by Christine | Mar 8, 2012 | Business Ownership, Business Structure, Business Succession Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business |
In the early days of starting a business, you might be tempted to gloss over ownership structure, equity stakes, and other seemingly boring details. After all, you might think, as long as you keep taxes low, paperwork uncomplicated, and partners motivated, better to...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2012 | Civil Service Employees, Special Needs Children |
Here is a great article from The Voice on benefits available for special needs children of civil service employess. The Voice is the e-mail newsletter of The Special Needs Alliance. This installment was written by Sandra Smith who is a law partner with Andrew...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2012 | Bequest, Foreign Income, Gift |
What about foreign inheritances? These rules aren’t so well publicized. As a result, you might be in a quandary what to do. There has been a recent spate of news regarding foreign accounts and foreign taxation, even in expatriation and becoming a foreigner. However,...
by Christine | Mar 6, 2012 | Estates, Trusts, Wills |
The dying wish of William Payne, one of the state's earliest settlers, created the nation's oldest charitable trust and eventually led tenants to build 167 cottages — most of them used by summer vacationers — on the land he left for the seaside city of...
by Christine | Mar 5, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts, Wealth Transfer |
Despite the bitter economic downturn, one part of the American dream is alive and well: the possibility of sudden wealth… Yet such life-changing windfalls can just as quickly vanish, say advisers who work with those who suddenly become wealthy. If you are setting up...
