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Feb 2019Physical Presence No Longer the Key to Taxing by States
Business owners beware – You do not have to be in a state physically to be taxed by that state, so says the United States Supreme Court. Overturning a prior decision that required businesses to have a physical presence in a state before the state could tax that business, in South Dakota v. Wayfair (“Wayfair”) the Court ruled states could tax internet commerce where the…
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Sep 2018The Queen of Soul’s Estate Could Be Royal Mess
In her passing, Aretha Franklin joined a list of notable famous people who died without a will. Other famous members of this select group include Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Sonny Bono, Stieg Larson (author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Pablo Picasso, DJ AM, Michael Jackson, James Brown, and Thomas Kinkade. In each of these cases the administration of the estate dragged on for…
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Sep 2018Tips for Avoiding Problems When Mailing Tax Documents & Payments
With the extended filing deadlines quickly approaching for those who timely filed requests for extensions (September 17, 2018 for entities and October 15, 2018 for individuals), the North Carolina Department of Revenue (NCDOR) just released Directive TA-18-1 regarding the timely mailing of returns, documents, and payments. Though the directive contains no new information, it serves as an important reminder of the availability as well as…
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Aug 2018Now Is The Time To Reorganize Your Business
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 provides a 20 percent deduction to non-corporate taxpayers of up to 20 percent of the their qualified business income (QBI) from each of the their qualified trades or businesses. Aside from thresholds and phase outs, there are two conditions a taxpayer must meet. First, the taxpayer must be a “non-corporate taxpayer,” which in simple terms means C-corporations…
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Jun 2016Hiring Summer Help Without Getting Burned
Many employers look to youth to fill their employment needs during the summer. It can be a cost savings and provide valuable and much needed help to employers, while providing valuable experience and income for the young employee. However, youth employment can create traps with costly penalties for the unwitting employer. This blog post will, hopefully, help you identify and avoid these traps. 1. Is…
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Jun 2016“Parsons Presumption”
The proper application of the Parsons presumption, which many workers’ compensation practitioners understood afforded injured employees the benefit of a presumption of a causal relationship between the originally accepted injury (or injury previously determined to be compensable) and the need for additional treatment for the accepted/compensable injury, continues to create a good deal of appellate activity. As indicated in my previous blog, the North Carolina…
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Mar 2016Decisions to Watch – North Carolina Court of Appeals Employee Cases
Four recent decisions by the North Carolina Court of Appeals relate to Workers’ Compensation issues and have the potential to impact your business. The following overview highlights these cases. If you have questions about any of these decisions or other Workers’ Compensation matters, please contact Kurt at (336) 232-0655. If you have employees that reside more than 50 miles from their place of employment—BEWARE! In a…
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Feb 2016NLRA (National Labor Relations Act) Watch – Section 7 Issues in the New Year
If your employees are not unionized – and for the vast majority of employers in North Carolina, that is the case – can you discipline them if they stop working? If Joe refuses to work because he doesn’t like his latest work assignment, it might be considered insubordination; but if Joe, Mary and Al have a complaint about working conditions, they don’t have to be…
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Jul 2015Bankers and Their Lawyers – Finding the Love
Engaging a lawyer to give advice or litigate a dispute in a commercial lending context involves choosing to incur costs. Bankers want to know what they should expect in return for the dollars expended. In litigation that has the potential to be complicated, they may refrain from early engagement with counsel because the costs can seem impossible to control. But the costs really aren’t that…
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May 2015Making Sure They Get What’s Coming to Them – Tips for Effective Estate Planning
After decades of providing advice to clients as I guide them through complicated inheritance laws and tax regulations to achieve the most beneficial outcomes for their estate planning, I have learned an important lesson that I am compelled to pass on — All clients who died without a will thought they had more time. Don’t wait another week. I’ve seen too many painful family and…