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The primary purpose for the stepped-up basis rule under IRC § 1014 is so that, for estates without exemptions to the federal government's estate tax on transfers of wealth at death, the estate's assets are taxed only by estate taxes and not also on the capital gains during the decedent's lifetime.
You’ll be fully on the hook for the tax liability on any gains you make when you sell the property. However, your gain will likely be $0 or very close to it, regardless of the price you sell it for.
A fee simple subject to a condition subsequent is created when the words of a grant support the conclusion that the grantor intends to convey a fee simple absolute but has attached a condition to the grant so that if a specified future event happens the grantor will get its fee simple absolute back, provided that the grantor exercises his right ...
The ownership of a life estate is of limited duration because it ends at the death of a person. Its owner is the life tenant (typically also the 'measuring life') and it carries with it right to enjoy certain benefits of ownership of the property, chiefly income derived from rent or other uses of the property and the right of occupation, during his or her possession.
After the property owner’s death, the state may seek to recover Medicaid benefits paid out during the owner’s lifetime from the property passed via the Lady Bird Deed. This could affect the ...
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When a jurisdiction has both capital gains tax and inheritance tax, inheritances are generally exempt from capital gains tax. In some jurisdictions, like Austria, death gives rise to the local equivalent of gift tax. This was the UK model before the Inheritance Tax in 1986 was introduced, when estates were charged to a form of gift tax called ...
Estate planning may involve a will, trusts, beneficiary designations, powers of appointment, property ownership (for example, joint tenancy with rights of survivorship, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety), gifts, and powers of attorney (specifically a durable financial power of attorney and a durable medical power of attorney).