If you want to take a problem approach to estate and gift taxation, be sure to consider this new casebook. Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers emphasizes planning and integrates problems with statutes, regulation cases and administrative regulations to create a teachable, accessible casebook. Instructors will appreciate the casebookiquest;s logical, flexible organization: Begins with general introductory chapters covering history and policy, income tax issues, and valuation and calculation of the tax. Discrete sections address gift tax, estate tax, deductions and credits, and generation-skipping tax. Each part of the book is self contained for easy reorganization to fit various teaching approaches. the author encourages student comprehension: Ample textual material puts the cases and problems in context. Problems have been extensively class-tested for effectiveness. Emphasis on problem-solving, statutory construction, and policy analysis skills. the casebook is the ideal length for a three-credit basic wealth transfer tax class. Problems foster discussion not only of rules, but also of policy and planning issues. an in-depth Teacher's Manual includes analysis of the cases and problems. For a modern exposition of the full range of tax implications involved in the transfer of wealth, turn to Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers: Cases and Problems .

This unique book is a concise but complete tax planning manual for those advising high net worth individuals of the UK, US or any other nationality who have UK or US residence, assets or family members. Guide to US/UK Private Wealth Tax Planning covers all the information and legislation you are likely to require when advising clients exposed to both UK and US taxation, providing you with: A quick reference summary of the UK and US rules applicable to your clients; A comprehensive summary of available unilateral and treaty planning techniques to avoid US estate tax or UK inheritance tax for clients who are non-domiciliaries of the UK or US; Optimal income and gains tax planning for foreign trusts with UK or US beneficiaries; Integrated UK and US tax planning solutions for clients exposed to both UK and US tax. Previous edition ISBN: 9781845920272

Although estate and gift taxes raise a small fraction of federal revenues, they have become sources of increasing political controversy. This book is designed to inform the current policy debate and build a conceptual basis for future scholarship. The book contains eleven original studies of estate and gift taxes, along with discussants' comments. The essays provide background and historical information; analyze the optimal taxation of estates and gifts; examine the effects of the tax on charitable contributions, saving behavior, the distribution and level of wealth, tax avoidance and tax evasion; and explore the effects of alternatives to estate taxation.

The modern federal wealth transfer tax regime traces back to the Revenue Act of 1916. Today, the federal wealth transfer tax regime consists of three separate taxes: (1) the federal estate tax; (2) the federal gift tax; and (3) the federal generation-skipping transfer tax. All three taxes are excises imposed on the gratuitous transfer of wealth by individuals. Yamamoto and Donaldson's Black Letter Outline on Federal Wealth Transfer Taxes thoroughly covers and explains all three types of federal wealth transfer taxes.