Tax Computation

Gift and Estate Planning After Pierre

The Tax Court ruled that the check-the-box (CTB) regulations do not apply for purposes of valuing the transfer of property held through a single-member limited liability company (LLC) for federal gift tax purposes.

Check-the-Box Regs. Do Not Affect the Valuation of LLC Interests

The Tax Court held that limited liability company (LLC) interests transferred by a taxpayer into trusts set up for the benefit of her children should be valued as transfers of LLC interests and not as transfers of the underlying assets owned by the LLC.

IRS Issues Prop. Regs. in Response to Kohler Case

The IRS has issued proposed regulations clarifying that under Sec. 2032 an estate may take into account a reduction in the value of the gross estate following the decedent’s death in determining the value of the estate on the alternate valuation date if the reduction is due to market conditions but not other post-death events.

Courts Split over Valuation of Lottery Prize Payments

Two recent district court decisions have been handed down on the issue of whether an estate’s rights to a decedent’s remaining series of annual lottery prize payments should be valued using the Sec. 7520 annuity tables. Although both courts held that the lack of marketability of remaining lottery payments may

Tax Insider Articles

DEDUCTIONS

Business meal deductions after the TCJA

This article discusses the history of the deduction of business meal expenses and the new rules under the TCJA and the regulations and provides a framework for documenting and substantiating the deduction.

TAX RELIEF

Quirks spurred by COVID-19 tax relief

This article discusses some procedural and administrative quirks that have emerged with the new tax legislative, regulatory, and procedural guidance related to COVID-19.