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Can an Estate’s Creditor Compel a Florida Personal Representative to Produce an Estate Tax Return in a Probate Proceeding?

In this article, we examine whether an estate’s creditor may compel a Florida personal representative to produce an estate tax return in a probate proceeding. On Hilda’s Passing & Packers’ Tickets When your Great-Aunt Hilda died, Uncle Bill was appointed as her co-personal representative along with Hilda’s long-time paramour, Wilhelm Müller, a “special friend” of Hilda’s from back in the hinterland. We discussed some of Uncle Bill’s potential issues in previous articles including “Nonqualified Disclaimers

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Scott St. Amand October 16, 2023
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Nonqualified Disclaimers to a Charity as a Planning Technique

After your exceedingly long discussion with Uncle Bill a few weeks ago regarding his FBAR filing requirements, there has been total radio silence between you and Bill—not that you mind it in the least bit. The first day of fall came and went, but apparently no one told Florida. It was 85° outside on September 22nd, and though a discolored oak leaf fell onto the hood of your car, you suspected that it was the

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Scott St. Amand October 3, 2021
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Effects of the Build Back Better Act on Estates and Trusts

Examining the Effects of the Build Back Better Act on Estates and Trusts On September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released the legislative text of proposed tax changes to be incorporated into the omnibus reconciliation bill known as the “Build Back Better Act.”  One wonders if the geniuses behind the BBBA intended the acronym to be pronounced as “Bubba,” but one thing is sure—having now read BBBA as “Bubba” you will never

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Scott St. Amand September 20, 2021
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Valuing a Complex Legacy: Lessons in Valuation From Estate of Jackson

My second article, published in Bloomberg Tax is entitled “Valuing a Complex Legacy: Lessons in Valuation from Estate of Jackson.”  It was published in Bloomberg’s Estates, Gifts, and Trusts Journal (46 Tax Mgmt. Est. Gifts Tr. J. No 5 (Sept. 9, 2021)). The article was written in response to the inestimable Judge Mark Holmes’ opinion in Estate of Jackson v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2021-48, a 271 page leviathan of an opinion regarding the trials and tribulations in the

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Scott St. Amand September 9, 2021
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