Allocating The Gst Exemption Under The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, 2024 University of Maine School of Law
Allocating The Gst Exemption Under The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, Michael B. Lang
Maine Law Review
One of the most significant aspects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 for estate planners was the retroactive repeal of the original 1976 generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax and the enactment of an entirely new generation-skipping transfer tax. The new generation-skipping transfer tax, unlike the 1976 version, generally applies to transfers that constitute "direct skips," such as outright gifts to grandchildren. Like the earlier tax, the new tax also applies to "taxable terminations,” such as a termination of the life estate of the transferor's child resulting in the grandchild receiving possession of the transferred property in fee simple under the …
The Contemporary Tax Journal Volume 13, No. 1 – Summer 2024, 2024 San Jose State University
The Contemporary Tax Journal Volume 13, No. 1 – Summer 2024
The Contemporary Tax Journal
No abstract provided.
Uworld Review Questions, 2024 San Jose State University
Dol Fiduciary Rule 3.0 Strikeout, Base Knock, Or Home Run?, 2024 DePaul University
Dol Fiduciary Rule 3.0 Strikeout, Base Knock, Or Home Run?, Antolin Reiber
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Money Is Morphing - Cryptocurrency Can Morph To Be An Environmentally And Financially Sustainable Alternative To Traditional Banking, 2024 DePaul University
Money Is Morphing - Cryptocurrency Can Morph To Be An Environmentally And Financially Sustainable Alternative To Traditional Banking, Clovia Hamilton
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Survey Evidence In Trademark Actions, 2024 DePaul University
Survey Evidence In Trademark Actions, Ioana Vasiu And Lucian Vasiu
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Corporate Governance And Compelled Speech: Do State-Imposed Board Diversity Mandates Violate Free Speech?, 2024 DePaul University
Corporate Governance And Compelled Speech: Do State-Imposed Board Diversity Mandates Violate Free Speech?, Salar Ghahramani
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Real Persons Are The Corporations We Made Along The Way, 2024 DePaul University College of Law
The Real Persons Are The Corporations We Made Along The Way, Leonard Brahin
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, 2024 DePaul University
Unintended Consequences Of Fetal Personhood Statutes: Examples From Tax, Trusts, And Estates, 2024 Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Unintended Consequences Of Fetal Personhood Statutes: Examples From Tax, Trusts, And Estates, Bridget J. Crawford, Alexis C. Borders, Katherine Keating
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The laws of taxation, trusts, and estates are new fronts in the culture wars over abortion. After the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, some anti-abortion states enacted fetal personhood statutes that have the potential to unsettle and destabilize longstanding legal doctrines that otherwise create predictability and stability in the laws of taxation and succession. This Article makes three principal claims: descriptive, predictive, and normative. First, the Article explores how Dobbs opened the door for states like Georgia to treat zygotes-embryos-fetuses as “dependents” for state income tax purposes. Second, the Article identifies some of the …
Artful Imbalance: How The Us Tax Code And State Trust Laws Enable The Growth Of Inequality Through High-Value Art Collections, 2024 Brooklyn Law School
Artful Imbalance: How The Us Tax Code And State Trust Laws Enable The Growth Of Inequality Through High-Value Art Collections, Mimi Strauss
Brooklyn Law Review
The United States has become the leading jurisdiction for those who wish to buy and store high-value art and NFTs, pay as few taxes as possible, and ultimately secure their wealth for generations. This “onshore” tax crisis is the result of tax loopholes, money laundering, the securitization of art and NFTs, and the state-by-state trust system. These forms of tax dodging—both legal and illegal—contribute to wealth inequality and deplete the welfare state. As natural disasters and pandemics become ever more present, the United States will rely more heavily on taxes, and that burden should be carried by everyone, not just …
Front Matter, 2024 Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Policy Over Doctrine: A Brief History Of Us Trust Law, 2024 Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Policy Over Doctrine: A Brief History Of Us Trust Law, Lucas Clover-Alcolea
ACTEC Law Journal
US trust law is unique because whereas in English law the settlor drops out of the picture once he has created the trust, in the US the settlor’s intentions remain paramount. This fundamental difference in turn permits the recognition of spendthrift trusts, whereby the beneficial interest cannot be alienated, in the US whereas in England such trusts are generally invalid. Similarly, whereas in English law the beneficiaries of absolute trusts, and on occasion discretionary trusts, can collectively implode the trust by forcing the trustee to convey the trust fund to them via a Saunders v Vautier application, this is generally …
