
Are Families Who Took Advantage of the Temporary Increase in the Unified Credit for Estate and Gift Taxation Purposes in for a Very Unpleasant Surprise after 2025?
By Anthony Diosdi Estate and Gift Tax 101On December 31, 2012, President Obama signed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act exempting $5,120,000 (indexed for inflation) from estate and gift taxes, and the generation-skipping transfer taxes (“GST”). The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, the current law signed by President Trump on December 22, 2017, essentially doubled the transfer tax exemptions from $5 million to $10 million, indexed for inflation. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 currently excludes $11.4 million of assets from estate and gift taxes of a U.S. citizen or resident. However, many of the provisions of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2025. This means that on January 1, 2026, the estate and gift…