Taxation

When businesses or professionals talk about engaging in mergers or acquisitions (M&A), what exactly might that entail? In a general sense, M&A …

 Small business owners often have a very difficult time trying to determine the value of their business. Perhaps the owner has never …

Sometimes the concept of financial planning is considered distinct from the more laborious and esoteric task of estate planning. The financial plan …

Conventional financial wisdom suggests that the first thing a person should do after building the three to six month rainy-day fund is …

Financially successful individuals often contemplate the highest and best use of their assets. In some cases, those same individuals have decided that …

Property owned by a spouse does not automatically transfer to the surviving spouse at death. Instead, something more is needed in the …

Should a person gift the farm before death to avoid the complexity of probate and the estate tax? Probably not.  The family …

If you are a business owner that: (1) is looking towards succession planning and the option of selling your interest in a …

Generally, in Washington state, income producing real property should be placed into a Washington limited liability company (“LLC”).  What is real property? …