With an emphasis on tax planning, Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers, Second Edition, integrates problems with statutes, regulations, and cases to create a highly teachable and student-friendly casebook. This text provides an effective treatment of estate and gift taxation that includes: <ul>
<li> a problem-based approach that emphasizes planning and integrates statutes, cases, and regulations </li> <li> a logical and flexible five-part organization that can be reordered to adapt to different teaching approaches </li> <li> clear introductory and background notes that provide context for cases and problems </li> <li> focused teaching objectives that include problem-solving, understanding statutory construction, and developing policy analysis skills </li> <li> a manageable overall length for a 3-credit basic wealth transfer tax class </li> </ul>
 With new problems and expanded text, the Second Edition also offers: <ul>
<li> new principal cases deciding on family limited partnerships, such as Strangi IV and Kimbell v. U.S., with discussion of Estate of Bongard and Estate of Rosen in the note material </li> <li> additional major cases regarding: <ul>
<li> post-death and post gift events </li> <li> buy-sell agreements </li> <li> valuation of lottery payments </li> <li> continuing debate about the estate tax </li> </ul>
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 Ideally suited to teaching estate and gift taxation, Professor Willbanks' problem-based pedagogy, with its flexible organization and integrated approach, may well be the most effective method available for teaching this course.

Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers, Third Edition (Aspen Casebook)

Stephanie J. Willbanks

Business

Aspen Publishers

With an emphasis on tax planning, Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers: Cases and Problems integrates stimulating problems with statutes, regulations, and cases to create a highly teachable and student-friendly casebook. This casebook emphasizes problem solving, statutory construction, and policy-analysis skills, and is ideal for 2- or 3-credit courses in estate and gift taxation. The Fourth Edition has been updated to incorporate the 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act provisions and the final portability regulations. It offers new case law, analyses and problems regarding private annuities, net gifts, and ascertainable standards. The text has been expanded to feature new cases, administrative rulings, and studies. Existing cases and text have been edited or deleted to highlight essential themes. The casebook is logically organized but its flexible organization accommodates reorganizing material to fit individual course structures, and could be used for a basic wealth transfer tax class or to complement either a wills and trust course or an estate planning course.

Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers (Aspen Casebook)

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