Decoupling. No, I am not going to discuss divorce, or trains, or what happens after love bugs hit your windshield. To an estates and trusts attorney, “decoupling” has a much more ominous meaning. Estate taxes — state estate taxes. As you know by now, federal legislation enacted in 2001 phases…
In the Fall 2004 Legal Update, I wrote about some tax deductions available to those that incurred uninsured losses as a result of the recent Florida hurricanes. This article focuses on a related topic; the taxation of the receipt of insurance proceeds for insured losses with respect to property damaged…
When creating an estate plan or providing for another during life, one often considers creating a Trust. Trusts can be drafted for many different reasons and with various types of beneficiaries and Trustees. An important question to discuss with your legal advisor is who should act as Trustee. Many financial…
The City of Sarasota zoning code says that if two lots, or portions of lots, having continuous frontage (i.e., street frontage) are conveyed to the same person (after January 10, 1974) and one or both of the parcels is non-conforming in respect to lot width or area, they will thereafter be treated as a single parcel. The consequence is that when…
As you may be aware, in late August the Department of Labor (DOL) implemented new regulations for the white-collar exemptions (executive, administrative, and professional) to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Congress continues to wrestle with the regulations and funding related to the changes, however, the changes are in effect….