COVID-19 Impacts on Florida’s June Tax Revenues

By Julia Thomas | July 28, 2020
Tax Money

Yesterday, the Florida Office of Economics and Demographics Research released the June Revenue Report providing details regarding receipts and distributions to the State’s general revenue fund during the month of June, which reflects May sales tax activity. Florida’s general revenue fund is the main source of discretionary funding for the State.  This January, the State’s…

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Small Business Shareholder Litigation: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

By Julia Thomas | July 21, 2020

As a business litigation attorney, Dean Mead Shareholder A. Felipe Guerrero sees a lot of business divorces. Guerrero says a typical situation he sees is a business with two shareholders, one with a majority interest that allows that person to make decisions for the business. They may have come together with the enthusiasm generated by…

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Witnesses No Longer Required for Florida Leases

By Julia Thomas | July 10, 2020

Before July 1, 2020, Section 689.01, Florida Statutes required that all leases with a term of longer than one year had to be signed in the presence of two witnesses. This requirement applied to both residential and commercial leases. On June 27, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 469, which removed  the “two subscribing witnesses”…

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Daryl Krauza Comments on Estate of William C. English

By Julia Thomas | July 7, 2020

Hospital’s Mistake Causes It to Lose Claim Filed Against Estate An unusual probate case that resulted in a hospital being unable to collect on a bill shows the importance of proper training for collections employees and in following the right procedures for alerting estates to claims, according to Dean Mead attorney Daryl J. Krauza. The…

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COVID-19 Impacts on Florida May Tax Revenues

By Julia Thomas | June 26, 2020
State and Local Florida Taxation News

Florida’s general revenue fund is the main source of discretionary funding for the State. This January, the State’s economists estimated that the State would receive $36.2B in general revenue during the State’s fiscal year: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020. Of that amount, approximately $12.5B (34.5%) was expected to be received in March through…

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