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If you’re a real estate developer or a small business owner who owns commercial real estate, you might be thinking
Estate planning can be overwhelming. One reason is that it has a language all its own. While you may be
Congress has passed the latest legislation aimed at providing economic and other relief from the COVID-19 pandemic that has haunted
This year, the optional standard mileage rate used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business decreased
The Biden administration has announced several reforms to the popular Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to bring greater relief to the
Life insurance has long provided a source of liquidity to pay estate taxes and other expenses. Even though for many
If you’re like many Americans, letters from your favorite charities may be appearing in your mailbox acknowledging your 2020 donations.
A number of tax-related limits that affect businesses are annually indexed for inflation, and many have increased for 2021. Some
As a formal estate planning term, “tangible personal property” likely won’t elicit much emotion from you or your loved ones.
Many people are more concerned about their 2020 tax bills right now than they are about their 2021 tax situations.
To gift or not to gift? It’s a deceptively complex question. The temporary doubling of the federal gift and estate
If you have a traditional IRA or tax-deferred retirement plan account, you probably know that you must take required minimum
Your estate plan may include several different trusts. The reason is that various types of trusts can accomplish a myriad
The massive economic stimulus and government spending law, which was signed on December 27, 2020, extends several energy-related tax breaks.
If you save for retirement with an IRA or other plan, you’ll be interested to know that Congress recently passed
If you reside in a high-tax state, you may want to consider using nongrantor trusts to soften the blow of
As you’ve probably heard, a new law was recently passed with a wide range of retirement plan changes for employers
If, like many people, your traditional IRA holds a mixture of deductible (after-tax) and nondeductible (pretax) contributions, it’s important to
At the beginning of the year, many people make resolutions about improving their physical fitness. Employers may seek to lend
Some benefit plans are required to include an opinion from an independent qualified public accountant (IQPA) when filing Form 5500
While you were celebrating the holidays, you may not have noticed that Congress passed a law with a grab bag
Technology has made it easier to work from home so lots of people now commute each morning to an office
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a new program to encourage investment in economically distressed areas through generous tax
In its 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld South Dakota’s “economic nexus” statute, expanding
The number of people engaged in the “gig” or sharing economy has grown in recent years, according to a 2019
The IRS has issued final regulations that should provide comfort to taxpayers interested in making large gifts under the current