The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will lead to a "renaissance" of income tax planning through non-grantor trusts that can "stack" the available savings, according to two experts. Processing Content In ...

The Section 1202 exclusion is one of the most valuable tax planning tools available to U.S. business owners and investors. It allows a non-corporate taxpayer (e.g., an individual or trust) to ...

Transferring property into a trust is an estate planning decision that can affect taxes during your lifetime and beneficiaries later. The tax treatment depends on how the trust is structured and how ...

As a trust and estates and tax attorney, I am frequently asked by clients (and colleagues) if there are options to reduce the income tax burden they expect to pay on portfolio income or when they ...

Uber-rich business owners in high-tax states can save on income taxes without moving. Instead of selling their businesses outright, they put their stock in a trust in a tax-haven state. Incomplete non ...

In Frank Aragona Trust v. Comm’r, 142 T.C. No. 9, the Tax Court ruled in favor of the taxpayer, holding that a trust could and did materially participate in real estate rental activities, thus ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is now law. One of the myriads ...

What a trust fund earns and distributes is taxed, just like earned income and capital gains from the sale of stocks and property. Read on to learn how trust funds are reported to the Internal Revenue ...

The current tax landscape presents significant opportunities. On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law, making many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. The new year 2026 or straightforward concept. number 2026 written on the road ...