The SECURE Act of 2019 makes substantial changes to the taxation and distribution of IRAs and retirement benefits. How does it affect your estate plans? KDDK tax and estate attorney Mark S. Samila explains.Read More

On June 21, 2018, in a narrow 5 to 4 decision, the United States Supreme Court in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. issued a decision which opens the door for states to require out-of-state merchants to collect and remit sales tax on internet sales.  The issue of sales tax on internet sales is an issue...Read More

Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP, is a member of MERITAS Law Firms Worldwide, which is a leading global network of more than 7,500 attorneys at 182 independent law firms spanning 89 countries around the world.  Quentin Vaile, Meritas European Regional Director, recently issued the following guidance regarding the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...Read More

With the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) by President Trump on December 22, 2017, the most sweeping tax legislation in decades has been enacted.  The Act doubles the estate and gift tax exemption amount to $11,200,000 to those individuals dying in 2018, up from what was to be a $5,600,000...Read More

Republican lawmakers joined President Trump on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, to celebrate their largest legislative achievement to date, currently named “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”).  The Act makes several sweeping changes, including a provision that, effective in 2018, caps the amount of state and local income taxes and property taxes individuals may...Read More

On August 2, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations that will have a significant adverse effect on the valuation of many family owned or controlled businesses for federal estate and gift tax purposes. These regulations, if finalized, would: Eliminate or substantially reduce lack of control and minority interest discounts for many transfers involving...Read More

The IRS is expected to issue regulations this fall that will substantially limit the use of family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies.  These entities are often used as a method to gift assets to children and other family members at discounted values, often as much as 40%. It appears that the regulations will...Read More

Beginning January 1, 2015, employers with 100 or more employees that fail to offer health insurance coverage to full-time employees or that offer health insurance coverage that is not “affordable” are subject to penalties under the Affordable Care Act. Employers that fail to offer health insurance coverage are subject to a penalty of up to...Read More

The I.R.S. has recently issued additional guidance on the consequences of employers failing to provide health insurance coverage to employees. Generally, an employer may reimburse  employees’ for substantiated premiums paid by an employee for non-employer-sponsored hospital and medical insurance. In such instances, the payments are excluded from the employee’s gross income. These arrangements are often referred to...Read More

Ever since the signing into law of the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (MMA) by Governor Otis Bowen in 1975, physicians and other health care providers in Indiana have had no worries about potential exposure of their personal assets as the result of a judgment in favor of a patient in a medical malpractice lawsuit. This...Read More