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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

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

If you’re a parent or grandparent with college-bound children, you may want to save to fund future education costs. Here

If your small business has a retirement plan, and even if it doesn’t, you may see changes and benefits from

One of your primary estate planning goals may be to pass as much of your wealth to your family as

If you have a child or grandchild in college — congratulations! To help pay for the expenses, many parents and

Family-owned businesses face distinctive challenges when it comes to succession planning. For example, it’s important to address the distinction between

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was a valuable tax credit that helped employers that kept workers on staff during the

Many people include health care powers of attorney or advance directives in their estate plans so they have some influence

If you own a home and rent it to a relative, you may be surprised to find out there could

On December 23, 2022, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The sprawling year-end spending “omnibus” package includes two

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the first quarter of 2023. Keep

A smart estate plan should leave no doubt as to your intentions. Writing a letter of instruction can go a

As you may know, you can’t keep funds in your traditional IRA indefinitely. You have to start taking withdrawals from