Newsletters

PLR 200809017 – Section 355 Split-Up Steve Leimberg's Estate Planning Newsletter Issue:1297    16-May-08

Announcement of Posting – Life Insurance Portfolio Management Steve Leimberg's Estate Planning Newsletter Issue:1296    14-May-08

Finance 5.10.2008 - Consumer Price Index Bob LeClair's Finance and Markets Newsletter Issue:443    14-May-08

Astleford Revisited – Gift Tax , FLPs, and Valuation Discounts Steve Leimberg's Estate Planning Newsletter Issue:1295    13-May-08

Prop. Treas. Reg. §20.2032-1(f)(1) – “Anti-Kohler” Proposed Regs Steve Leimberg's Estate Planning Newsletter Issue:1294    13-May-08

Astleford – Important FLP Gift Tax Valuation Planning Case Steve Leimberg's Estate Planning Newsletter Issue:1293    08-May-08

Actual Text

Podcasts

Partnership Liabilities, Tax Shelters and Different Views of the Same - Ed Zollars
updated:17-May-08

All IRS Employees Are Not Equal - Ed Zollars
updated:10-May-08

Sloppiness and the Tax Shelter - Ed Zollars
updated:04-May-08

Qualified Joint Venture and Memo on Self-Employment Tax - Ed Zollars
updated:28-Apr-08

The Mailbox Rule Comes Up Once Again - Ed Zollars
updated:20-Apr-08

Was it a Gift or Compensation? The Tax Court Knows - Ed Zollars
updated:16-Apr-08

Journals

Trustees May Prudently Invest in Financial Derivatives
D. C. Jacobson - Estate Planning

Will State Farm Be There? Often Overlooked Property And Casualty Insurance Aspects Of Common Estate Planning Transactions
Michael S. Arlein and Timothy O'Brien - Practical Tax Lawyer

Caregiving and the Case for Testamentary Freedom
Joshua C. Tate - U.C. Davis Law Review

Testamentary Fragmentation and the Diminishing Role of the Will: An Argument for Revival
Kent D. Schenkel - Creighton Law Review

Post-death Subscription: The Protective Function Reborn
Matthew D. Owdom - McGeorge Law Review

Law Threads
(Online Discussions)

Coordinating An IRA Beneficiary Designation with GST Planning -- 5/14/2008

Does Recent Case Kill "Poorer Spouse" Technique? -- 4/14/2008

Higher Fees for Difficult Clients -- 4/7/2008

Quick Take: Favorite Treatises on Estate Planning -- 3/19/2008

Toggling Between Conduit Trust and Accumulation Trust -- 3/18/2008

Web Links

Postage Price Calculator -- USPS
From the Postal Service. Calculate the cost of mailing a letter, postcard or package in the U.S. Mail.

The Life Settlements Report
News, information, and analysis of the secondary market for life insurance. Published by DealFlow Media. Some content requires paid subscription.

Employee Benefits Research Institute
Offers a wide range of articles and information on employee benefit trends and retirement data.

Oanda Historical Currency Exchange Rates
Look up currency exchange rates for any date.

Senate Hearings Keep Estate Tax Reform Hopes Alive
Article on Ronald D. Aucutt on the ACTEC public website reports on the latest hearings in Washington. Published April 7, 2008.