Top 10 Things to Know About Estate Taxation & Planning 25-26

Overview

Clients believe that estate planning is only for the wealthy who will owe Federal estate tax. This isn’t the case. Perhaps as a result of the 2020 pandemic, estate planning has a renewed focus. All practitioners should be familiar with the vernacular, acronyms and techniques. Estate planning involves personal issues that affect everyone, whether or not the estate tax will apply. Learn strategies to pass assets to future generations; provide education benefits; distribute retirement benefits, and provide a charitable legacy.

Highlights

• The Numbers: Exemptions, exclusions and discounts
• Portability and step-up in basis
• Asset valuation
• Deductions: Marital, charitable, transmission and administration
• Retirement plan assets, annuities and life insurance
• Trust funding and administration

Prerequisites

General knowledge of individual income tax planning and issues.

Designed For

CPAs, financial planners and tax preparers.

Objectives

• Identify latest developments in estate planning
• Determine appropriate strategies and beneficiary designations to maximize after-tax assets
• Recognize issues that require updates to an existing plan, and traps for the unwary

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by CalCPA (calcpa@calcpa.org). Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.