Table of Contents Corporate and Business. 2 Individuals. 7 Estate/ Gift Tax. 12 Charitable Contributions/ Non Profits. 13 Other. 14 Real Estate. 14 Depreciation. 14 2017 Tax Reform On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the bill previously known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. The final bill removed the name “Tax […]
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Exit Planning for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
Many business owners have only a vague idea of how they will exit from their current businesses. They have a general notion that when the time is right they will sell their business and retire or that their children will take over the business someday. Many business owners don’t realize that they need to plan […]
Tax Certificates and Tax Deeds: Real Estate Roulette
Floridian property owners can count on a real estate tax bill, every year in November, and most dutifully pay those bills. Even more responsible property owners may pay before December 1, to take advantage of a four percent discount afforded to those who pay far in advance of the March 31 deadline. But what happens […]
December 4, 2017 By Anne Chapman
Non-compete Agreements and Protection of Referral Relationships
It is not uncommon for employers to require employees to sign agreements that contain non-competition provisions prohibiting employees from engaging in certain activities post-employment. The ability of an employer to enforce such provisions is not entirely clear under Florida law and is usually fact specific. Recently, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion in White […]
December 4, 2017 By Fred E. Moore
Civility in Business Litigation
My wife has a saying that goes like this: “Everything is personal.” She means that for our family, in all things in our lives, we aim to interact with people on a genuine level. Our firm culture at Blalock Walters reinforces this notion for me, because we, as a firm, strive to develop relationships […]
