Government Relations & Lobbying
Bringing Client Goals to Fruition with Substantial Relationships and Deep Knowledge Our Government Relations & Lobbying team blends strong knowledge with impactful relationships. In fact,…
Bringing Client Goals to Fruition with Substantial Relationships and Deep Knowledge Our Government Relations & Lobbying team blends strong knowledge with impactful relationships. In fact,…
Dean Mead’s Tax Department handles tax planning issues for businesses and individuals. The attorneys in our department have extensive experience in a full range of…
Last August, Dean Mead reported on the issuance of proposed regulations under Code section 2704 that would have significantly curtailed valuation discounts applicable to transfers of interests in closely-held family businesses for tax purposes. These proposed regulations were seen as one of the most important developments in the estate planning community in recent memory, and…
Read MoreSection 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code provides for special rules relating to the valuation of transfers of business interests to certain family members for estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax purposes (collectively the “transfer taxes”). Practically, § 2704 limits the ability to lower the value of a business interest as determined for transfer tax…
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