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…
Fort Pierce, Fla. – Brad Gould – a shareholder at the law firm of Dean, Mead, Minton & Zwemer – recently served as the moderator for the Current Developments Program given by the S Corporation Committee of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association (ABA). The program was presented on January 29, 2016…
Read MoreA recent NASA study published in the journal Science analyzed data gathered by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) twin satellites when measuring the amount of water stored around the Earth. The study shows that while the ice sheets and glaciers continue to melt, the Earth’s thirsty continents have soaked up and stored more…
Read MoreOn July 31, 2015, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (the “Act”) was signed into law. Sections 2004 and 2005 of the Act included a number of new tax provisions requiring consistent basis reporting between an estate and persons acquiring property from a decedent. These provisions were made effective…
Read MoreWe previously reported on the development of genetically modified citrus trees by IFAS that show enhanced resistance to citrus greening, as well as potentially canker and black spot. While many growers have not replanted groves lost to freeze, hurricanes, citrus canker, and citrus greening due to the ever-looming threat of citrus greening, this new development…
Read MoreCharles H. Egerton and Edward A. Waters attorneys in Dean Mead’s tax department, co-authored the article entitled, May Dealers in Real Property Hold Some Properties for Investment?, published in the Journal of Passthrough Entities, Tax Tip column, Jan.-Feb. 2016. This article is reprinted with the publisher’s permission from the JOURNAL OF PASSTHROUGH ENTITIES, a bi-monthly…
Read MoreRepresentatives from employee-owned companies (and companies seeking to learn about employee ownership) from across the nation and around the world will gather April 12-14, 2016 in downtown Minneapolis for the 2016 Employee Ownership Conference, hosted by the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO). More than 1,500 people will attend the conference which will be held…
Read MoreStephen R. Looney presented on “Pesky S Corporation M&A Issues” during the 2016 Midyear Meeting of the ABA Section of Taxation – S Corporations Committee, in Los Angeles, CA on January 29, 2016. Mr. Looney is a shareholder and Chair of Dean Mead’s Tax Department. He represents clients in a variety of business and tax matters including…
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