Legal Updates & Commentary for Tax & Estate Planning
I was reviewing a reorganization plan Saturday morning – coffee and chocolate chip cookies within easy reach[i] – when an email crossed my screen with the subject line that each of NBC, CNN, ABC and the Associated Press[ii] had just “called” the presidential election for Mr. Biden.[iii]
Fine, I…
Science has not established – at least to my knowledge – any correlation between the pre-election year-end activities of individual business owners, on the one hand, and election outcomes, on the other.[i]
If the behavior of business owners were considered an accurate indicator of election results, then one may reasonably…
From the dawn of recorded history, those who have the means have purchased or otherwise financed the work of those whom we call artists – talented individuals capable of producing what we call works of art, but who are often bereft of any means.
In doing so, a symbiotic relationship has developed…
“Painful social lockdowns in Europe and some American states helped blunt the coronavirus. Now, amid a fitful reopening, the pandemic is once again surging.”
So begins an article on the front page of last weekend’s Wall Street Journal.[i] The article describes how governments – in response to the “economic strain” being…
There is no denying that last week’s political events were historic; one can only hope they were aberrational.
The week began with the Sunday New York Times publishing a story in which it claimed to have obtained copies of Mr. Trump’s tax returns for several years, but not including 2018 and 2019.…
We live in strange times.
The coronavirus pandemic hit the United States hard, the scientific community fears a second round later this year, and there have been wildly differing estimates over when an effective vaccine may be available.
Millions of Americans remain unemployed and are struggling to stay afloat, approximately one hundred…
A “perfect storm” may be defined as a critical state of affairs arising from the convergence of a number of negative factors, often after the unexpected introduction of some catalytic event.
The situation in which we find ourselves today may be described as a perfect storm from several different perspectives.
For many…
A closely held business may come to our firm for any number of reasons. The owners may be selling the business, for example, or they may be thinking about spinning off a division. In some cases, the owners are considering the admission of a new investor, or the issuance of equity to a key employee;…
The Democratic Party’s “virtual” convention last week seems to have gone pretty well. All the stars of the Party’s firmament were on hand and spoke in “virtually” one voice in their assessment of the individual who currently occupies the White House and of his performance in carrying out the duties of the nation’s…
“The board is set. The pieces are moving. We come to it at last.”
With these words, Gandalf the White acknowledged that the decisive battle for control over Middle Earth had been joined.[i]
So it is now for the U.S. Presidential election scheduled for November 3, with both major parties having identified their respective…
