By Cheryl Miller | April 9, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law, and we hope you, colleagues and family are safe. Scroll down for views on marijuana and the pandemic from Reed Smith's cannabis practice chair • Another win for the IRS in a 10th Circuit tax case • Goodwin Procter's new cannabis practice partner. Thanks for reading!
By Lidia Dinkova | April 8, 2020
A U.S. citizen from Croatia bought a $1.6 million Lake Worth Beach home and other real estate with funds from secret offshore accounts.
By Richard J. Sapinski | April 8, 2020
The IRS is fully aware of the tax avoidance potential of virtual currency and has now deployed its increasing artificial intelligence capabilities to analyze the information obtained from the Coinbase summons and other information it has gathered about the cryptocurrency reporting of U.S. taxpayers.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By New Jersey Law Journal | March 30, 2020
A collection of articles on wealth management, including: the SECURE Act, irrevocable life insurance trusts, testamentary capacity, and environmental liabilities in estate administration.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Sidney Kess | March 30, 2020
In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess analyzes some of the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the $2.2 trillion package to help individuals and businesses get through the health and economic crisis triggered by COVID-19.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Anthony F. Vitiello | March 27, 2020
A non-grantor trust is deemed a separate income tax entity—the trust pays its own income tax on income it earns and retains from the assets it owns in any year. It's a creature of federal tax law.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Stephen J. Pagano and Lauren N. Spitser | March 26, 2020
In addition to the usual tax planning reasons for an ILIT, ILITs may be used creatively by practitioners in a variety of circumstances to help achieve a client's goals effectively and efficiently, and should still remain a valuable tool in a practitioner's arsenal.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Sidney Kess | March 25, 2020
In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess discusses aspects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), which was signed into law on March 18, 2020 and creates new paid leave payments for employees and new tax credits for small employers. He also addresses other IRS COVID-19 pronouncements of note.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Ernest H. Ehling Jr. and Richard Marmon | March 25, 2020
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which took effect Jan. 1, 2020, makes sweeping changes to rules applicable to certain employer sponsored tax-deferred defined contribution (qualified) plans and to traditional IRAs.
By Jim Turner | March 24, 2020
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis called for the state Revenue Estimating Conference to convene "to ensure there is sufficient revenue" to pay for the upcoming 2020-2021 fiscal year, which starts July 1.
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