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With an estate tax and gift tax “exemption” at $5,250,000 and availability of portability of the unused exemption into the second estate, the vast majority of estates will not be subject to estate tax or gift tax at all. However, failure to file an estate...

The Notice Act, which just became law, stands for “Notice of Observations Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility.”  When you go to the hospital, and are wheeled to a hospital bed, do you think you are being “admitted?”  Do you think someone would...

A federal appeals court has reinstated regulations to extend the minimum wage and overtime minimum wage and overtime protection provisions to workers who provide home care for the elderly and disabled. A federal appeals court has reinstated regulations to...

“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.” ~ Mark Twain. I have no idea what Mark Twain would have said about our U.S. Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision in Clark v. Rameker, (Sup Ct. (6/12/2014)...

Effective April 29, 2016, the law has changed regarding Social Security Benefits. Suspend and Restart will be Gone.Married couples can no longer use the “file and suspend” option. Under Suspend and Restart, you could increase benefits once you started...

The VA has finally released its new regulations, which can be very important to anyone who files for VA benefits AFTER October 18, 2018, or who wants to file before then! The Good News: Allowable medical expenses have increased to include the monthly cost...

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On July 31, 2015, President Obama signed into law P.L. 114-41, the “Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015.” Although this new law was primarily designed as a 3-month stopgap extension of the Highway Trust Fund and...

“What is a Living Trust and Who Does it Involve?” A trust is very flexible and many provisions can be drawn to achieve your specific goals. A trust has three parties: one who creates it (a “Grantor”); one who administers is (the “Trustee”); and one who...