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The Florida Department of State deadline for filing a 2014 Florida Annual Uniform Business Report for Florida business entities and non-Florida entities registered in Florida is May 1, 2014. A non-negotiable late fee of $400 will be added to the Department of State fee for entities that file their Florida…

Who should care about Florida’s new limited liability company (“LLC”) law? By now someone also has told you to revisit all your LLC operating agreements, because pre-existing operating agreements are not permanently grandfathered under the old law. Unless you are an attorney, three things probably came to mind: I didn’t…

The Internal Revenue Code prescribes minimum imputed interest rates and time-value-of-money factors applicable to certain loan transactions and estate planning techniques. These rates are tied formulaically to market interest rates. The Internal Revenue Service updates these rates monthly. These are commonly applicable rates in effect for March 2014: Short Term…

2013 is the first year of the 3.8 percent Medicare Surtax, which was enacted as a part of the law popularly known as “Obamacare.” Taxpayers have a one-time opportunity to make an election on their 2013 federal income tax returns to permanently reduce exposure to the new surtax. Before filing…

When a lender discharges debt for less than full consideration, the borrower by default recognizes income for federal income tax purposes. “Qualifying Real Property Indebtedness” is an exception. Forgiveness of Qualifying Real Property Indebtedness may be excluded from income. New IRS guidance expands this exclusion. The Qualifying Real Property Indebtedness…