Tim Wilson

Jan 6, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Tim Wilson

It may take just 3 Republicans in the U.S. House to defeat a new Tax Cuts and Job Act (TCJA) extension and exactly 3 of the 12 Republicans, who voted against the TCJA in 2017, have been reelected to the U.S. House. BACKGROUNDWhen The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) became law, it essentially doubled the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax exemptions from $5,490,000 as was set by The Tax Relief Act of 2010 to a record $11,180,000.

Dec 18, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Tim Wilson

As it was famously sung about the Brady Bunch, you knew it was much more than a hunch and now your group must somehow form a family. Like the Brady Bunch, blended families consist of a couple and their children from previous relationships. Forming this blended family provides numerous benefits not the least of which is the abundant love found within. Protecting that love and harmony is of paramount importance when it comes to estate planning.

Dec 12, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Tim Wilson

Is anything private anymore? We live in a digital age where information is quick and abundant. While this is helpful in many circumstances, it may seem most concerning when it comes to your estate plan. Your estate plan includes sensitive information such as names, addresses, assets, liabilities, values, and designations as to who gets what, when they receive it, and how they benefit.

Nov 20, 2024 | heraldandtribune.com | Tamas Mondovics |Tim Wilson

The historic preservation project of the two Civilian Conservation Corps pavilions at the Backbone Rock Recreation Area in the Watauga Ranger District has now been completed. According to officials, the pavilions are open for first-come, first-serve use, and reservations are scheduled to open in April 2025. Backbone Rock gets its name from a spur ridge on Holston Mountain that abruptly ends at a bend in Beaverdam Creek.

Nov 12, 2024 | maxim.org.nz | Tim Wilson

Undoubtedly the biggest star in music today, Taylor Swift consistently sells out arenas,  the charts, and inspires a generation of young acolytes called “Swifties.” The latter are particularly loyal… or is that tribal? I write as a parent reporting from the local school disco. When Swift’s music plays, they dance; another artist’s beats drop: the dancefloor is evacuated. Given this cachet, when Taylor Swift endorsed Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris in September, headlines ensued.