Estate Planning Community Splits Over Consequences of Cahill - McDermott Will & Emery

Estate Planning Community Splits Over Consequences of Cahill

Overview


Carlyn McCaffrey said that a recent Tax Court holding is “troublesome.” “The whole underpinning of this decision was that they were going to treat the decedent as having retained control over the property that was transferred in this transaction, because he, together with the other side, could cancel the contract,” she said. “Well, of course, that’s the nature of contracts.”