Obama’s New IDGT Proposal

[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Attorney David M. Grant President Obama’s administration has recently proposed a change to the federal income and estate tax laws that would make the use of the Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (“IDGT”) strategy essentially useless.  Important elements of the administration’s IDGT proposal can be found here. As a summary of the key features of the proposal, it would: Include the assets of  an IDGT in the gross estate of the grantor for estate tax purposes; Subject to gift tax any distribution from the IDGT to one or more beneficiaries during the grantor’s life; and Subject to gift tax the remaining IDGT assets at...