by Matthew Erskine | May 22, 2020 | News, Tax Planning Blogs, Uncategorized
Planning In the Current Economy We are seeing the biggest fall in the value of their assets since the Great Depression. The shutdown of the economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be a recession that will be deep and sustained. Many are looking at their...
by Matthew Erskine | May 12, 2020 | Covid-19 Updates, News, Tax Planning Blogs, Uncategorized
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been changes to the 2019 income tax code with a significant impact on individual taxpayers. Here is a summary of those significant changes: Income Tax Filing and Payment Deadlines The deadlines for filing...
by Matthew Erskine | Dec 30, 2015 | Estate Planning Blogs, Tax Planning Blogs
On December 18, 2015 President Obama signed the “2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act” that not only funded the government in 2016, but also made a large number of extensions, delays, and changes to a wide array of individual and business tax provisions....
by Matthew Erskine | Nov 6, 2014 | Collections Blogs, Estate Planning Blogs, Tax Planning Blogs
There is a buzz about art as an investment asset class. Clients and their advisors are seriously considering making direct investments in artwork or indirect investments though art-specific investment funds. Art is indeed an asset class, but a recent estate audit I...
by Matthew Erskine | Jul 16, 2013 | Financial Planning Blogs, Tax Planning Blogs
The Staff of the Senate Finance Committee, “Economic Security: Health, Retirement, Life Insurance, Fringe Benefits and Executive Compensation,” 113th Cong., 1st Sess. (May 23, 2013), released a summary of some of the tax reform proposals that would be considered by...
by Matthew Erskine | Jan 3, 2013 | Tax Planning Blogs
Congress has passed, and the President is expected to sign, a broad tax bill that follows the Bill passed by the Senate. Here are the changes at a glance with more detail below. Significantly, no major changes have occurred to the Estate and Gift tax laws, despite...
