Lebovitz & Lebovitz, P.A.

12/01/2017

Under current law, alimony payments are deductible by the payer and count as income to the recipient, but the tax bill from the House of Representatives includes a provision repealing the current treatment of alimony for divorce agreements signed after 2017.

12/01/2017

https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-favorite-tax-break-isnt-as-great-as-you-think-1508491801

The income-tax benefits Americans love most are actually some of the least effective given their cost in forgone revenue.

06/13/2017

Commercial property owners could lose one of their most valuable tax advantages https://www.wsj.com/articles/1031-exchange-a-cherished-real-estate-tax-break-faces-extinction-1497351605 via

A much-loved tax advantage in the commercial real-estate industry is on the chopping block even as chances dim for the passage of a broad federal tax overhaul this year.

02/17/2017

Childless couples may need to think differently about things like long-term care and life insurance, this adviser says

12/09/2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-estate-tax-is-at-deaths-door-with-trump-presidency-1481294198

The American estate tax turned 100 this year. It probably won’t live to see 101. Both President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives have issued proposals to end the tax.

08/02/2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/government-aims-to-limit-technique-for-lowering-estate-gift-taxes-1470155292

The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed making it harder for wealthy business owners to transfer assets to heirs without paying estate and gift taxes.

07/29/2016

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-28/don-t-blame-divorce-on-money-ask-did-the-husband-have-a-job?utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-business

A Harvard study finds it’s more complicated than financial strain, zeros in on the guy’s employment status.

07/20/2016

Life can be stranger than fiction

http://www.wsj.com/articles/fictional-problems-at-silicon-valley-get-real-life-legal-advice-1469031958?mod=e2twd

Pied Piper is getting some unsolicited advice from a few of Silicon Valley’s top legal minds.

05/05/2016

Learn to encrypt your files, secure your computer when using public Wi-Fi, enable two-factor authentication, and use good passwords.