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Howard M. Zaritsky is an attorney who consults exclusively with other attorneys and estate planning professionals on estate tax and estate planning issues and serves as an expert witness on estate and trust administration and planning and related income, estate, gift and GST tax questions. He was for 20 years a partner in the Fairfax, Virginia law firm of Zaritsky & Zaritsky, where his practice was limited to estate planning and administration, and related tax matters.

Before that, he was for eight years a legislation attorney for the Congressional Research Service, where his responsibilities included advising members of congress and committee staff on tax matters. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association, and has been a lecturer at most major tax and estate planning institutes. He is the author or co-author of over 200 articles, three Tax Management Portfolios, and a dozen treatises.

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Family Entities, 2036, and Powell

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Nov 3, 2017
In this webinar, the panelists will analyze the Powell case and provide their insight on how it may impact estate planners advising existing family entities.
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IRS Classifies Section 2704 Proposed Regulations as Burdensome

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Jul 14, 2017
In response to the President’s Executive Order of April 21, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2017-38, 2017, designating the Proposed Regulations under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code as imposing an undue…
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Preparing New IRS Form 8971

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Mar 16, 2016
This webinar will examine new Internal Revenue Service Form 8971 and the proposed and temporary regulations published March 4, 2016, that provide guidance for filing this form.
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Using Grantor Trusts in Modern Estate Planning-Open Issues and Close Calls

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Feb 8, 2013
The grantor trust rules were originally viewed as a restriction on the ability of taxpayers to take advantage of the graduation of income tax rates by creating multiple trusts that would function as separate taxpayers, while reserving…
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The Current State of Estate Planning With FLPs and LLCs

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Dec 15, 2010
The donors, Thomas and Kim, a married couple, transferred a substantial quantity of the stock of Dell Corp. to a newly formed FLP and then made gifts of limited partnership units to a custodian for one of their children and the trustee of a…
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Tax Planning With Consensual Community Property: Alaska’s New Community Property Law

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Dec 15, 1999
This Article analyzes Alaska's new community property law, which permits married residents to elect a community property regime. This Article analyzes the tax aspects when a resident establishes a community property trust. Specifically,…
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Alaska Consensual Community Property Law and Property Trust

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Nov 15, 1998
The state of Alaska has adopted a new community property law which a married couple may elect to treat all of their assets or specific assets as community property. This article discusses the estate planning uses and implications of…
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Alaska Community Property Act: A Potential New Opportunity in Estate Planning for Some Married…

Howard M. Zaritsky JD LLM Jul 7, 1998
The Alaska Community Property Act, signed into law in May, allows a married Alaskan or an Alaskan married couple to elect for some or all of his, her or their property to become community property, and permits married persons not resident…
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