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December 15, 2011

• Happy Holidays
• Is an Equal Split Fair?
• Alabama's Grandparent Visitation Statute Declared Unconstitutional

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December 1, 2011

• E-Verify Basics - Because Soon It Will Be Mandatory Everywhere
• IRS Clarifies Estate Rules

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November 15, 2011

• Planning Opportunities With S Corporations

• Charitable Gifts of S Corporation Stock

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November 1, 2011

• Buy Depreciable Property And Place It In Service This Year To Lock In 100% Bonus First-Year Depreciation

• Trust Modification Prevents Drafting Error From Resulting In Costly Transfer Tax

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October 15, 2011

• The Generous Code Section 179 Expensing Rules
• Noncompete Covenant Connected With Any Stock Acquisition Is Section 197 Intangible
• Long-Awaited Detailed Guidance Issued on Electing Zero Estate Tax for 2010 Decedents

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October 1, 2011

• Year-End Planning for Businesses

• Tax Deductions

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September 15, 2011

• Restricted Stock and the Code Section 83(B) Election
• Property Dividends

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September 1, 2011

• No Gifts Triggered By Trust Transfers To Resolve Family Discord (PLR 201119003)

• Favorable Rulings Provided On Marital Trust Severance And Disclaimer (PLR 201118007)

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August 15, 2011

• Standard Mileage Rates Increase For Last Half Of 2011
• FUTA Surtax Is No Longer In Effect
• Two Bonus Depreciation Deductions For One Expenditure
• Real Estate Professionals Allowed Late Election to Aggregate Rental Real Estate Interests
• More Courts Treating Basis Overstatements As Triggering 6-Year Limitations Period
• Regulations Would Toughen Tax Rules For Owners of Bankrupt Disregarded Entities
• Trust's Investment Advice Fees
• IRA Trustees Were Not Liable For Madoff Losses
• Another Appeals Court Upholds IRS's Time Limit On Spousal Relief Requests
• Nonspouse Real Estate Transfer Under Scrutiny

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August 1, 2011

• Planning for the Purchase and Sale of a Business

• Hardship Withdrawals and Loans from 401(K) Plans

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July 15, 2011

• Property Inherited in 2010: Executor Can Elect Out of the Estate Tax and Into Modified Carryover Basis Rules

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July 1, 2011

• Retained Life Interests

• Putting a Corporate Business into a Disregarded Entity

• Small Business and Healthcare Reform

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June 15, 2011

• More Disaster Victims in Alabama Qualify for Tax Relief

• Life Insurance: An Investment for the Well-to-Do

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June 1, 2011

• Tax Consequences of Debt Discharge Income

• Contributing Property to Your Partnership

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May 15, 2011

• Innocent Spouse Relief From Joint and Several Liability on Joint Returns

• Choice Between Using a Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST) or an Electing Small Business Trust (ESBT) to Hold S Corporation Stock

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May 1, 2011

• Avoiding Hobby-Loss Restrictions

• Income in Respect of a Decedent (IRD)

• Recent Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act

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April 15, 2011

• The New Portable Estate Tax Exclusion

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April 1, 2011

• ESOPs: A Tax-Advantaged Way to Provided Liquidity for Shareholders of Closely Held Businesses

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March 15, 2011

• The 2010 Tax Breaks
• Estate Not Entitled To Fractional Interest Discount For Land Divided Among Children

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March 1, 2011

• Extended Protection Over Workplace Retaliation

• Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts

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February 15, 2011

• How Low Rates Affect Various Noncharitable Planning Strategies

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February 1, 2011

• The Estate and Gift Tax Changes in the 2010 Tax Relief Act

• Shorter S Corporation Built-in Gain Period

• Information Reporting for Real Estate

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January 15, 2011

• Durable Power of Attorney

• Durable Power of Attorney

• Advance Directives

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January 1, 2011

• A Message to our Clients

• Nanny Tax Threshold Remains at $1,700 for 2011

• Social Security Wage Base Remains at $106,800 for 2011

• The Corporate Charitable Contribution

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