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Blalock Walters Honored as Gold Member by Manatee Chamber of Commerce
We were awarded the Gold Member distinction for our support of community businesses and quality of life throughout our 56 years of membership and investment in the Manatee Chamber of Commerce. Over the years, we have engaged our attorneys in leadership positions with...
Legal Assistant Jackie Mori and her Sarasota Paddling Team Place Fourth Internationally
Legal Assistant Jackie Mori and her dragon boat team Survivors in Sync placed fourth at the International Breast Cancer Paddlers Dragon Boat Festival in Florence, Italy. This team trains incredibly hard and it has paid off. By Terry Galvin, Business Editor, Sarasota...
Jonathan Fleece Accepts Role as CEO of Tidewell Hospice, Inc.
Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida (June 26, 2018) – Cliff Walters, Chairman of the Blalock Walters board of directors, announces that attorney Jonathan Fleece has accepted the role as CEO of Blalock Walters client Stratum Health System and Tidewell Hospice, Inc. The Firm...
Articles
The Basics on Qualified Business Income Deductions
While partners, members and shareholders of pass-through entities were provided a potential tax reduction in the 2017 Tax Reform Act in the form of a 20 percent Qualified Business Income Deduction of their pass-through earnings, determining an owner’s eligibility for...
Five Practical Things I’ve Learned About Social Security and Medicare
Five Practical Things I've Learned About Social Security and Medicare: Set up an online account with Social Security and get an annual statement of your future benefits each year as soon as you start earning any income. A close friend of mine years ago had a tax...
New Partnership Audit Rules: Why You May Need an Updated Partnership or LLC Operating Agreement
In 2015, the Bipartisan Budget Act completely overhauled the IRS audit rules for partnerships, which include limited liability companies (LLCs) taxed as partnerships and their partners. Those rules will go into full effect for tax returns filed for the 2018 tax year....
Events & Seminars
Mark Barnebey Presents “Land Use Law” at The Florida Bar City, County and Government Law Review Course
For the 22nd consecutive year, Blalock Walters’ local government and land use attorney, Mark Barnebey, will present Land Use Law at The Florida Bar’s City, County and Local Government Law Certification Review in Orlando, Florida. He has participated in all of...
Blalock Walters Sponsors Tidewell Hospice Signature Luncheon Featuring Speaker Will Reeve
Blalock Walters is proud to sponsor Tidewell Hospice’s 9th Annual Signature Luncheon on February 9, 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, Florida. This year’s keynote speaker is Will Reeve, Ambassador and Board Member of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation,...
Blalock Walters Sponsors 10th Annual Manatee County Rural Health Services Foundation Lifetime Achievement Awards
Blalock Walters is proud to continue our support of Manatee County Rural Health Services Foundation’s annual Edgar H. Price Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner. The event honors individuals who have positively contributed to the health and welfare of our community....
Newsletters
Blalock Walters Review – Volume 1, 2017
Litigation and the baby boomer wealth transfer
Small practices not immune from HIPPA enforcement
How can you increase workplace civility?
Your estate plan: avoid small oversights that can turn into big headaches
US Department of Justice publishes ‘The Guidance’ to help set
standards for corporate compliance programs
What is due diligence in commercial real estate?
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