SAMUEL F. BLATT

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Sam Blatt practices in the areas of estate planning and trust and estate administration. Sam advises high net worth individuals, families and business owners in the implementation of comprehensive estate plans designed to address his client’s tax, wealth preservation, and charitable giving goals.

Practices

Education

University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 2019)

University of Connecticut (B.A., 2012)

Bar Admissions

New York

Connecticut

Insights

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

December 6, 2024

On December 3, 2024, a Federal District Court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). Prior to the injunction, the CTA required certain privately owned entities (“reporting companies”) to report information regarding the entities themselves and the individuals who, directly or indirectly, exercise “substantial control” over…

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…