There are a number of moving parts, and a meaningful uncertainty factor, as well as timing urgency. Notwithstanding, if you have significant unrealized LTCG, whether or not you choose to take an action step, you need to understand the choices.
When interest rates and asset valuations fall together, the result for some is an unprecedented planning window. Today, as a consequence of the coronavirus and the resulting market and policy responses, we are seeing both.
Over three decades of globalization, world nominal GDP expanded from $19 trillion to $89 trillion, a 4.5-fold increase.
On December 20, President Trump signed the SECURE Act. The new law, which applies to events occurring after 12/31/19, makes significant changes to the federal tax law around IRAs.
Shift future growth of assets out of your taxable estate by selling them into a trust, freezing their value for estate tax purposes, and minimizing the impact on your gift tax exclusion.