What The Estate Tax “Frenzy” May Mean To Your Family and Your Record Keeping
Friday, December 18th, 2009There is a lot happening in the normally calm, cool, and collected world of the estate tax, and estate planning. The Wall Street Journal Article on the latest failure of Congress to act on Federal Estate Tax issues actually called the situation “frenzied” and not without reason.
While we, as your advisers, are keeping our usual cool and focused demeanor, there are reasons to be cautious and to keep an eye on this situation if you have total assets (husband, wife or single person) of over one million dollars including your life insurance.
We are bringing you news and analysis as soon as it breaks and we have a chance to crunch the numbers, read the bills, and think about the unthinkable (or previously believed to be unthinkable) a year without the federal estate tax.
That’s right, Congress has fumbled the ball and an extension of the bill seems almost impossible at this point. But, many members are threatening to reenact the law after the holiday break and to have it apply retroactively to January 1, 2009.
There are a few unexpected consequences of the federal estate tax going away and this Wall Street Journal Article has a good quick review and a couple of important alerts.
Stay tuned for more news and information as it becomes available.
David M Frees III
610-933-8069
David Frees focuses his practice in the following areas of law: estate planning, estate administration, asset protection planning and wills, trusts, and related topics.
Frees is a Phoenixville lawyer, Malvern Lawyer, and West Chester Lawyer, with offices throughout Chester County, Pennsylvania.
