Effective January 1, 2018, New Jersey repealed its estate tax. The question then become how does this affect you and do you need to do anything about it? For most people the change is a positive one because it means their heirs pay less taxes and they do not need to do anything to update […]
It’s official. According to NJ.com, Governor Christopher Christie has signed a bill to repeal the New Jersey Estate Tax. The new law is part of a larger package deal that increases the gas tax, reduces the sales tax slightly, gives the working poor a larger tax credit, gives a tax cut on retirement income and gives a tax […]
The IRS has released new regulations that have extended the due date for filing Form 8971 to March 31, 2016. Executors and administrators of estates that are required to file a federal Form 706 Estate Tax Return are now also required to file Form 8971 and report the basis of the assets included in the […]
For many years the IRS and beneficiaries of estates had a problem figuring out how much gain should be imposed on an inherited asset because the beneficiaries did not know the basis. The IRS did not like the fact that frequently the value reported by an Executor was not the value reported by a beneficiary […]
When a person sells property, that person has to pay a tax on the gain from the sale. Gain is determined by subtracting the sales price of the object from the basis of such object. For example, if I sold a stock for $100 and the basis was $40, the gain would be $60. The […]
On December 3, the House of Representatives passed a bill to permanently extend the Federal Estate Tax Exemption (H.R. 4154). The current exemption is $3.5 Million per person, or $7 Million for a couple, with a 45% tax on the decedent’s assets over the exemption amount. As of yesterday though, the Senate has yet to […]
If you want to sell an asset, particularly a valuable asset, no one should do so without first understanding what the tax consequences of that sale might be. The tax that most often affects the sale of a valuable asset (in a non-business setting), is the capital gains tax. To understand this capital gains tax […]