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Ohio Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law
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Since January 2006, A law blog (BLAWG) for professionals and the general public in Ohio regarding estate planning, trust and probate law.
Recent Posts
Trust Mills Beware
For many years, estate planning attorneys, bar associations and the Ohio Legislature have warned citizens to beware of Trust Mills. Now the Ohio Supreme court has sent a message to Trust Mills to beware of operating in Ohio. A Trust Mill is a company...
Movement to Eliminate Ohio’s Estate Tax is Under Way
The Ohio chapter of Americans for Prosperity is pushing forward with its proposal to repeal Ohio’s estate tax. Ohio assesses a tax on residents’ estates valued at $338,333 or more. The group successfully certified its petition with the Ohio Att...
U.S. Continues to Uncover the Methods Used by Wealthy Tax-Evaders
In our last post, we addressed that the IRS was receiving an overwhelming number of disclosures from wealthy taxpayers, regarding income earned, but not reported, on offshore accounts. The U.S. continues to aggressively pursue the people who use thes...
IRS Offering Clemency for Taxpayers Secreting Offshore Accounts
U.S. Taxpayers are required to declare on an annual basis income earned from foreign financial accounts by the filing of IRS Form TD F 90-22.1. For years, offshore accounts in certain countries have made it possible for these taxpayers to park money...
Stepped-Up Basis to be Replaced by Carry-Over Basis
When you purchase an asset, the purchase price becomes your tax basis for that property. If you later sell that asset, your tax basis is used to determine your capital gain or loss for tax purposes. If you receive property by gift, you take the don...
Recommended Website: Password Safe
We regularly come across websites or web-based products that we find highly useful. One particular web-based product that we have used for years is Password Safe. This downloadable program keeps all of your usernames and passwords organized securely ...

