ANTHONY F. MONTARULI

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Anthony F. Montaruli practices in the areas of estate planning and administration, trust administration, charitable giving and income, gift and estate tax planning. Prior to joining the firm’s Trusts and Estates Department, Anthony practiced in the firm’s Corporate Department for almost ten years, where he focused on matters relating to the structure, formation and operation of private investment funds. Anthony utilizes his corporate law experience to advise private fund managers on management and other corporate structures that best serve their estate planning goals.

Practices

Education

Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006)

College of the Holy Cross (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003)

Bar Admissions

2007, New York

Accolades

Phi Beta Kappa

Insights

IRS Announces 2025 Inflation Adjustments to Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax Exemptions

 October 25, 2024

The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2024-40, which announced 2025 annual inflation adjustments for various tax provisions. Effective January 1, 2025, the estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount and the generation skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemption are scheduled to increase from $13,610,000 to $13,990,000. This is an increase of $380,000 per person or $760,000…

IRS Announces 2024 Inflation Adjustments to Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax Exemptions

 November 21, 2023

The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2023-34, which announced 2024 annual inflation adjustments for various tax provisions. Effective January 1, 2024, the estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount and the generation‑skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemption are scheduled to increase from $12,920,000 to $13,610,000.  This is an increase of $690,000 per person or $1,380,000 for…

IRS Announces 2023 Inflation Adjustments to Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax Exemptions

 October 20, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2022-38, which announced 2023 annual inflation adjustments for various tax provisions. Effective January 1, 2023, the estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount and the generation‑skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemption are scheduled to increase from $12,060,000 to $12,920,000. This is an increase of $860,000 per person or…

Update: Ways and Means Committee Proposes New Legislation

 October 6, 2021

Kleinberg Kaplan recently sent a Trusts & Estates Client Alert discussing potential changes to the tax law that were proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee (click here for the Client Alert). A recent report issued by the House Budget Committee regarding the proposals has important implications concerning the proposed provisions related to grantor…

Ways and Means Committee Proposes New Legislation

 September 28, 2021

The House Ways and Means Committee recently released a draft of the tax portion of the proposed reconciliation bill. Some of the proposals affecting individual taxpayers, estates and trusts are described below. Termination of Temporary Increase in Gift and Estate Tax Exclusion Amount The gift and estate tax exclusion amount is presently $11.7 million (indexed…

Post-Election Trusts & Estates Planning Considerations

 November 9, 2020

In the wake of the 2020 election, many expect that the Biden administration will seek to engage Congress to enact new tax legislation in order to raise revenue to pay the costs associated with the pandemic and other government programs. The administration’s ability to set policy will be impacted by the final results of several…

Current Estate and Gift Tax Planning Opportunities

 July 8, 2020

As the global economy continues to feel the disruptive effects of the COVID-19 crisis, now may be an appropriate time to consider potential estate planning opportunities: Low Interest Rates: The IRS prescribes minimum interest rates that taxpayers must charge on most loans (including installment sales) to avoid gift tax consequences. These IRS rates are now…

SECURE, CARES and Retirement Account Distributions in 2020

 June 26, 2020

Both the SECURE Act enacted in December 2019 and the CARES Act enacted in March 2020 changed the rules governing distributions from retirement plans and IRAs. Under the SECURE Act, retirement plan participants and IRA owners no longer have to begin taking distributions until April 1 of the calendar year after they reach age 72…

SECURE Act Changes Key Retirement Plan and IRA Rules Alerts

 December 30, 2019

Retirement benefits (such as pension, profit-sharing, 401(k) or IRA benefits) make up a substantial portion of many people’s assets. Congress recently passed, and the President signed on December 20, 2019, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act (the SECURE Act) as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. The SECURE Act made various…