Aug 30, 2017 | Blog, Estate Tax Horror Stories, Family Businesses, Ohio
Our great United States thrives because of the concept of capitalism and the promotion of an entrepreneurial spirit With those thoughts in mind, 1 strongly urge you to support permanent elimination of estate and generation-skipping taxes, now commonly referred to as...
Aug 28, 2017 | Blog, Estate Tax Horror Stories, Family Businesses, Maine
The American free market typically rewards success and encourages growth, unless you happen to be a family-business owner. My family has distributed food-service products and paper and plastic disposable products in Maine for more than 1 00 years. If President...
Aug 25, 2017 | Blog, Estate Tax Horror Stories, Family Businesses, Ohio
Mr. Goebel, the owner of the bus line and a hockey rink, currently has a “buy/sell” arrangement with his brothers regarding the business. They pay about $75,000 a year in insurance just to protect themselves should there be a death. Tom’s teenage...
Aug 24, 2017 | Blog, Estate Tax, Estate Tax Horror Stories, Family Businesses, Nebraska
My Mother in law recently passed away. She lived in Minden, Ne. all her life. She and her late husband worked their entire lives in Kearney County. They owned farms, feed lots, gas stations, implement dealerships, and rental properties. They have payed income taxes on...
Aug 22, 2017 | Blog, California, Estate Tax Horror Stories, Family Businesses
My family has almond land, rice land and cattle land in California. Our forefathers settled on the cattle land in the mid 1800’s. The problem I see is that land in California has increased in value so tremendously that he average land owner is going to be...
Aug 5, 2017 | Blog, Death Tax, Family Businesses
New Data On The Effects Of The Death Tax Almost twice as many family members sell their business or property early because of the death tax, and those who leave the business or property to their children to determine how to pay the 55% tax. This means that death taxes...
