Very proud of our team that closed a $33.5MM apartment portfolio acquisition with Freddie Mac as the principal lender and the principal acquirer being an irrevocable gift trust to leverage estate tax and creditor protection benefits. Not easy to do i…
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Michael presented via webcast on “Filing and Payment Deadlines for Federal Estate Tax Returns and the Reasonable Cause Exception Under Section 6651(a).”
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COVID-19 has affected most families throughout the country recently. Strauss Malk & Feder LLP would like to offer the below guidance to help those families facing some difficult choices in the coming months due to this life-threatening illness. P…
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Michael presented on “Can an AFR Loan be Treated as Not Issued for Full and Adequate Consideration if Later Valued in the Note Holder’s Gross Estate at a Discount?”
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Strauss Malk & Feder LLP is honored to have five of it’s attorneys named as Illinois Super Lawyers in 2020. Congratulations to these attorneys for all their hard work: Mary D. Cascino Benjamin N. Feder Benton C. Strauss William C. Weinsheim…
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Michael presented on “How § 7872 and the OID Timing Rules Impact Intra-Family Notes and Their Valuation for Transfer Tax Purposes” https://law.nd.edu/for-alumni/alumni-resources/tax-and-estate-planning-institute/
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Our own Benton and Michael Strauss are featured in the May 2019 Leading Lawyers Magazine – Consumer Edition. Click here to see the article
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Michael presented on the “Perils and Pitfall of Promissory Notes” Intra-family promissory notes: gifts caused by below AFR interest (Section 7872), income tax consequences if interest is not paid at least annually under the original issue discoun…
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Our own Arnold Malk is featured in the January 2019 Leading Lawyers Magazine – Real Estate, Construction & Environmental Edition. Click here to see the article
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Benjamin co-presented “Top Ten Things that Estate Planning Attorneys Want Divorce Attorneys to Know – But They Often Don’t.” Location: Hilton Lisle/Naperville Date: 1/21/19 https://www.iicle.com/business-valuation-financial-tax-issues-in-divo…
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