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Midyear Planning Tools for 2016

Brown Advisory

The rules for annual exclusion gifts let you gift up to $14,000 each year to an unlimited number of beneficiaries without gift tax liability and without chipping away at your estate tax exemption. These gifts should therefore be a cornerstone of your estate plan if your estate exceeds the applicable estate tax exemption (currently $5.45

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Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets

Brown Advisory

These planning opportunities are driven primarily by four factors: Materially lower market values for publicly traded securities, and a likely downturn in valuations of real estate and other illiquid assets. Deferral of required retirement plan distributions. GIFT AND ESTATE TAX PLANNING Outright Gifting.

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Strategic Planning in Volatile Markets

Brown Advisory

These planning opportunities are driven primarily by four factors: Materially lower market values for publicly traded securities, and a likely downturn in valuations of real estate and other illiquid assets. Deferral of required retirement plan distributions. GIFT AND ESTATE TAX PLANNING.