Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Tax Department handles tax planning issues for businesses and individuals. The attorneys in our department have extensive experience in a full range of…
Candid Conversation: The Future of Florida’s Space Coast Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Orange County Bar Association 880 North Orange Avenue, Orlando 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Networking 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Candid Conversation and Q&A Florida-based space exploration is only getting started, and NASA’s Trey Carlson and Space Florida’s Frank DiBello will explain why. Join…
Read MoreDean Mead attorney, Dennis G. Corrick was named as one of St. Lucie County’s ‘beautiful people’ for community activism. The article, entitled, “‘Beautiful people’ enrich lives in St. Lucie” was published in the December 1st, 2013 edition of the St. Lucie News Tribune.
Read MoreSteve Looney, chair of Dean Mead’s Tax department, is quoted in an article titled, “Big tax bills could hit underwater owners” in the December 18, 2013 edition of the Orlando Sentinel. The article about the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expiring is provided here: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-mortgage-debt-forgiveness-20131213,0,3353972.story.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the creation of a multi-agency “emergency response framework” to address citrus greening. The framework is intended to better coordinate resources to fight this disease, which has threatened to cripple Florida’s citrus industry. The framework brings together USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Agricultural Research Service…
Read MoreDean Mead attorney Stephen Looney was a featured speaker at the University of Texas 61st Annual Taxation Conference held in Austin, Texas on December 5th, 2013. Mr. Looney’s presentation was entitled “Compensation Reclassification Risks for S and C Corporations.” The presentation discussed how the IRS and the Courts are addressing the reclassification of compensation and other payments…
Read MoreFormal Advisory Opinion Request Could Change the Activities that May be Legally Performed by Community Association Managers Restrictions on who can practice law date back to the colonial period in our country’s history.[1] The obvious concerns relate to the quality of legal services that someone who is not trained and licensed as an attorney may…
Read MoreIn Morehouse,[1] the Tax Court held that the payments received by the taxpayers from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) constituted self-employment income subject to the self-employment tax imposed under Section 1401. The taxpayer owned a number of acres of land in South Dakota, which he did not personally farm…
Read MoreJane D. Callahan, shareholder, authored an article entitled, “Five Year-End Considerations for Nonprofits”. The article was featured in the GuideStar Blog on November 25, 2013. To read the entire article, please visit http://trust.guidestar.org/2013/11/25/five-year-end-considerations-for-nonprofits/.
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