Laura Hinson

Laura is the National Estate & Gift technical leader in Deloitte Tax’s Washington National Tax Estate, Gift, Trust & Charitable group. In her role, Laura serves as technical subject matter specialist on national engagements, assisting ultra-high net worth families determine efficient ways to achieve their personal, wealth transfer, and charitable objectives. She has specific experience in pre-mortem estate tax reviews, audit readiness assessments, post-mortem planning, estate administration, fiduciary income taxation, and individual income tax planning for high net worth individuals.

She has a passion for teaching and has developed and facilitated estate, gift, trust, and individual income tax courses both within Deloitte and externally. She has authored numerous pieces for Deloitte, was a contributor to Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolio “Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Tax Returns and Audits”, No. 822, and is a regular contributor to AICPA’s The Tax Adviser. Laura is a member of the AICPA Estate Gift and Trust Tax Resource Panel and the Wake County Estate Planning Council.

She earned both her BS in business administration and her MAC from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.