Family Limited Partnership

Forced Share

A type of partnership comprising only related family members, usually created by parents in order to pass on a family business or investments to their childern. it provides significant federal gift and estate tax benefits because members of a family limited partnership (sometimes referred to as a flp–pronounced “flip”) own shares in the partnership which can be transferred between generations at lower tax rates.

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