Do I Need a Living Trust?- What You Need to Know
Millions of Americans die each year without any type of estate plan in place, and this forces their families into the court system, where they experience huge expenses with probate and significant time delays when they would rather be mourning.
The Power of the Charitable Remainder Trust
The CRT is a very powerful estate planning tool that may enable you to reduce your liability for income and estate taxes, protect your assets AND diversify your assets in a tax-advantaged manner.
Creative Trust Provisions for Your Children
Many parents and grandparents don’t realize how creative they can be in distributing their assets to their children upon their passing. They think it’s only for rich people and it’s an expensive process with high-powered attorneys. That’s certainly not the case…anybody can control their kids from the grave with unique trust provisions. You’ll love it. […]
Practical Checkbook Procedures for your Business to Succeed
As we have been working through tax returns for clients this tax season, it’s alarming to see how many clients aren’t maintaining their checkbook properly, or not even having a separate checkbook at all for each of the companies they own and operate.
Entrepreneur Steps Before Quitting Your Day Job
You may think your new business and idea needs 100% of your attention and time…however, what your business really needs more than your time is YOUR financial stability.
Using a 10 Year Plan in your Business
All too often I meet with clients that have grand ideas for investing or other business projects for cash flow, but they don’t have a thorough and sensible plan to get there. I have learned time and time again, that a 10-Year Plan is critical to set the path for the business and then build […]
How a Small Business Saves Taxes and Builds True Wealth
I’m not proposing setting up any sort of business to simply lose money for tax write-offs, but to build a business that allows you to make more money, and save taxes by writing things off you wouldn’t otherwise be able to.
The Perils of Investing with Friends, Family and Church Members
Every week our firm gets call from clients around the country who have lost money by investing with friends, family or neighbors they trusted—but who were not licensed to sell securities or did not properly document the relationship as a partnership.
1099 Requirements for Business Owners in 2025
Businesses need to file a form 1099-NEC for every person for whom they pay $600 or more over the course of the previous tax year. A 1099-NEC form is only necessary for people who are NOT employees, such as contractors.
