Florida Trend Recognizes 10 Attorneys as ‘Legal Elite’

By Julia Thomas | June 22, 2020

Ten attorneys have been recognized among Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2020. The list includes four of the firm’s shareholders who are members of the distinguished Hall of Fame. Darryl M. Bloodworth, Lauren Y. Detzel, Peter M. Dunbar and Mark E. Holcomb have consistently earned high rankings from their peers in the annual Legal Elite…

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Dean Mead Grows Tax Department with the Addition of Amanda Govin

By Julia Thomas | June 22, 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. – Dean Mead announces the addition of associate Amanda Govin, who joins the Tax practice group in the firm’s Orlando office. Govin will focus on assisting clients with tax planning issues, and working on matters involving all types of business entities, such as LLCs, S and C corporations, and partnerships, and also not-for-profit organizations….

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Initial Details Released on COVID-19 Impacts to Florida Tax Revenues

By Julia Thomas | May 27, 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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Florida Department of Revenue Emergency Order Providing Limited Relief to Corporate Income Taxpayers: April 27, 2020

By Julia Thomas | April 28, 2020
State and Local Florida Taxation News

On March 26, 2020, the Florida Department of Revenue issued Emergency Orders delaying sales tax and property tax payments for some businesses. On April 6, 2020, Governor DeSantis directed the Department of Revenue to issue an Emergency Order suspending the state’s documentary stamp tax on notes and written obligations made pursuant to Title I of…

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CARES Act Provider Relief Fund for Healthcare Providers

By Julia Thomas | April 10, 2020

On Friday, April 10, healthcare providers began receiving relief payments provided for in the CARES Act from the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Payments are made according to the Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) under which Medicare is billed (i.e., payment is not being made to individual providers unless they are solo practitioners). Payment…

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Security Company Not Liable for Pulse Shooting

By Julia Thomas | April 7, 2020

On April 1, 2020, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of a negligence suit brought by victims of the massacre at the Pulse nightclub against the security company that employed the shooter, Omar Mateen.  The court ruled that the employer, G4S, did not owe a legal duty to protect the plaintiffs from…

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