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Hot Topics CLE

By Gerry W. Beyer

Aba_cleThe American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education are sponsoring a teleconference and live audio webcast entitled Hot Topics in Trusts and Estates on May 1, 2008.

Here is a description of the program:

Sharpen your skills and learn about the latest estate planning developments at this teleconference and audio webcast, broadcast live from the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Spring Symposia in Washington, DC. 

Join our panel of renowned experts as they share their thoughts on current and possible cases, legislation, possible regulations, and rulings and their importance to your practice.  The panel will discuss the developing legal situations that test the boundaries of the law.
Topics will include: 

  • The status of estate tax repeal and reform, including:
    • The March 12 Senate Finance Committee hearing on alternative systems to the federal estate tax
    • The April 3 Senate Finance Committee hearing on possible reforms to the federal estate tax
    • A review of the position of each of the Presidential candidates on the federal estate tax
  • The significance of the recent Tax Court decision, Estate of Mirowski, in family limited partnership planning
  • What new releases may be coming from the Treasury Department in the near future
  • How the new preparer penalties will affect an estate administration practice
  • Planning in light of the IRS response to Knight/Rudkin
  • Defined value clauses after Estate of Christiansen v. Commissioner