Legal Updates & Commentary for Tax & Estate Planning
“But it’s my business. I own it.”
How many times have you heard this response from the owners of a business entity after you’ve advised them that they should not treat the entity as their personal bank account?
Too often, I’d wager.
What’s more, the response is not limited to…
By now, most readers have heard about the benefits and pitfalls of “checking the box” or of failing to do so. Of course, I am referring to the election afforded certain unincorporated business entities to change their status for tax purposes. Thus, for example, an LLC with one or more members – which…
Come Fly With Me
What is a like-kind exchange? Many would respond that it is a transaction by which a company exchanges one real property that it has used in its trade business for another property that will also be used by the company in its trade or business.
Generally speaking, this response would be…
