New legislation allows investors with capital gains tax liabilities to receive favorable tax treatment if those capital gains are invested in Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds. The goal is to tap into the significant amount of unrealized capital gains held by investors throughout the country for use in improving low-income urban and rural communities nationwide.
Reports abound of yet another IRS impersonation scam….Callers pose as IRS agents to demand tax payments on iTunes gift cards.
Bill Dayton and Tim Duckworth, both shareholders of the Lehigh Valley law firm Mosebach, Funt, Dayton & Duckworth, P.C., with offices in both Bethlehem and Allentown, participated in the Annual Equi-librium Golf Classic at White Tail Golf Club on June 4th, 2014, with guests Matthew B. Searles and Jack McGorry. MFDD takes pride in once […]
Timothy J. Duckworth was recently accredited to practice before the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to the broad range of estate planning and elder law services that Tim performs, he is now able to assist clients in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims for Veterans Administration benefits from the initial application through appeals […]
You should be aware of a recent scam being sent to businesses registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State (“Department of State”) and with the departments of other jurisdictions. In this scam, companies identified as Pennsylvania Corporate Compliance Company and Corporate Records Service are sending solicitations under the headings Annual Meeting Disclosure Statement and 2014 – Annual […]
If you fail to create an estate plan and die without a will, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will, in essence, prepare one for you based on the law of “intestate” succession.
Pennsylvania remains as one of the few states to impose an inheritance, or so-called “death tax,” on the heirs of its deceased residents.
On July 2nd, the Obama Administration announced, via posts on the Whitehouse Blog and the Department of Treasury’s Treasury Notes Blog, that implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate provisions will be delayed until 2015.
