by Randy Coleman | Nov 24, 2019 | Advance Directives in Florida, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Lawyer, Family Business, Guardianship, Health Care Power of Attorney, HIPAA, Intestacy, Living Will, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Premarital Agreements, Probate, Probate Lawyer in Florida, Revocable Living Trusts, Trust Administration, Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law |
People often ask us: “When is the best time for estate planning?” The best answer to that question is: Before you die, or become incapacitated! If you can tell me when you are going to die, I can tell you the ideal time to engage in the art and science of...
by Randy Coleman | Jan 21, 2018 | Business Owners, Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, Family Business, Florida Asset Protection, Income Taxes, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Probate, Revocable Living Trusts, Small Business Law, Wills & Trusts Law |
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) is now officially law. Both the House and Senate passed the new tax reform bill in December with straight party-line votes and no support from Democrats. President Trump signed it into law right before Christmas. It is the first...
by Randy Coleman | Nov 4, 2012 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, Exemption Planning, Family Business, Gift Tax, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Irrevocable Trusts, Premarital Agreements, Revocable Living Trusts, Small Business Law, Trustee, Wills and Probate |
We have discussed the 2012 tax-saving opportunity quite a bit here lately. You can read previous posts here and here. This article continues our conversation by providing our clients and readers a number of factors to consider when deciding whether to gift or not to...
by Randy Coleman | Sep 24, 2012 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Estate Planning, Family Business, Income Taxes, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Medicare, Small Business Law |
If you are like me, you remember exactly where you were the moment you found out that Obamacare had been upheld by the Supreme Court. No matter your party or political persuasion, and regardless of whether you...
by Randy Coleman | Aug 24, 2012 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Corporate Compliance, Corporations, Family Business, Income Taxes, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Life Insurance Protection, Small Business Law |
What happens when a company loses its top salesperson to a tragic accident? Imagine that the salesperson drove 40 percent of the company’s million-dollar-a-month revenue. Can the remaining, less experienced sales staff compensate for the loss? Do the...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 21, 2011 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Charging Order Protection, Corporations, Family Business, Family Limited Partnership, Income Taxes, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Limited Liability Companies, Small Business Law |
After my last post involving the legislative change in Florida that confirms the charging order as the exclusive remedy for a judgment creditor against an ownership interest in an limited liability company (“LLC”), I received a number of calls and...
