Case Studies

Case Studies

Connelly Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in June 2024 that continues to ripple across the business planning community. Its ruling in Connelly v. U.S., which had been appealed from a decision in favor of the IRS by the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, upended conventional wisdom regarding the use of buy-sell agreements in

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Case Studies

Latest Strategies to comply with the Secure Act

The SECURE Act brought sweeping changes to the post-death tax treatment of qualified retirement accounts. Specifically, it eliminated the prior “stretch” treatment of post-death distributions for most non-spouse beneficiaries, making them subject to the so-called 10-Year Rule. The Act also mandated the full withdrawal of certain accounts within 10 years of the accountholder’s death for

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