Tampa attorney Stephen J. Putnoki-Higgins was recently published in the wealth and estate planning section of WealthManagement.com.
Stephen’s article, titled “CRUT Doesn’t Qualify as Tax-Exempt Under IRC Section 501(c)(3),” discusses how the Internal Revenue Service denied a charitable remainder unitrust’s (CRUT’s) request to be recognized as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). The article further highlights how a CRUT works, gives background and facts, and analyzes the ruling.
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About Stephen J. Putnoki-Higgins
Stephen J. Putnoki-Higgins is an attorney in the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Private Client Services Practice Group. Stephen regularly represents individuals and families and helps them manage their wealth in a tax-efficient manner. He advises clients in the areas of domestic and international estate, trust and tax planning, primarily in income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxation, but he also counsels clients regarding charitable giving, the organization, registration, and administration of tax-exempt organizations, choice-of-entity planning, estate and trust administration, state and local taxation, and the income taxation of partnerships, corporations, LLCs, co-ops, hybrid entities, and trusts.