One of the most difficult periods in the lifecycle of a closely-held company is the period following the death of an owner. Apart from having to fill whatever business responsibilities the deceased ...

A recent District Court ruling found that the decedent’s two nephews (who were acting as her certified public accountant and fiduciary) had no standing to sue for a refund of income taxes the decedent ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Life insurance can be an excellent estate planning tool to ensure succession, provide for loved ones, and create liquidity in your estate. However, understanding the estate duty implications of life ...

Upon a death in the family, there will likely be a number of unpleasant tasks to perform, including filing taxes for deceased loved ones. Because death and taxes are inevitable, there’s a good chance ...

I’ve written a lot about the topic of acquiring a practice from a deceased accountant’s estate — possibly ad nauseam. However, as much as I have seen, new things keep popping up that I am sharing here ...

An Ohio court has accepted the resignation of a veteran Ohio estate planning lawyer who was convicted in late March of three counts of felony theft for misappropriating more than $380,000 from estates ...

Relying on a decades-old inheritance law, the state’s highest has court ruled that spouses are entitled to one-third of their deceased spouse’s estate — when they are not mentioned in the spouse’s ...

A former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ogun State, Mr Oluwemimo Ogunde (SAN) has said that the Office of the Administrator General and Public Trustee (AG&PT) does not need a court ...