Higher tax rates on trust income mean more work for lawyers 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 28, 2013
Tags: estate planning, fiscal cliff, taxation, trust income, trusts and estates
In the aftermath of the fiscal cliff deal, trusts now face much higher taxes on income.
New landscape for estate planning attorneys
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 10, 2013
Tags: estate planning, estate tax, estate tax exemption, fiscal cliff, gift tax, taxation, trusts and estates
The new law that averted the “fiscal cliff” contains major changes for estate and gift tax rules that will affect not only the advice lawyers give to their clients, but the future landscape of estate planning law for years to come.
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