Date: July 10 - 11, 2025
Time: 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT
$709.00
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As a financial advisor, your clients rely on you to provide perspective and clarity as legislation and regulation evolve. Take advantage of this annual conference dedicated to keeping CPAs, attorneys and financial planners on top of recent estate and trust planning developments. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of best practices, practical strategies, and connections with expert professionals specializing in this area.
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Please note, agenda and/or speakers are subject to change.
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Virtual
CPAs, attorneys and financial professionals involved in estate and gift tax planning and compliance; other estate planning professionals; practitioners with high net-worth clients and clients with interests in closely held businesses.
Taxes
Intermediate
Basic to advanced understanding of estates and trusts.
Come learn the six income tax issues involved in funding bequests, including whether the distribution carries out DNI and if so, how much DNI, whether capital gain may or is required to be recognized when funding a bequest with appreciated property, and what is the holding period and basis of the assets distributed to the beneficiary.
In the past decade, historically low interest rates meant families could transfer wealth by making modest principal gifts rather than large ones. That’s because they could leverage the future growth of their assets using borrowed funds to boost future returns. Thanks to minimal borrowing costs, such “leveraged strategies” flourished in low-interest environments.
Today, interest rates have eased modestly from their peak, but they still reflect a somewhat restrictive Federal Reserve stance rather than a stimulative one. As a result, families continue to grapple with higher capital costs. This session will cover estate planning techniques that will struggle and those will thrive as interest rates soar.
This session will discuss how to make changes to an irrevocable trust. Many of the dynasty trusts that we create last for a long time and there is often the need to make changes to the trusts. This can be done by exercising a power of appointment, by agreement, by decanting and by Judicial amendment. There may be adverse gift or generation skipping tax consequences to the amendment. We will look at the unintended consequences of the changes and how to avoid these. We will look at how to add flexibility to documents without adverse tax consequences. Finally, we will look at how to use these changes to effect positive tax results.
The Gift Tax Return, Form 709, has changed and the changes are substantial. This session will discuss the reasons behind the changes, what the changes are that practitioners need to be aware of and what you need to know and do going forward.
This session discusses the various issues and alternatives that arise with respect to succession planning for the owners of privately-held businesses. Gifting the business to family members is discussed. Are there suitable successors within the family? Will there be sufficient liquidity to address financial needs if the business interest is given away? We will consider entering into a succession arrangement with fellow owners of the business. Concerns regarding entering into and structuring a buy-sell agreement will be reviewed. The alternative of selling the business to a third party will be explored, considering both the tax and non-tax issues that arise in this situation.
This session will provide a comprehensive overview of key international tax considerations for estate and trust professionals. Topics include U.S. person reporting obligations, foreign grantor trusts, beneficial ownership reporting, FIRPTA, sourcing rules, tax treaties, covered expatriation, and relevant estate, gift, and foreign tax credit forms—equipping attendees to navigate cross-border complexities with greater clarity and compliance.
In this session, we’ll explore the fundamentals of California property tax assessments and change in ownership law. The listener will learn about potential planning techniques and savings opportunities as real estate markets fluctuate as well as important developments in the areas of documentary transfer tax and property tax exclusions.
Join Professor Edward J. McCaffery for an overview of the impact that the 2024 US Supreme Court decisions in Connelly, Moore and Loper Bright may have on tax practice, especially for the private client/gift and estate tax areas. Learning Objectives are to understand the relevance of recent US Supreme Court decisions on the present and possible futures of tax law and practice.
The IRS is once again facing enormous challenges, from changing priorities to rescinded funding to hiring freezes. Former IRS Commissioner (2018-2022) Chuck Rettig will share his perspectives on IRS resilience and adaptability, with a particular focus on how the changes are likely to affect current and planned enforcement initiatives, at both the agency and exam team level. He will provide context for the many challenges ahead regarding enforcement and related efforts focused on high-wealth individuals and their closely held entities, flow-thru entities, estate and gift tax issues, complex and multi-tiered partnerships, business aircraft, digital assets, offshore activities and other current IRS priorities and initiatives.
This session will discuss dividing up the real estate between two partners who want to part ways. We will look at the factors to be taken into account in trying to do this fairly. We will look at real property tax consequences and possible income tax consequences. We will discuss 1031 exchanges and the complex Partnership rules relating to disguised sales and the mixing bowl rules. Finally, we will look at the alternative to the split which is learning to live peacefully with the scrambled egg. This will include a discussion of governance and dispute resolution.
This session will break down the key elements of trust structures and how to properly review and interpret them. Topics include the income tax treatment of grantor vs. non-grantor trusts, beneficiary taxation, trust classifications (simple, complex, and grantor), and the tax implications of revocable vs. irrevocable trusts. We’ll also explore common trust provisions (like HEMS and 5/5 power), charitable deduction rules, and special considerations for trusts holding S corporation stock.
This session will discuss Treasury and IRS rulings that are of interest to those engaged in estate planning, as well as recent Federal and state cases that suggest opportunities and highlight pitfalls for the estate planning practice. We will also spend some time reviewing planning ideas and interesting, effective strategies in view of the current planning environment. And, of course, if our friends in Congress have done anything for, or to, us then we will discuss that as well!