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04/23/2026

02/09/2026

IRS warning: 2 tax credits will delay your refund

IRS warning: 2 tax credits will delay your refund Filers who claim two key tax credits will have to wait to receive their refunds, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Filers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit will have to wait until at least March 2 to receive their refunds, assuming they choose direct deposit and there are no other issues.

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01/08/2026

Estate and gift tax exemption will rise to $15 million in 2026. Here’s what to know

Estate and gift tax exemption will rise to $15 million in 2026. Here's what to know For more click here Arthur H. Geffen Attorney & Counselor at Law 17330 Preston Rd., Suite 200D-260 Dallas. TX 75252 972-839-7418 214-447–0241 FAX www.dallasestateattorney.com

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10/04/2025

REDEMPTION

04/07/2025

Great news - after years of talks and speculation, it's been confirmed that Line of Duty will return for a seventh season. Filming won't begin until January 2026, but after all the trouble lining up schedules for Martin Compston, Adrian Dunbar, and Vicky McClure, it's welcome news.

The series follows a dedicated anti-corruption unit that investigates police misconduct within the force, uncovering webs of conspiracy, betrayal, and organized crime.

In the US, the seasons are a bit scattered, with early seasons showing up all over the place (including Tubi, Pluto TV, Peacock, Freevee, Crackle, Hulu, Prime Video, and Acorn TV). Season 6 is on BritBox.

08/22/2024

Don’t Be Tempted By Pop-Up Estate Planning Schemes Stick with the basics when preparing for the high exemption sunset. With football season and the end of the estate tax exemption fast approaching, I thought it would be a good time to get back to basics. I bring this up because we have less than 16 months before the generous estate tax exemption limits sunset at the end of 2025....

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08/22/2024

3 Recent Estate Tax Court Cases On Split-Dollar Life Insurance Under a split-dollar life insurance arrangement, a third party pays the insurance premiums on an insured person but maintains a right to reimbursement of some or all of the premiums. Although these insurance packages originated in the employer-employee context, taxpayers have started using them more in other settings, including in estate planning....

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08/22/2024

Traveling to Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism: In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she'd beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die. "I really wanted to take control over how I left this world," said the 61-year-old who lives in Lancaster....

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05/21/2024

In the coming days or weeks, the Supreme Court is expected to release an opinion on Moore v. United States, a case with potentially significant consequences for tax policy. The case revolves around the question of “unrealized income.” Put simply: suppose you have a claim on some money, but the money is sequestered away in a box—a box that you can’t open immediately, or haven’t yet opened, or is located overseas....

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05/07/2024

CPA financial planners need to talk with high-net-worth clients now about the idea of shifting ownership of millions of dollars in assets before the estate and gift tax basic exclusion is essentially cut in half on Jan. 1, 2026, Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS, said in an AICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP) Section webcast. "We are in a true use-it-or-lose-it situation" because of the upcoming expiration of the temporarily doubled exclusion, and it is important to communicate with clients now, he explained in his webcast "...

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