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FICPA Gulf Coast Chapter

January 6, 2014 Estate Tax

These materials were presented to the FICPA’s Gulf Coast chapter on January 7, 2014: DOMA and Estate Planning: A Florida Perspective Presented by Douglas J. Elmore – Williams Parker PPT Outline Trusts in an Era of Portability: The Not-so-Simple Analysis Presented by Jeffrey T. Troiano – Williams Parker PPT Outline Medicare Surtax Planning For…

The Supreme Court’s DOMA Decision

December 3, 2013 Labor & Employment

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent historic decision in United States v. Windsor will have far-reaching impacts on same-sex married persons in Florida and throughout the United States. The decision—which held that the federal government cannot discriminate against same-sex married persons in the administration of federal laws—affects hundreds of federal laws…

BP Oil Spill Claims

June 28, 2013 Litigation

To continue assisting Williams Parker’s business clients with BP claims, we have teamed with two BP oil spill law firms: Florida-based Dean Law Firm (“DLF”) and nationally recognized class action law firm Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein (“LCHB”) based in California. DLF and LCHB have represented a wide variety of…

Beating the 2013 Capital Gain Tax Rate Cliff

September 24, 2012 Tax

How to Keep Your Options Open Almost everyone reading this article has by now received advice from their financial and tax advisors to accelerate sales of assets with built-in gains into the 2012 calendar year, to lock in the current 15% federal long-term capital gain tax rate. This is because,…