How to Own Your Real Estate
Real estate encompasses not only one’s primary residence but also other real estate such as a vacation home or a rental property. The ideal form of ownership varies depending on ...
How to Protect Your Family When You and Your Spouse Work in the Same Business
You and your spouse live together, you work together, and chances are you spend a lot of your free time together. Having a successful marriage and business takes a lot ...
Your Five Task Year-End Estate Planning To-Do List
The new year is fast approaching. As we all prepare for the holidays, here are some things that should be on your end-of-year checklist: 1. Make Sure Your Estate Planning ...
How an Estate Planning Letter of Intent Can Help Your Family
Estate planning is an important task that everyone should undertake as it helps to protect your family and their financial future. However, estate planning can do much more than focus ...
Small Business Owner? Know What Can Happen to Your Business If You Become Incapacitated or Pass Away
Preparing your company for your incapacity or death is vital to the survival of the enterprise. Otherwise, your business will be disrupted, harming your customers, employees, vendors, and ultimately, your ...
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will help Farmers
Congress delivered the historic 560-plus-page Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and President Donald Trump signed it into law on the Friday before Christmas. The changes will affect 2018 taxes, not ...
Overview: Buy-Sell Agreements and Your Small Business
If you co-own a business, you need a buy-sell agreement. Also called a buyout agreement, this document is essentially the business world’s equivalent of a prenup. An effective buy-sell agreement ...
Limited Liability Company (LLC): An Overview
The limited liability company (LLC) is a hybrid type of business structure, offering business owners the best of both worlds: the simplicity of a sole proprietorship or partnership, with the ...
Start Early on Farm Transfer Work
Family dynamics – tax changes – irratic markets. All of these components can make starting conversations about estate planning difficult for Wisconsin’s farm families. Dan Purtell with the Wilson Law ...
Family Business: Preserving Your Legacy for Generations to Come
Your family-owned business is not just one of your most significant assets, it is also your legacy. Both must be protected by implementing a transition plan to arrange for transfer ...