Estate Planning Implications of the Right of Publicity

4 Pages Posted: 1 Jul 2009 Last revised: 9 Sep 2009

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Paul L. Caron

Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law

Date Written: July 1, 2009

Abstract

It is not very often that an estate tax case is featured in the Harvard Law Review, as recently happened with Estate of Andrews, 850 F. Supp. 1279 (E.D. Va. 1994). In that case, the district court concluded that the value of the right of publicity embodied in a famous decedent's name is includable in the decedent's estate under section 2033. The Harvard article claims that the case 'sent shock waves through the estate planning profession,' and that 'knowledgeable estate attorneys are scrambling to determine what famous personalities must do to protect their estates from potentially devastating tax burdens.' Federal Estate Tax and the Right of Publicity: Taxing Estates for Celebrity Value, 108 Harv. L. Rev. 683, 683 (1995). This article explores the estate planning implications of the Andrews decision.

Keywords: Estate Tax, Right of Publicity, Estate Planning, Tax Planning

JEL Classification: K34

Suggested Citation

Caron, Paul L., Estate Planning Implications of the Right of Publicity (July 1, 2009). Tax Notes, Vol. 68, p. 95, 1995, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 09-13, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1426629

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