By using a partnership to pass portions of a family business, real property or even a portfolio of marketable securities to family members, wealthy donors can generate substantial valuation discounts for gift or estate tax purposes.
Could the ice cream social be nearing an end? That's the threat posed by newly proposed regulations. Some observers think the regs will be finalized before we have a new president in the White House.
Last weekend Paul Sullivan in The New York Times and Laura Saunders in The Wall Street Journal offered briefings on the potential meltdown. Both columns may prove helpful to wealth managers as they urge wealthy clients to enjoy their sundaes before the feds turn up the heat.
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