Robert E. Ward
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Work in Ward Chisholm, LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Tax, Business Law, Estate Planning, International Law
4520 East-West Highway, Suite 650, Bethesda, MD 20814
About Robert E. Ward
Practice Areas
- Tax
- Business Law
- Estate Planning
- International Law
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, 1980J.D.
- Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981LL.M.
- Major: Taxation
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1975B.A.
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Estate and Gift Taxation, Estate Planning, and Business Planning, George Mason University School of Law, 1986 - 2015
- Adjunct Faculty Member: Fiduciary Income Taxation, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1988 - Present
- Adjunct Faculty Member: Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders, Golden Gate University’s Masters in Taxation Program, 1982 - Present
- Topics in Taxation: United States Taxation, University of British Columbia’s Peter A. Allard School of Law
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Washington, 1981
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1981
- California, 1983
- Maryland, 1985
- U.S. Tax Court, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of California
- Washington State Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property; Probate and Trust Law)
Articles
Published Works
- Tax Planning and Compliance for Settlors of Foreign Asset Protection Trusts, Part One (July 2021)
- United States v. Boyd: Ninth Circuit Sides With the Taxpayer for Single Late Penalty on FBAR Reporting Multiple Foreign Accounts (May 2021)
- We May Not Know Who You Are or Where You Live, But We Intend to Find Out: The Corporate Transparency Act of 2020 (March 2021)
- The §385 Debt Equity Regulations: Who Got a Pass and Who Should Worry (December 2020)
- Hard Times in the Land of Plenty: Depressed Asset Values Create Opportunities for Wealth Transfers for U.S. Persons (Part 2) (September 2020)
- Hard Times in the Land of Plenty: Depressed Asset Values Create Opportunities for Wealth Transfers for Non-U.S. Persons (Part 1) (July 2020)
- “Foreign Incorporations of U.S. Real Estate: No You Can’t; Yes You Can” Tax Management International Journal, 49 TMIJ 1, (January 10, 2020)
- Robert E. Ward, J.D., LL.M. is a member of the Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Advisory Board – U.S. International and a consistent contributor the Bloomberg BNA Tax Management International Journal’s Leading Practitioner Commentary
- “U.S. Gift, Estate, and Generation-Skipping Tax Planning for Cross-Border Couples” 45 Tax Management International Journal, No. 45 (June 10, 2016)
- “Considerations in Relying on a CLN as an Alternative to the OVDP and SFOP,” 45 Bloomberg BNA Tax Management International Journal 148 (March 11, 2016)
- “Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Round Four: IRS Announces Further Changes to Encourage Broader Compliance” 43 Bloomberg BNA Tax Management International Journal 604 (October 10, 2014)
- “How to Leave the U.S. Tax System Forever” 43 Bloomberg BNA Tax Management International Journal 255 (May 9, 2014)
- “FATCA, the U.S.-Canada IGA, and Trusts” 43 Bloomberg BNA Tax Management International Journal 255 (May 9, 2014)
- “How to Leave the U.S. Tax System Forever” Maryland Bar Bulletin (April 2014)
- “Planning Opportunities in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” American Law Institute The Practical Tax Lawyer (Spring 2013)
- “2012 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program: Issues and Opportunities” 41 Bloomberg BNA Tax Management International Journal, No. 10 (October 12, 2012)
- “Americans in Canada: An Amnesty with Broad Appeal” Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 2, No. 3 (August, 2012)
- “Americans in Canada: the End of the Amnesty” 1 Canadian Tax Highlights, No. 3 (November, 2011)
- “Advising US Citizens and Long-Term Residents on Expatriating” 9 Trust Quarterly Review, No. 3 (September 2011)
- “A Recap – The American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009” Taxes – The Tax Magazine (September 2009)
- “United States Expatriation Tax Reform,” Beyond Numbers, No. 475 (November, 2008).
- “Tax Relief and Healthcare Act of 2006,” 53 The Practical Lawyer No. 3, June 2007.
- “An Overview of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005,” The Practical Lawyer, No. 4 (Summer 2006).
- “Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004,” 51 The Practical Lawyer, No. 1, Feb. 2005.
- “American Jobs Creation Act of 2004,” 51 The Practical Lawyer, No. 2, April 2005.
- “Planning Opportunities in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001,” 47 The Practical Lawyer, No. 6 (September, 2001).
- “New Tax Law Offers Relief for Individuals – But Only Temporarily,” 67 Practical Tax Strategies, No. 1 (July, 2001).
- “Common Sense Thoughts on Asset Protection Planning” 5 Journal of Asset Protection Planning No. 5 (May/June 2000)
- “What You Should Know About the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: Individual, Business, Corporate and Other Provisions,” 12 The Practical Tax Lawyer, No. 1 (Fall 1997).
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