Flood Zone Fraud
A jury recently gave a hefty damages award to homeowners who sued a real estate company for falsely representing that the home they were...
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- Oct 1, 2006
- 3 min
Deducting The Business Use Of Your Home
The federal income tax deduction for the business use of a home has a good dollars-and-cents upside for those who qualify. Some detailed...
ron7732
- Oct 6, 2005
- 2 min
Gifting as an Estate Planning Tool
The wisdom of making a will is well settled as sound legal advice, and rightly so. Less talked about, but equally advisable for many...
ron7732
- Oct 5, 2005
- 1 min
Taster’s Choice Model Wins Big
A two-hour photo shoot paying $250 has turned into a jury verdict of over $15 million for the model, but it took almost 20 years and some...
ron7732
- Oct 4, 2005
- 2 min
Protect Your Home with Title Insurance
When someone buys a home, in addition to the land, bricks, and wood, the buyer receives the legal title to the property. If the title is...
ron7732
- Oct 3, 2005
- 1 min
Retirement Guide for Small Businesses
The Internal Revenue Service has created a free CD-ROM that is designed to help small businesses establish and maintain retirement plans...
ron7732
- Oct 2, 2005
- 2 min
Safeguards for Electronic Banking
In banking as in so many other areas, the trend is clear: We continue to move steadily away from traditional paper transactions toward...
ron7732
- Oct 1, 2005
- 4 min
Thoughts on our New Federal Bankruptcy Law
On April 20, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA). Six...
ron7732
- Oct 5, 2004
- 3 min
Business Alert: New Overtime Regulations
The Department of Labor recently issued sweeping new regulations on the eligibility of workers, especially “white-collar” employees, for...
ron7732
- Oct 4, 2004
- 2 min
Withdrawal Rules for Inherited IRAS
The IRS has established rules for determining the minimum amount that must be withdrawn each year from an inherited traditional IRA. When...
ron7732
- Oct 3, 2004
- 1 min
IRS Gets Tough on Estate Tax Fraud
Prosecutions for filing a false Form 706, the federal estate tax return, have been rare. Recently, a federal prosecutor announced a...
ron7732
- Oct 2, 2004
- 3 min
Technology and the Law
Lost Database Is Not Insured “If you can’t reach out and touch it, it is not insured.” That was the gist of a court’s ruling in a lawsuit...
ron7732
- Oct 1, 2004
- 3 min
Estate Planning and Your Highly Appreciated Residence
The absolute basics on one’s estate planning are to have a valid living Trust, a backup Will for that Trust and a Medical Durable Power...
ron7732
- Oct 6, 2003
- 2 min
“Cybersmear” Lawsuits
The free-wheeling give and take in various online forums is leading to more defamation claims by individuals and businesses. Given that...
ron7732
- Oct 5, 2003
- 3 min
Homeowner’s Insurance: The Devil Resides in the Details
Reading and understanding all of the language in a homeowners’ insurance policy are not formalities to be skipped over while searching...
ron7732
- Oct 4, 2003
- 2 min
Capped Commissions
As a sales representative for a computer software company, Richard received an annual salary and sales commissions as determined by a...
ron7732
- Oct 3, 2003
- 2 min
Be Careful What You Fax
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits any person within the United States from using a telephone facsimile machine to...
ron7732
- Oct 2, 2003
- 2 min
Age Discrimination in Employment
The combined effects of an aging population and a sluggish economy have led to an increase in lawsuits alleging age bias in the...
ron7732
- Oct 1, 2003
- 3 min
The Marital Deduction: A Valuable Estate Planning Tool
The federal estate tax marital deduction is one of the most important estate planning tools available to a married couple. The basic...
ron7732
- Apr 12, 2003
- 3 min
REAL ESTATE 101 (STILL A DECENT TAX SHELTER)
Directly owning real estate is historically, currently and perhaps forever more the primary source of wealth for most people. In...
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