by taxnick on October 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donors to nonprofit groups that are spending millions on political ads this election have escaped public scrutiny because their donations don’t have to be disclosed. But can they escape a hefty a tax bite?
That’s a new question raised by lawyers familiar with nonprofit tax law and by at least one group that [...]
by taxnick on November 3, 2008
Here’s how the game is played (most commonly with an insurance trust). The trust provides that any time the trustee receives a gift to the trust, a notice is to be sent to the beneficiaries designated in the trust instrument. Those beneficiaries then have a limited time period from the date of the notice (frequently [...]
by taxnick on September 19, 2008
One of the oldest and most common forms of taxation is the taxation of property held by an individual at the time of their death. Such a tax can take the form, among others, of estate tax (a tax levied on the estate before any transfers). An estate tax is a charge upon the decedent’s [...]