Archive for 2012

Stephen R. Looney, shareholder and Chair of the Tax Department at Dean Mead, was a featured speaker at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies 71st Institute on Federal Taxation on October 25, 2012. The Institute addresses all major areas of taxation and attracts attorneys, both general tax practitioners and specialists; accountants; corporate…

2011 and 2012 have presented a unique environment for estate planning, with record high transfer tax exemptions and near record low values and rates. However, beginning in 2013, exemptions are scheduled to plummet while tax rates are scheduled to increase. This presentation will highlight planning opportunities for you and your clients for the remainder of…

Steve Looney, Charlie Egerton, Lauren Detzel and Christine Weingart are all participating in the 47th Annual Southern Federal Tax Institute in Atlanta, Georgia during the week of October 15-18, 2012. The Southern Federal Tax Institute, Inc. is a non-profit corporation organized for the exclusive purpose of developing and presenting annually a professional institute covering current…

Florida’s homestead laws and protections have been referred to by the commentators as Florida’s ‘legal chameleon’ because like a chameleon it is ever changing “to accord with the background against which it is viewed”.  There are, however, certain “distinct contours that remain distinguishable amid the camouflage of varying factual situations” (Crosby and Miller, Our Legal…