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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.

Planning your estate around specific assets is risky and, in most cases, should be avoided. If you leave specific assets

Roth 401(k) accounts have been around for 13 years now. Studies show that more employers are offering them each year.

Spring and summer are the optimum seasons for selling a home. And interest rates are currently attractive, so buyers may

Estate planning isn’t just about what happens to your assets after you die. It’s also about protecting yourself and your

Life presents us with many choices: paper or plastic, chocolate or vanilla, regular or decaf. For businesses, a common conundrum

Many employers prefer to classify workers as independent contractors to lower costs, even if it means having less control over

While the number of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) is still small compared with other cars on the road, it’s growing

When people hear the term “forensic science,” they usually think “CSI.” What comes to mind when you hear the term

The gift and estate tax exemption is higher than it’s ever been, thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

In the course of operating your business, you probably spend time and money “wining and dining” current or potential customers,

Unforeseen disasters happen all the time and they may cause damage to your home or personal property. Before the Tax

Here’s a fast fact: The percentage of U.S. children who live with an unmarried parent has jumped from 13% in