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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

High Net Worth Family Tax Report, Vol. 8, No. 2 -- May 2013

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/18/2013

President’s fiscal year 2014 budget contains numerous tax provisions - President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for the government’s fiscal year 2014 on April 10, 2013, and, not surprisingly, the budget...more

Watch For Excess Proceeds Following A Trustee Sale

by Valerie Marciano | Jaburg Wilk on 3/27/2013

Believe it or not, Arizona land owners are seeing a change in the real estate landscape, perhaps only a slight change, but a change nonetheless. While Arizona law has not changed, marketplace improvement has triggered the...more

Court Limits a 'Self-Settling Trust or Similar Device' to an Express Trust

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/24/2011

In In re Porco Inc., the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois in a March 30 opinion addressed an issue of apparent first impression: whether a resulting or constructive trust is a "self-settling trust or...more

Other Recent PA Tax Developments

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/29/2011

Philadelphia Hotel Tax The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County has upheld the Philadelphia Tax Review Board’s ruling that Expedia, an online vendor of discount hotel rooms, is not an “operator” of a hotel, and is...more

The Strong Firm - Strong Points Newsletter

by The Strong Firm P.C. on 3/1/2011

In this edition: Latest News: The latest in activities of the firm in the news and our community. Commercial Development Remains Strong in the Woodlands: The Woodlands area continues to defy the odds as commercial...more