Empowerment Through Hero Generation with Nicole a`Beckett and Dr. Shruti Roy
Choosing a Trustee: Navigating the Complexities and Key Considerations
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 242: Business Planning in Healthcare & Life Sciences with Jennifer McEwen of Maynard Nexsen
Do I Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
Insights on Planned Giving From the BNY Annual Charitable Giving Report for 2024
Navigating Solo Aging with Dr. Gerda Maissel
Love Actually: Planning Considerations for Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, the Death of a Spouse, and More
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 503: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 2)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 501: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 1)
Charitable Split Interest Trust Planning with Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira, Part Two
Mamma Mia!: Common Estate Planning Issues for Blended Families
Charitable Split-Interest Trust Planning With Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira - Part One
Financial Planning Tips for the Sandwich Generation with Sherry Finkel Murphy
Once Removed Episode 38: The Legacy Mindset: What It Is and How to Build It
The Terminator: The QPRT as a Wealth Transfer Strategy and CTA Updates
The Risks of Bad Advice
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Your Digital Legacy
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Top Gun: Maverick - Core Estate Plan and Gifting Basics
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Estate Planning and the Corporate Transparency Act
The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) on July 4, 2025 is the first key piece of tax legislation passed during President Trump’s second administration. While preserving much of the structure established...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1—referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The OBBBA extends and makes permanent certain provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that were set to expire...more
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, passed on July 4, 2025, introduces many significant changes to U.S. tax law, affecting individual, estate and gift, business, and international tax provisions. For some of these changes, it...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed ”An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (formerly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) (the Act), comprehensive tax reform legislation that...more
La Cámara de Representantes de los EE.UU. aprobó hoy, con una votación de 218 a favor y 214 en contra, la versión previamente autorizada por el Senado del proyecto de ley conocido como “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Se espera que...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed by President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon, carries significant implications for businesses and individuals alike—including key changes to solar and clean energy incentives,...more
How can integrated professional services provide stronger business outcomes for your business? Why should you consider integrated legal, tax, accounting, and business advisory services, instead of relying upon the separate...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Tax-related proposals contained in the OBBBA would extend or make permanent select corporate, international and individual tax...more
Section 1202 provides for a substantial exclusion of gain from federal income taxes when stockholders sell qualified small business stock (QSBS). But a number of requirements must be met before a stockholder is eligible to...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 28, 2024 – November 1, 2024....more
The number of taxpayers seeking the benefits of Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) has picked up steam in recent years, particularly since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) lowered the federal corporate tax rates to...more
The Massachusetts House and Senate voted in favor of a Massachusetts tax relief bill. The legislation is now on Governor Maura Healey’s desk, and she has until October 8th to act. More than two decades have passed since the...more
On September 26, 2023, Massachusetts leaders announced major tax legislation that includes estate tax relief, closing a loophole around the newly implemented millionaire’s tax, short-term capital gains tax cuts and more. It...more
When incorporating a business, you may form a C corporation or S corporation. If you choose a C corporation, consideration should be given to qualifying the stock as “qualified small business stock” (“QSBS”)....more
Don’t Do It- There are certain generally accepted “dos and don’ts” of which almost every investor is certainly aware. For example, do not put all your eggs in one basket; if an investment seems too good to be true, stay...more
...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more
Blank Rome’s annual estate and tax planning newsletter discusses certain concepts and techniques that should be considered in 2021 by our clients and friends in California. We first discuss perhaps the most important recent...more
In 2020, COVID-19, the US presidential election, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES ACT) dominated the planning landscape....more
If the Democrats Win- 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...more
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Get your Halloween treat early in the day and join us for a Fall Tax Forum at the Williams Mullen Center on Wednesday, October 31. You’re invited to learn how to tame the tax monster when the program gets underway at 8:30...more
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For the first time in more than 30 years, the countdown to the New Year was also the countdown to major revisions to the tax code. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act) became law in late December 2017 and contains sweeping changes...more
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