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What Will It Mean If The Estate Tax Is Repealed?

Bitterly referred to by many as the “death tax”, the federal estate tax applies to transfers of wealth when a person dies. And because of its effect of charging an additional 40% tax to the assets of an estate that were likely already subject to income tax while the owner was alive, the estate tax… continue reading

Windsor – DOMA Notice

IRS issues more guidance on the retroactive effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Windsor. In U.S. v. Windsor (2013) the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) is unconstitutional. Exactly how the IRS would implement this reversal of law was left to future pronouncements by the IRS. On January… continue reading

Best of the Best Campaign

Can you believe it? It’s already time for the Holland community to select the best businesses in the Holland area. This year the Holland Sentinel changed things up a bit and initiated a two-step process. Our office made it through the nomination step and now we need your support in the second step to earn… continue reading