Blog posts in category Taxation Law

COVID-19: Tax Filing Date & Payment Extension, Tax Credits for Paid Leave, and NEW Stimulus Payments

Posted on 03/25/2020 at 01:18 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Emily Staudacher, Employment & Labor Law, Start-Up Group, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Family Medical and Leave Act, income tax, income tax return filing, paid family leave, paid sick leave

COVID-19: Tax Filing Date & Payment Extension, Tax Credits for Paid Leave, and NEW Stimulus Payments

Tax Filing Date and Payment Extension Pursuant to IRS Notice 2020-18, the tax filing deadline and deadline for making in...

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One family unit or two?

Posted on 08/14/2017 at 10:33 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

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One family unit or two?

Joint revocable trusts (“JRT”) for spouses seem to be gaining popularity in Iowa. Attorneys professing...

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A professional note to Congress: How to increase taxes on farmers and make them very happy!

Posted on 03/07/2017 at 12:28 PM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Estate planning for farmers, estate tax, farm income, Farmers' Schedule F, Internal Revenue Service, supply side economics, taxable farm income

A professional note to Congress: How to increase taxes on farmers and make them very happy!

Congress and President Trump want to significantly increase military spending, which will be paid for by an increase in...

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Estate tax repeal bill introduced by the Senate

Posted on 02/16/2017 at 08:33 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Chuck Grassley, estate tax, Joni Ernst

Estate tax repeal bill introduced by the Senate

Twenty-eight Republican Senators, including senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, introduced a bill to terminate the F...

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The IRS never liked those valuation discounts

Posted on 08/25/2016 at 10:11 AM by David Repp

Categories: Banking Law, David Repp, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Internal Revenue Service, Iowa banking law, Iowa Tax, Iowa Trusts & Estates Law, Baur Farms

The IRS never liked those valuation discounts

Everyone who has ever inherited shares of stock in a family corporation knows that they will be in it for the long run u...

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No will for Prince means big money for siblings

Posted on 04/28/2016 at 10:26 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Family Law, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Iowa family law, Iowa Tax, Iowa Trusts & Estates Law, Prince, probate, probate process

No will for Prince means big money for siblings

The latest news out of Minnesota indicates Prince died without leaving a will. In Minnesota, Prince’s sibling...

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Legally safeguard your final resting place

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: burial, decedent, designee, Final Disposition Act, Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa Tax, Iowa Trusts & Estates Law

Legally safeguard your final resting place

The Iowa Supreme Court recently ruled that a decedent may not dictate where his or her remains are to be buried. In a 5-...

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Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 7 of 7

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: estate planning for people in poor health, family corporation, family limited liability company, private annuities, private annuity transaction, SCINs, self-canceling installment notes, unrecognized capital gain

Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 7 of 7

In a special report prepared in conjunction with a presentation at the University of Iowa College of Law's 2011 Spri...

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Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 6 of 7

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: estate planning tools for high net worth individuals, generation skipping transfer tax exemption, IDGT, IDGT implementation steps, irrevocable grantor trust, sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts

Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 6 of 7

In a special report prepared in conjunction with a presentation at the University of Iowa College of Law's 2011 Spri...

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Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 5 of 7

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: grantor retained annuity trusts, GRATs, low interest rates estate planning

Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 5 of 7

In a special report prepared in conjunction with a presentation at the University of Iowa College of Law's 2011 Spri...

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