Harry W. Laughlin III (Wis)
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Wis is a 2018 tax Super Lawyer and a former IRS tax attorney. For more than 35 years, he has ranked AV Preeminent 5/5 on Martindale.com.
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Individual Tax Savers, Oct.’18
Are you throwing away tax savings? I bet you are. There is a saying about taxes: “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Most clients miss tax benefits, so I pay for myself. How? I spend thousands of dollars on … Continue reading
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Real Estate Transfers at Death Oct. 2018
REAL ESTATE TRICKS AND TRAPS: I bet you can’t guess how many ways there are to transfer real estate at death. You can do it with or without a will, with a defective will, with a tenancy by the entirety, … Continue reading
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Individual Tax Planning, Sept 2018
Are you throwing away tax savings? I bet you are. There is a saying about taxes: “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Most taxpayers miss thousands of dollars in tax benefits and I find them, so I pay for … Continue reading
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REVOLUTIONARY ESTATE PLANNING
Why come to me for estate planning as opposed to someone else? The answer is simple. Let’s ignore the fact that I am one of a few Accredited Estate Planners in Memphis. Let’s focus on your experience. Normally estate planning is … Continue reading
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MIND YOUR BUSINESS: May 2018
A reminder. As a former in-house counsel for an international software company, I can advise you on business transactions! In fact, I am working on two business sales even as we speak. TAX REFORM. Much of what I said about … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Taxes, What's New?
Real Estate, Investments May 2018
TAX REFORM Individual landlords and partners owning real estate should qualify for the new 20% deduction from Qualified Business Income. See the business article above. In the future I hope to have some examples for readers. Meanwhile Installment Sales and … Continue reading
Posted in Real estate, investing, What's New?
Mind Your Business WW2018_5
Full service: reminder. As a former in-house counsel, I can advise you on business transactions! In fact I am working on two business sales even as we speak. TAX REFORM. Much of what I said about withholding above applies as well … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Taxes, What's New?
INDIVIDUAL TAX PLANNING May 2018
Tax Reform – Trick or Treat Tax Reform is going to help most of my clients, but it is also going to have unexpected consequences for most everybody. To make taxes “easy and effective” for my clients I included a … Continue reading
Posted in Individual Tax, What's New?
ESTATE PLANNING WW 2018_5
WHAT DID TAX REFORM DO TO YOU? Tax Reform increased the estate and gift tax exemption for individuals to $5.6 million (up from $5.49 million). So a married couple can shelter $11.2 million between them. This means 99% of my … Continue reading
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How does Tax Reform affect you in 2018?
a short summary of the 2018 tax law after Tax Reform Continue reading
Posted in Individual Tax, What's New?
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