Cryptocurrency these days is more than the mere concept of a few futurists that it was just a few short years ago. The realm of this alternative-to-cash universe is now solidly entrenched and growing, and at least a bit more understood in the general public than it...
Bay Area Estate And Tax Planning Law Firm
Month: April 2018
Some considerations relevant to estate planning, trust creation
“Who’d want to chance it?”That is the question posed to readers in a recent New York Times article addressing estate planning challenges and opportunities. The Times’ specific focus is on the uncertainty – and, pointedly, acrimony –...
Foes of offshore-account tax law dismayed by SCOTUS ruling
Legions of taxpayers and estate holders in California and across the country have dreaded for years the acronym FATCA and what it stands for. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act enacted as federal law by Congress in 2010 has long been viewed as a near limitless...
Famed novelist Harper Lee’s estate under a microscope
Just about any third party with even casual knowledge of Harper Lee and her life can readily see why the famed American author's estate is now commanding considerable interest following her death two years ago.For starters, Lee's personal biography was centrally...