Categories for General News and Information

Apr
13
2020

AZ Clients REMINDER

April 15, 2020 DUE DATE FOR AZ Tax Credits and 1st Quarter Estimates  

Apr
01
2020

2020 -03/17 – Why you should keep life insurance out of your estate

If you have a life insurance policy, you probably want to make sure that the life insurance benefits your family will receive after your death won’t be included in your estate. That way, the benefits won’t be subject to the federal estate tax. Under the estate tax rules, life insurance will be included in your taxable estate if either: 1) Your estate is the beneficiary of the insurance proceeds, or 2) You possessed certain economic ownership rights (called “incidents of ownership”) in the policy at your death (or within three years of your death).

Mar
20
2020

2020 – 03/20

More details are available about the Families First Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Act, which was signed into law on March 18. The Act includes a variety of relief including a requirement that employers with fewer than 500 employees provide both paid and unpaid public health emergency leave to certain employees through Dec. 31. A tax credit may be available to the employer. The leave generally is required when an employee, employed for at least 30 days,