Nov 28, 2017 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Tax Tips
We’re entering the giving season, and if making financial gifts to your loved ones is part of your plans—or if you’d simply like to reduce your capital gains tax—consider giving appreciated stock instead of cash this year. Doing so might allow you to eliminate all...
Nov 28, 2017 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Small Business
The New York State Paid Family Leave (PFL) Program will take effect on January 1, 2018. Any employer in New York State that has at least one employee and currently offers disability insurance will now be mandated to offer Paid Family Leave to its eligible employees....
Nov 21, 2017 | Firm Updates, Retirement Planning
As the end of the year approaches, most of us have a lot of things on our to-do lists, from gift shopping and donating to our favorite charities to making New Year’s Eve plans. For taxpayers “of a certain age” with a tax-advantaged retirement account, as well as...
Nov 20, 2017 | Firm Updates, International Tax
Foreign persons utilize U.S. disregarded entities for a variety of reasons: for limited liability protection, as a holding vehicle for business conducted entirely outside the United States, to shield certain activities and owners from disclosure, or simply to make it...
Nov 17, 2017 | Firm Updates, International Tax
The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill, H.R. 1, by a margin of 22 votes. The Senate Finance Committee is still working on its own version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. There has been a lot of talk on national media about...