Class Details

This course examines the federal wealth transfer tax system, including the estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes; in particular, their application to a wide variety of gratuitous transfers, both lifetime and testamentary. In the case of the gift tax, it considers the concept of a "transfer of property by gift," complete and incomplete transfers, the annual exclusion, and gift-splitting. In the case of the estate tax, it considers the concept of "gross estate," including interests still owned at death, property transferred during life subject to retained interests or powers or in contemplation of death, property subject to powers of appointment, jointly owned property, life insurance, and annuities and employee death benefits. As to both the gift tax and the estate tax, it focuses heavily on the the marital and charitable deductions, the unified credit, and problems of valuation. It also considers the generation-skipping tax, but in less detail. Throughout, it relates the material under consideration to basic, and sometimes not-so-basic, estate planning, including the creation of trusts, both revocable and irrevocable, and the transfer of business interests from one generation to another. Prerequisite/Co-requisite: Wills & Estates FIT is NOT a prerequisite.

Meeting Days	Time	Location
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday	1:15 - 2:05 pm	TNH 2.123

Evaluation Method	Date	Time	Alpha Range	Room
Final	12/19/13	8:30 am	A-Z	2.124

Additional Information

Course Type

Upperclass-only elective

Textbooks

Federal Estate & Gift Taxes: Code & Regulations Including Related Income Tax Provisions - CCH

CCH , edition: most recent
ISBN: 978-0-8080-2976-2 (required)
Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers - Willbanks

Wolters Kluwer , edition: 3d 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4548-1014-8 (required)

Faculty

Ascher, Mark L