Gregory S. Stieg
Greg is a partner in Vacek, Kiecke & Currier, LLP. Greg received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Master of Taxation, and Juris Doctor degrees at Baylor University. He became a CPA in the State of Texas in 2001 and became Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in the areas of Estate Planning & Probate Law in 2005.
Greg's practice is focused on estate planning, family wealth transfer, complex estate administration, fiduciary litigation, and advising individual and corporate fiduciaries on tax matters and contested controversies.
Some of his recent representative experience includes:
- Designing wealth transfer and succession estate plans that minimize gift, estate, inheritance, and generation-skipping taxes, including plans designed to protect family assets and shift wealth down to the next generation, including partnerships, qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs), irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), grantor retained trusts, Crummey trusts, among others
- Representing executors before the IRS on estate tax audits, especially in the areas involving discounts for property held in Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs)
- Advising individual and corporate Executors and Trustees on fiduciary duties, litigation, and tax issues and representing clients in fiduciary litigation matters
- Structuring and implementing business succession plans
- Advising clients on entity formation, including S-Corporations, LLCs, and Partnerships
- Preparation of estate tax returns, gift tax returns, and income tax returns for entities and individuals
- Counseling clients on medical and health care arrangements for themselves and family members
- Preparing pre-marital and post-marital property agreements addressing community and separate property issue
- Assisting clients with the creation of charitable giving techniques, including charitable lead trusts, charitable remainder trusts, and private foundations
- Providing advice to beneficiaries of estates and trusts to determine and enforce their rights as beneficiaries
Vacek, Kiecke & Currier, LLP
Barton Oaks Plaza II
901 S. MoPac Expy, Suite 570
Austin, Texas 78746
Phone: (512) 472-2464
Fax: (512) 472-5124
