-
On August 5, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service issued two pronouncements related to the estates of persons who died in 2010. Notice 2011-66 explains ...
-
For the estates of decedents who died in 2010, January 17, 2012, is the due date for filing IRS Form 8939 (Allocation of Increase in Basis for Propert...
-
For the estates of decedents who died in 2010, January 17, 2012, is the due date for filing IRS Form 8939 (Allocation of Increase in Basis for Propert...
-
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
* With enactment of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, Congress reinstituted th...
-
-
On August 5, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service issued two pronouncements related to the estates of persons who died in 2010. Notice 2011-66 explains ...
-
Here's a quick glimpse of the most recent news and information from the Internal Revenue Service:
Carryover Basis for 2010 Decedents
-
In early August, the IRS issued guidance on the time and manner for making the election not to have estate tax apply to estates of decedents who died ...
-
Proposed regulations under Section 1374 provide for an adjustment to the amount that may be subject to tax in certain cases in which an S corporation acquires assets from a C corporation in an acquisition to which Section 1374(d)(8) applies. These regulations provide guidance to certain S corporations that acquire assets from a C corporation in a carryover basis transaction.
-
For more than 10 months we have not had a federal estate tax law that is clear and certain, let alone fair.
What we have in 2010 is a complex and difficult law requiring carryover basis. Roughly speaking, that means your heirs are required to know what you paid for your cars, house, furniture, kitchen items, clothing and shoes, TVs, VCRs, computers, jewelry, stocks, bonds, coin collection, clock radio on the night stand - that is, all the assets you owned when you died. That will be in your estate.