Resolving Unfairness In A Fair Way: How The Grantor Trust Rules Should Be Reformed, 2024 Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Resolving Unfairness In A Fair Way: How The Grantor Trust Rules Should Be Reformed, Aaron T. Anderson
ACTEC Law Journal
Affluent taxpayers often create one or more grantor trusts to achieve significant tax savings. By leveraging mismatches in the rules between the income and estate tax systems, these taxpayers avoid the compressed income tax brackets of trusts while minimizing the property that is included in their estates for estate tax purposes. Some commentators have argued that reform is needed to remove such mismatches. Yet, trusts that rely on the current grantor trust rules abound. This Note (1) provides a background and history of the rules and use of grantor trusts, (2) argues that harmonizing the estate and income tax systems …
The Importance Of Language In The Context Of Heirs' Property Policymaking, 2024 Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
The Importance Of Language In The Context Of Heirs' Property Policymaking, Molefi Mcintosh
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Unpacking The Digital Vault: Estate Planning Considerations For Non-Fungible Tokens, 2024 Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Unpacking The Digital Vault: Estate Planning Considerations For Non-Fungible Tokens, Ryan D. Tosto
ACTEC Law Journal
The purpose of this article is to shed some light on the emerging, yet largely undefined, principle of openness in EU law. After addressing the semantic confusion existing between openness and transparency, it attempts, through a textual and systemic interpretation of their respective legal bases, to identify the normative content of the European Union's turn to openness. It then explores the principle s potential for attaining its declared Treaty-sanctioned objectives: promoting good governance and ensuring the participation of civil society in the democratic life of the Union. It illustrates that, although openness largely maintains an instrumental rationale, aimed at enhancing …
Reconciling Disjunct Cryptocurrency Securities Enforcement With Purchaser Expectations, 2024 Seattle University School of Law
Reconciling Disjunct Cryptocurrency Securities Enforcement With Purchaser Expectations, Jacob E. Simmons
Seattle University Law Review
The Southern District of New York’s July 2023 decision in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc. has been touted as a monumental win for cryptocurrency purchasers and related businesses. The Ripple court held that, except institutional investor transactions, all sales of Ripple’s XRP token were not investment contracts, a class of security subject to federal securities law. The court’s ruling meant that Ripple could not be held liable for the unregistered trading of XRP beyond its sales to institutional investors. Ripple adds new insights to a pervasive policymaking dilemma addressed in this Note: is the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) regulatory …
On The Value Of History: A Review Of A.C. Pritchard & Robert B. Thompson’S A History Of Securities Law In The Supreme Court, 2024 Seattle University School of Law
On The Value Of History: A Review Of A.C. Pritchard & Robert B. Thompson’S A History Of Securities Law In The Supreme Court, Joel Seligman
Seattle University Law Review
A.C. Pritchard and Bob Thompson have written a splendid history of securities law decisions in the Supreme Court. Their book is exemplary because of its detailed use of the long unpublished papers of Supreme Court justices, including those of Harry Blackmun, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter and Lewis F. Powell, primary sources which included correspondence with other Justices and law clerks as well as interviews with law clerks. The use of these primary sources recounted throughout the text and 67 pages of End Notes deepens our understanding of the intentions of the Justices and sharpens our understanding of the conflicts …
The Sffa V. Harvard Trojan Horse Admissions Lawsuit, 2024 Seattle University School of Law
The Sffa V. Harvard Trojan Horse Admissions Lawsuit, Kimberly West-Faulcon
Seattle University Law Review
Affirmative-action-hostile admissions lawsuits are modern Trojan horses. The SFFA v. Harvard/UNC case—Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et. al., decided jointly—is the most effective Trojan horse admissions lawsuit to date. Constructed to have the distractingly appealing exterior façade of a lawsuit seeking greater fairness in college admissions, the SFFA v. Harvard/UNC case is best understood as a deception-driven battle tactic used by forces waging a multi-decade war against the major legislative victories of America’s Civil Rights Movement, specifically Title VI and Title VII …
The Nation’S Transfer Tax Regime And The Tax Gap, 2024 University of Oklahoma College of Law
The Nation’S Transfer Tax Regime And The Tax Gap, Jay A. Soled
Oklahoma Law Review
No abstract provided.