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Pursuant to the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”), which was singed into law on December 17, 2010, the tax cuts on capital gains and qualified dividends have been extended through the tax year 2012. Generally, long-term capital gains of individuals will be taxed at a maximum rate […]
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was singed into law on December 17, 2010. Prior to the Act, the previous tax cuts were scheduled to expire and the marginal federal income tax rates for individuals were scheduled to return to 15%, 28%, 31%, 36% and 39.6%. Under […]
On December 17, 2010, the President signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”). The new law preserves the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts through the year 2012, reduces the estate tax to 35 percent and allows a $5 million individual exemption, cuts the Social Security […]
When you are about to hire a business lawyer in Minneapolis, you need to discuss the following top three legal fee issues: 1. Payment Structure There are three main models of payment that lawyers use: hourly fee, contingency fee, and flat fee. The hourly fee is the most common form of business lawyer compensation in […]
In previous articles I have discussed a few broad methods for getting out of contract in Minnesota, as well as how an opposing party may be able to stop you from claiming a right under contract by invoking equitable estoppel. This article is closely related with those topics and deals with the timing of claiming […]