The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 permanently established the concept of portability: availing a surviving spouse of a deceased spouse’s lifetime exemptions for estate and gift taxes. In general, that was greeted with hosannas by estate planners and their clients, who found life much simpler, and discovered new ways to transfer assets among family members without cumbersome and expensive trusts.
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