Our office recently sent a letter to our clients who could potentially be affected by proposed changes to Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code, which may eliminate valuation discounting for gift and estate tax purposes. It is not too late to schedule an appointment to discuss the implications on your estate plan if this new regulation is implemented.

As a brief background, the US Treasury has recently issued Proposed Regulations that could have a dramatic impact on your estate planning by eliminating valuation discounts. For wealthy people looking to minimize their future certain estate tax, this is critical.

If you are concerned about protecting a family business, family investment assets, or real estate from having to be sold in order to pay the federal estate tax at your death, then it is worth investigating this.

Act Now: Time is of the essence. Once the Proposed Regulations are effective, which could be as early as year-end, the ability to purposely structure discounts on assets of your estate might be substantially reduced or eliminated, thus curtailing your tax and asset protection planning flexibility.  Properly planning with this technique takes time to structure the various steps of the transaction.  It is important to start as soon as possible in order to complete the planning before the regulations are finalized.

Please call our office today at 702-433-4455 to schedule an appointment to review your estate plan.