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To Give or Not to Give: Considerations for Year-End Gifting
S-Corp tax treatment continues to be a popular choice for many business corporations as they seek favorable tax treatment of business income. The S-Corp status helps a corporation lessen its tax consequences by having income...more
Estate of Trickett was a dispute over heirship of Claralyn Trickett, possibly the wife of Robert Bowerman (who must have forgotten to divorce his previous wife)....more
A common misconception is that when you die with a Will, your heirs avoid probate. In California when you die with a Will and the total assets owned in your sole name exceed $166,250, your estate goes through probate (a court...more
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2019! Leighton v. Hallstrom, 94 Mass. App. Ct. 439 (2018) - In Leighton, the Appeals Court vacated a final decree of the Plymouth Probate and Family Court settling an intestate estate....more
Effective September 2013, small estates in Arizona will see an increase in the value of assets that may be transferred without requiring a probate of the decedent's estate....more