Planning for Life’s Certainties: Death and Taxes
Commentary on estate planning, tax law, and elder law.
Author: Nathan Dosch is a solo practitioner in Appleton, Wis. He also authors The Dreams of a Solo.
Blawg Related Categories: Elder Law • Tax Law • Trusts & Estates • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Planning for Life’s Certainties: Death and Taxes
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Widespread Fraud and Abuse of First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
This item can probably best be filed under the category, "News We Expected." As reported by the Wall Street Journal online in "Tax Credit Abuse and the Four-Year-Old Home Buyer" the Inspector General for Tax…
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The Other Shoe Has Dropped on Executive Pay
The Obama Administration pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, has made it known that he will require each of the seven largest bailout recipients to reduce the total compensation for their top 25 highest paid employees by…
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Cost of Government Day - 2009
For that last couple of years I have kept an eye out for the Cost of Government Day as calculated by the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation and the Center for Fiscal Accountability. The Cost…
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Happy 4th of July
As we celebrate the 233rd birthday of our great country I thought it would be an appropriate time to take a quick look at the history of income taxes in the U.S. The U.S. Treasury…
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Wisconsin State Budget 2009-10
The Legislature passed it, the Governor exercised a number of vetoes, and then Governor Doyle signed the state budget on June 30, 2009. It was the first time the budget has been done on time…
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IRS Letters and Notices
As the 2008 tax seasons comes and goes I thought it would be prudent to provide a link to the IRS website that describes various correspondence from the IRS that some clients have received in…
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Wall Street Executive Bonuses: The Firestorm Rages On
I have not had the opportunity to fully research and review all of the material involved with the executive bonuses saga that has engulfed all of us in recent weeks, but I wanted to provide…
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Wisconsin Tax Summary 2009 to 2011
Given the fact that we are approaching the tax deadline and that Governor Doyle's 2009-11 biennial budget includes a few important tax changes, I thought it would be worthwhile to summarize the tax climate in…
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Three Certainties in Life?
It appears that I have discovered a third certainty in life during the time I have written (or more appropriately, not written) this blog. As you most likely surmised from that first sentence the third…
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FDIC: Deposit Insurance Regulations; Revocable Trust Accounts
The FDIC recently came out with an interim final regulation regarding deposit insurance for revocable trust accounts. The FDIC summarized the interim rule as follows: SUMMARY: The FDIC is adopting an interim rule to simplify…