Mechanics’ Liens, despite the potentially misleading name, give contractors* a right to repayment for the labor, materials, and services provided to the client for constructing or modifying buildings and structures. When an owner defaults on a project, contractors and subcontractors often find themselves scrambling to get paid for services they provided under the terms of […]
Your charitable impulses can save you and your loved ones on their tax bills by the time you pass on. A number of legally constructed vehicles exist (trusts) to provide income, while at the same time ensuring property enters the hand of a charitable organization after the trust ends. The Internal Revenue Code and underlying […]
Attorney Elizabeth J. McInturff, Esq. published an article in The Daily Record titled, “COVID-19’s Impact on Mental Health and Modifications of Custody.” COVID-19 has impacted the lives of people all over the country in a variety of ways. In the article, Attorney McInturff discusses the challenges that parents are facing during this time as they […]
BETHESDA, Md. – JDKatz, P.C. – A tax litigation and estate planning law firm in Bethesda, Md. and downtown Washington, D.C. – has added Isabella Demougeot, Esq. as a senior litigation associate. Bringing eight years’ experience, Demougeot represents a broad range of clients in civil litigation matters, including business disputes, partnership dissolutions and high-profile litigation. […]
Business owners often neglect some of the annual administrative requirements of running a business. Failure to keep up with these basic annual obligations could derail a sale of the business, or expose the owners of the business to personal liability. This article explains some of those annual requirements and the costs of neglect in the […]
This practical program is designed to provide you with actionable insights on over three hundred pages of new IRS policies and procedures from both Treasury Regulations and PLR’s, related to contributions made to Irrevocable Trusts. In 2016, the Service issued substantial new guidelines which modified and clarified long-standing code provisions relating to tax treatment of […]
Designation of IRA and other retirement account beneficiaries can be a complicated decision for most clients, and Trusts which hold individual retirement accounts are even more complicated. When they converge — for instance, when someone names a trust as a beneficiary to an IRA — things can go very wrong, and that can be very […]
Understanding the estate planning process can be a formidable process for even the best attorney. Estate and Elder law are among the fastest growing practice areas offering both young and established attorneys opportunities for rapid growth in their practices. As current clients continue to grow older, will you position yourself to offer legal services required […]
President Donald Trump signed the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law on Friday, December 22, 2017. Starting next year, the new law will give big cuts to corporations and wealthy Americans and more modest reductions to other families. Trump continued to pitch it as a win a for the middle class, insisting that even though polling […]
