William Woods White PC

01/27/2026

I am proud to announce that I received the Pro Bono Award from Georgia Legal Services Program last year.

06/24/2024

Governor Kemp signed Addy's law. The minimum fine for passing a school bus is now $1,000.00 effective July 1, 2024.

05/20/2024

Georgia passed Addy's law this year. The new fine for passing a school bus caught on camera is not less than $1,000.00. The minimum fine used to be $250.00.

03/12/2024

Corporate retuns are due Friday March 15, 2024. Make sure you file your return or extension on Form 7004 by Friday. I recommend you have the post office hand cancel the mailing. (hand canceling means they stamp the date mailed on the envelope).

12/28/2022

The IRS has announced that they will delay third party payment application platforms reporting requirements that were supposed to take effect January 1, 2023.

IR-2022-226, December 23, 2022 — The Internal Revenue Service today announced a delay in reporting thresholds for third-party settlement organizations set to take effect for the upcoming tax filing season.

05/26/2022

Scam Alert: The missed jury duty scam.

You will receive a call with a spoofed caller ID from the local Sheriff and they tell you that you have missed jury duty and you must pay a fee to avoid jail. Do not pay the fee. Hang up and check with the Jury Clerk or Sheriff for your county. I have had several folks call after they received this call.

09/01/2021

Thinking about a will? What about an online will? Georgia has some unique requirements that do not exist in other states. If you prepare a will online, you may be at risk of higher costs for administration. If you have questions, please give us a call.

03/17/2021

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03/14/2021

People frequently ask how long to keep documents. Due to some recent problems I have seen, I now recommend keeping loan payoff and credit card payoff documents forever. Some of the big Banks erase their file seven years after payoff. What's the problem you ask?

Problem #1: Lets assume you take out a business loan and secure it by pledging your life insurance. You pay it off. Ten years later your spouse tries to collect. The life insurance pledge was never released and the bank has erased all record of the loan and refuses to do anything. The life insurance company refuses to pay.

Problem #2: You pay off your mortgage. Bank fails to record or issue a satisfaction. Eight years later you try and refinance. The first mortgage is still open on your title and bank refuses to release without proof of payoff.

Problem #3: You payoff a credit card and close the account. Eight years later they sell it to a collection company and they sue you.

These problems can be avoided if you keep your loan payoff and credit card payoff records. In some cases your estate might even need them.

03/05/2021

Marietta has 22 license plate readers throughout the City to look out for crime.

If you drive through Marietta and other parts of Cobb County, your license plate may be being watched.

02/12/2021

Countering bad advice, especially during tax season, is crucial. Bloomberg Tax’s Kelly Phillips Erb clarifies common tax myths from whether filing taxes are mandatory, if Social Security benefits are taxable, can taxpayers claim deductions for working from home during the pandemic, and what might ...

02/03/2021

Over a month ago, I wrote an article about the home office deduction that attracted very little notice. I figured folks were either overwhelmed with COVID-19 coverage, or the article didn’t apply to them. More recently, I realized that I was wrong: taxpayers assumed the article didn’t apply to t...