A divorce can have significant tax ramifications, so it's important that you plan accordingly. Here are some tips. Child Support and Alimony Payments It's important to understand the tax implications of both child support and alimony ... [Read more...]
Successful Strategies for Moving On after a Divorce
In the aftermath of a divorce, it can be easy to get stuck in a rut. You may, rightfully, feel a tremendous sense of loss or failure. Here are some suggestions to help you turn your divorce into a positive event in your life: Take time to get to ... [Read more...]
Choosing Where You Live after Divorce because of Your Children
When you are involved in a divorce and there are minor children, one of your worst fears, as a non-custodial parent, is that your relationship with your children will suffer. Even if your relationship with your ex is strong, or he/she encourages ... [Read more...]
Family Therapist Develops Workshop to Help Parents after Divorce
Family Therapist Develops Workshop to Help Parents after Divorce Marriage and family therapist Anne Buettner has spent a lot of time working with families of divorce, so she understands the unique challenges that parents and children face. Drawing ... [Read more...]
Start Your Tax Planning Before Year End
Start Your Tax Planning Before Year End If you are like most Americans, you are just starting to put together all your documentation to take to your accountant, so that you can file your tax return for 2015. But according to experts, you should have ... [Read more...]
2016 Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Update
2016 Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Update As a part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, Congress simplified matters by unifying the federal estate and gift tax systems, and increased the amount of the exemption to ... [Read more...]
Can You Pass an Inherited IRA to Your Children?
Can You Pass an Inherited IRA to Your Children? Suppose that your spouse has an IRA and you are the named beneficiary, but you don't really need any of the money in the IRA? It's built up tax free over a number of years, and you don't want to incur ... [Read more...]
Addressing Special Asset Issues
Your Property in Bankruptcy Most people who file bankruptcy do NOT lose anything they own that they want to keep. That's because everything they own is "exempt," meaning that they are all of the types of property that are protected from their ... [Read more...]
Department of Defense Injuries
If you are a civilian employee working for the Department of Defense and you have sustained an injury on the job, you want a lawyer with a specific set of skills and knowledge to help protect your rights. As a federal worker, you are required to file ... [Read more...]
U.S. Labor Department Considers New EEOICP Act Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor is reviewing a new rule that it hopes will increase administrative efficiency with respect to claims filed under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The EEOICPA governs the ... [Read more...]
