Charitable tax deductions are about to see the biggest changes in nearly a decade in 2026 thanks to President Donald Trump ’s ...

Want to get on someone’s good side? Help them out financially? Or, perhaps, just make them really happy? Give ‘em a gift! (Cash is always nice.) But if you’re in a gift-giving mood, and you have a lot ...

Taxes shouldn't drive a farm’s succession and estate plan, says Polly Dobbs, an estate planning and wealth transfer ...

The IRS is raising standard deductions for 2026 — up to $32,200 for joint filers and $16,100 for singles — along with larger ...

The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) brings sweeping and permanent changes to the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax landscape. Most notably, it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. In March 2025, the U.S. Tax Court delivered a pivotal ruling in Estate of ...