Month: July 2017
Friday, July 28, 2017
Most employees in the United States enjoy broad legal protection from discrimination. However, the laws are not always easy to understand. Many times it can be difficult to know when a line has been crossed. Our Philadelphia PA... Continue Reading
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Recently terminated employees have no right to access their personnel files, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
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In a unanimous June 20 decision in Thomas Jefferson University... Continue Reading
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
When a person passes away and leaves behind an estate, the total amount of the estate’s value is subject to the federal estate tax. The percentage of the estate tax varies each year, and typically is applied directly to the... Continue Reading
Thursday, July 20, 2017
The District Court found that the executors of an estate reasonably relied on the erroneous advice of counsel in the late filing of the estate’s federal estate tax return.
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Because of a dispute over the... Continue Reading
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The Tax Court upheld an IRS assessment of a deficiency in the valuation of two Old Master paintings, Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s Maypole and Jan Brueghel the Elder’s Orpheus, for federal estate tax purposes. The estate of... Continue Reading