, Jay A. Soled, Paul L. Caron, Charles Davenport, Richard L. Schmalbeck
Faculty Scholarship
In this article, the authors argue that Congress must reform the penalty structure associated with the failure to file gift tax returns if it wants to maintain the integrity of the transfer tax system.
Death, Taxes, And Property (Rights): Nozick, Libertarianism, And The Estate Tax, Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Death, Taxes, And Property (Rights): Nozick, Libertarianism, And The Estate Tax, Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The primary purpose of this Article is to dispute the moral claims to post-death property rights made by libertarians when they argue against the estate tax. As I will show later in this Article, my argument does not necessarily entail enacting an estate tax, nor does it require a particular level of tax. I am merely trying to demonstrate that those who argue that the estate tax is an immoral violation of the private property rights of the deceased are mistaken. This is not to say that the estate of the deceased should necessarily pass to the government. It is …
Who Killed The Rule Against Perpetuities?, Grayson M.P. Mccouch
Who Killed The Rule Against Perpetuities?, Grayson M.P. Mccouch
UF Law Faculty Publications
This article examines the relationship between the federal wealth transfer taxes and the rule against perpetuities. The decline of the RAP is often attributed primarily to the GST tax amendments enacted in 1986. However, while perpetual trusts were available long before 1986, their estate tax avoidance possibilities were not widely used. Even after 1986, simple repeal of the RAP leaves perpetual trusts exposed to potential estate taxation. In addition, settlors should consider non-tax considerations in assessing the attractions of perpetual trusts.
Does “Defalcation” By A Fiduciary, Rendering A Debt Nondischargeable, Include Unknowing Breach Of The Duty Of Loyalty? (Bullock V. Bank Champaign, N.A.), Marshall E. Tracht
Does “Defalcation” By A Fiduciary, Rendering A Debt Nondischargeable, Include Unknowing Breach Of The Duty Of Loyalty? (Bullock V. Bank Champaign, N.A.), Marshall E. Tracht
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CASE AT A GLANCE
Petitioner Randy Curtis Bullock, trustee of a family trust, loaned trust funds to himself, jointly with his mother, for business purposes. These loans were all repaid. A state court entered judgment against him for breach of fiduciary duty, ordering that profits from the loaned moneys be paid to the trust. The Supreme Court must decide whether Bullock’s liability for self-dealing, without conscious misbehavior, is nondischargeable as a “defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity.