Modern Estate Planning

VOLUME 1
Chapter 1 Federal Estate Tax Basics
Chapter 2 Gift Tax Basics
Chapter 3 Nonresident Alien Estate and Gift Tax Basics
Chapter 4 Transfer of Property Owned by Decedent
Chapter 5 Estate Taxation of Lifetime Transfers
Chapter 6 Estate and Gift Taxation of Annuities
Chapter 7 Estate and Gift Taxation of Jointly Held Property
Chapter 8 Estate and Gift Taxation of Powers of Appointment
Chapter 9 Estate and Gift Taxation of Life Insurance
Chapter 10 [Reserved]
Chapter 11 Estate Tax Deductions for Funeral Expenses, Administration Expenses, Claims and Losses
Chapter 12 Estate and Gift Tax Charitable Deduction
Chapter 13 Estate and Gift Tax Marital Deduction
Chapter 14 The Estate Tax Qualified Family-Owned Business Interest Deduction
Chapter 15 The Estate Tax Qualified Conservation Easement Exclusion
Chapter 16 Credits Against the Estate and Gift Tax
Chapter 16A The Portability Election and Deceased Spousal Unused Exclusion Amount
Chapter 17 Disclaimers

VOLUME 2
Chapter 18 Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
Chapter 19 Alternate Valuation
Chapter 20 Special Use Valuation
Chapter 21 Valuation of Intrafamily Transfers
Chapter 22 General Principles of Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates
Chapter 23 Computation of the Taxable Income and Tax Liability of Trusts and Estates
Chapter 24 [Reserved]
Chapter 25 Distributable Net Income
Chapter 26 Taxation of Simple Trusts
Chapter 27 Taxation of Complex Trusts and Estates
Chapter 28 Basis: Specific Gifts, Bequests, Devises and Inheritance
Chapter 29 Income in Respect of a Decedent
Chapter 30 Deductions in Respect of a Decedent
Chapter 31 [Reserved]
Chapter 32 [Reserved]
Chapter 33 [Reserved]
Chapter 34 Grantor Trust Rules
Chapter 35 Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation in 2010

VOLUME 3
Chapter 36 Estate Planning Goals
Chapter 37 Using Revocable (Living) Trusts
Chapter 38 Planning for Community Property
Chapter 39 Planning With Life Insurance
Chapter 40 Maximizing the Income Tax Charitable Deduction
Chapter 41 Planning With the Charitable Trust
Chapter 42 Planning With Qualified Plans and Deferred Compensation
Chapter 43 Planning for the Owner of a Closely-Held Corporation
Chapter 44 Planning for the Owner of a Partnership or Limited Liability Company
Chapter 45 Farm and Ranch Estate Planning
Chapter 46 Planning for the Terminally Ill Client
Chapter 47 [Reserved]
Chapter 48 [Reserved]
Chapter 49 [Reserved]
Chapter 50 [Reserved]
Chapter 51 [Reserved]
Chapter 52 [Reserved]
Chapter 53 [Reserved]
Chapter 54 [Reserved]
Chapter 55 [Reserved]

VOLUME 4
Chapter 56 Estate and Gift Tax Valuation
Chapter 57 [Reserved]
Chapter 58 [Reserved]
Chapter 59 [Reserved]
Chapter 60 [Reserved]
Chapter 61 Tax Apportionment in Drafting
Chapter 62 Basic Guide to Drafting
Chapter 63 [Reserved]
Chapter 64 [Reserved]
Chapter 65 [Reserved]
Forms and Clauses

VOLUME 5
Chapter 66 Filing the Federal Gift Tax Return
Chapter 67 Filing the Federal Estate Tax Return and Paying the Tax
Chapter 68 Filing the Final Federal Income Tax Return of Decedent
Chapter 69 Consistent Reporting of Basis
Chapter 70 State Death and Gift Taxes
Chapter 71 State Fiduciary Income Tax
Chapter 72 Tax Practice and Procedure
Chapter 73 Audit Triggers
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes, Regulations and Rulings
Index