Category: Law

What you need to know to protect yourself, your family and your business

¿Qué es la Ley de Transparencia Empresarial?

Nydia Menendez

Por Nydia Menendez La Ley de Transparencia Empresarial (la “CTA” o la “Ley”) entrará en vigor en unas pocas semanas, el 1 de enero de 2024. Sin embargo, la Ley impondrá nuevos requisitos de información a aproximadamente 32 millones de pequeñas empresas, con importantes sanciones civiles y penales. Por este motivo, es posible que sea necesario actuar de inmediato antes de finales de 2023 para reducir o retrasar el impacto de la LTC en caso de que le afecte. ¿Qué es la Ley de Transparencia Empresarial? La LTC exigirá a…

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What is the Corporate Transparency Act?

Nydia Menendez

by Estate Planning Attorney Nydia Menendez The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA” or the “Act”) becomes effective in just a few short weeks – on January 1, 2024. Yet, the Act will impose new reporting requirements on approximately 32 million small businesses, with significant civil and criminal penalties. For this reason, immediate action may be required before the end of 2023 to lessen or delay the impact of the CTA should it apply to you. What is the Corporate Transparency Act? The CTA will require certain entities (called “reporting companies”)…

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Minimizing Tax Liability On Death

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minimizing tax liabilities

What Will Your Tax Liability be? When we die, most of us leave behind a fairly substantial and intricate web of assets and liabilities, including money, our home and our other possessions. In most jurisdictions, there arises a liability to tax on death that must be borne from the totality of the estate, and this can lead to a significant reduction of inheritance for our loved ones. Having said that, there are a number of ways in which liability to tax on death can be vastly reduced whilst still ensuring…

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Contesting A Will – What You Need To Know

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When a loved one passes away, it can be a difficult and emotional time for everyone involved. If you have been left out of their will or believe that the will is not a true reflection of their wishes, you may be considering contesting the will. Contesting a will can be a complicated and lengthy process, so it is important to understand what is involved and what you need to know before taking any action. Grounds For Contesting A Will Before you can contest a will, you need to have…

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Las Cosas no Son Siempre lo Que Parecen: Cuidado con el Robo de Identidad

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(BPT) – Los estafadores cambian constantemente de tácticas para robar su información personal identificable (PII, por sus siglas en inglés), como los nombres de usuario y contraseñas de cuentas, números de Seguro Social, fechas de nacimiento, números de tarjetas de crédito y débito, de identificación personal (PIN, por sus siglas en inglés) u otra información confidencial. Cuando la sustraen, pueden llevar a cabo delitos como el fraude financiero, que pueden resultarles a las víctimas un proceso difícil y frustrante de remediar. El Servicio de Inspección Postal de los Estados Unidos…

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Filing A Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Lawsuit

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If you are the victim of water contamination at Camp Lejeune, there is help available. A water contamination lawsuit can provide financial compensation and help to ensure that the military environment is clean. Here’s everything you need to know about filing a Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuit: Who Is Eligible To File A Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Lawsuit? The VA estimates that about 1 million veterans were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune when they were serving in the Marine Corps between the 1950s and the 1980s. These individuals…

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An Introduction to Digital Marketing for Lawyers

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Digital Marketing

We live in the digital age. Therefore, the Internet plays an important role in the life of almost everyone. We communicate, shop, order food, look for work, and do many other things using the world wide web. The Internet simplifies most of the daily and necessary activities. From this, it follows that for any business now, the presence on the Internet is simply necessary in order to develop, find new customers and make a profit. And law firms are no exception. The entire customer base is now on the Worldwide…

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Do I Need A Probate Attorney?

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While a difficult question to consider, it’s important to ask whether or not you’ll require a probate attorney someday. It may just be exactly the support your loved ones need after your no longer with them. Probate court and its requirements can be a sometimes lengthy and complicated process, especially if your affairs aren’t in order prior to your passing. An already difficult time can be made even more so if there is no will in place or it’s disputed. Individuals often scramble to hire a probate attorney after the fact,…

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Why Heirs Should Use Advance Inheritance Funds

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inheritance

Inheritance Cash Advances Inheritance cash advances provides financial support to heirs entitled to assets found locked until the probate process is over. Assets can consist of real estate, financial holdings, businesses, automobiles, and personal belongings such as jewelry, household items, antiques, art work or vehicles. There are many reasons why an heir would consider loan against inheritance a good solution. Find out the top reasons to select this payment option and skip waiting for probate. These funds can be used in any way the heir desires. There are many cases…

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Gun Control Under Debate

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Gun Control

Another Gun Massacre After the massacre at Virginia Tech, once again the mammoth issue of gun control has been brought up at full force.  Many are highly upset that even after gun control laws have been enacted that the killer in the massacre was approved for a gun and purchased it in less than 30 minutes.  Many have speculated that had there been much harsher guidelines in place, that the sale would not have been completed, and it could have potentially saved all of the lives that were tragically lost…

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