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Republican Victory: How Estate Planners Can Stay Relevant and Keep Practice Momentum
This webinar is part of the 2024 Year End Webinar Series
November 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EST
President Trump has won the White House. The Republicans have control over the Senate, and may gain control over the House. Estate planning has been focused on planning to use bonus exemption and planning for possible enactment of a Democrat estate tax proposal. That all changed election night.
Will the exemption be cut in half in 2026? What planning makes sense to do? This webinar is an initial exploration of these and other practical considerations that practitioners need to understand to reach out to clients and communicate about the changed planning environment. Although it is now unlikely that any harsh estate tax changes will occur in the next 4 years planning should continue, but with some changes.
We’ll explain briefly the filibuster, reconciliation and other Congressional rules that might influence what tax changes might occur. President Trump promised voters an array of income tax reductions. How might that effect what happens to the exemption? Planning should continue as inflation and growth will push clients into taxable estates. Asset protection concerns remain vital to address. But practitioners can build in flexibility for clients who are waffling about continued planning like: disclaimers in irrevocable trusts, use of recission, and using Q’Tip-able trusts and deferring until 10/15/26 filing a gift tax return. Planning might include greater access given a reduced current estate tax concern. SPATs, hybrid-DAPTs and DAPTs may make more sense to consider. Income tax planning warrants more attention: CRTs, CLTs, IRA planning, basis planning, state income tax planning, and more. How might the proposed Clawback Regs be relevant if the exemption doesn’t decline?
Join us for a quick first look at planning post-Election.
Continuing Education Credits
InterActive Legal is not an approved Continuing Education (CE) Sponsor. However, several states and regulatory agencies for a variety of professionals that participate on our teleconferences may still receive continuing education credit for their participation. If a participant wishes to receive CE credit for their participation in these teleconferences, they must apply to receive credit on their own and through their individual states and regulatory authorities. It is the responsibility of the participant to file for CE credit and is not guaranteed by the webinar sponsors.
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Mr. Blattmachr is a Principal in ILS Management, LLC and a retired member of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York, NY and of the Alaska, California and New York Bars. He is recognized as one of the most creative trusts and estates lawyers in the country and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He has written and lectured extensively on estate and trust taxation and charitable giving.
Mr. Blattmachr graduated from Columbia University School of Law cum laude, where he was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and received his A.B. degree from Bucknell University, majoring in mathematics. He has served as a lecturer-in-law of the Columbia University School of Law and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University Law School in its Masters in Tax Program (LLM). He is a former chairperson of the Trusts & Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and of several committees of the American Bar Association. Mr. Blattmachr is a Fellow and a former Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and past chair of its Estate and Gift Tax Committee. He is author or co-author of eight books and more than 500 articles on estate planning and tax topics.
Among professional activities, which are too numerous to list, Mr. Blattmachr has served as an Advisor on The American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law, Trusts 3rd; and as a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation and a member of the American Bar Foundation.
Robert S. Keebler, CPA/PFS, MST, AEP (Distinguished) is a partner with Keebler & Associates, LLP and is a 2007 recipient of the prestigious Accredited Estate Planners (Distinguished) award from the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. He has been named by CPA Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners in the United States and one of the Top 40 Tax Advisors to Know During a Recession. His practice includes family wealth transfer and preservation planning, charitable giving, retirement distribution planning, and estate administration. Mr. Keebler frequently represents clients before the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the private letter ruling process and in estate, gift and income tax examinations and appeals, and he has received more than 250 favorable private letter rulings including several key rulings of “first impression.” He is the author of over 100 articles and columns and is the editor, author or co-author of many books and treatises on wealth transfer and taxation. Mr. Keebler has been a speaker at national estate planning and tax seminars for over 25 years including the AICPA’s: Estate Planning, High Income, Advanced Financial Planning Conferences, ABA Conferences, NAPEC Conferences, The Notre Dame Estate Planning Conference and the Heckerling Estate Planning Institute and is the immediate past chair of the AICPA’s Advanced Estate Planning Conference.
Martin M. Shenkman is an attorney in private practice in Fort Lee, NJ, and New York City. His practice concentrates on estate and tax planning, planning for closely held business, and estate administration. Mr. Shenkman is an author of over 42 books and more than 1,000 articles. He is an editorial board member of Trusts & Estates Magazine and the Matrimonial Strategist, and an advisor for InterActive Legal. He is the recipient of many awards including being a 2013 recipient of the prestigious Accredited Estate Planners (Distinguished) award from the National Association of Estate Planning Counsels. Mr. Shenkman was named Financial Planning Magazine 2012 Pro-Bono Financial Planner of the Year for his efforts on behalf of those living with chronic illness and disability. Investment Adviser Magazine featured him on the cover of its April 2013 issue naming as the lead of their “all-star lineup of tax experts.”