25

Mar

Your Business is Our Business

By Peter McGuire, Esq. As a firm focused primarily on estate planning, Strauss Attorneys works intimately with our clients to plan appropriately with a complete and accurate asset profile. Often with our business owner clients, that asset profile includes, first and foremost, the...

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Category: Advisors


06

Mar

Elder Exploitation and Financial Abuse: Marking the 10th Anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

June 15th, 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Please read below for some important signs of Elder Abuse that can help you detect whether your loved ones or friends may be at risk of becoming a victim. Elder Exploitation and Financial Abuse It is...

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06

Mar

There is No “Improvement Standard” for Continued Medicare Rehabilitation Coverage

Our clients frequently are faced with a common myth or misconception regarding what nursing home care may be covered by Medicare following a hospitalization when rehabilitation has been prescribed by the patient’s attending physician. Many times families have been erroneously in...

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06

Mar

Inherited Trust Shares and Divorce – Protecting your Children

Among the most important benefits of holding assets in a living trust is ensuring that they pass to beneficiaries protected from creditors, for instance, from a child’s divorcing spouse. A testamentary gift to your child outright and in their own name can be considered part of th...

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06

Mar

Why Everyone Should Have a Health Care Power of Attorney

A Health Care Power of Attorney is a document that authorizes another person to make medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so. There are many different situations that could result in a person being unable to make or communicate medical decisions and these situations...

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06

Mar

More for Christmas, Less for the IRS – Saving Money with Year End Tax Planning

Executive Summary Most year-end income tax planning strategies fall into two broad categories: first, maximizing available credits and deductions, and second, accelerating and postponing income and deductions. The heart of intelligent income tax planning is taking advantage of c...

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06

Mar

Do You Have an Out-of-State Trust: Getting Your Refund After the Kimberly Rice Kaestner Case

A recent decision by the North Carolina Business Court could have significant ramifications for North Carolina’s taxation of trusts, and could result in substantial refunds for certain beneficiaries. In Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust v. North Carolina Department of Rev...

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Categories: Taxation Trusts


06

Mar

The Many Pieces of Resting in Peace

For many people, end of life planning means having a good will and a better prayer. Some may also think about doing a trust, healthcare power of attorney, living will, long term care planning and even talking things over with family. But many people fail to think about funeral a...

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06

Mar

Larry Hartley to Participate In Open Water Swim Event to Benefit the Navy Seal Foundation

Larry Hartley has been selected to participate in the Tampa Bay Frogman 5K Open Water Swim in January 2016. The Frogman 5K Open Water Swim is a charitable event to benefit the Navy SEAL Foundation, whose mission is to provide immediate and ongoing support and assistance to the Na...

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Categories: Events Firm


06

Mar

Strauss & Associates Welcomes New Associates

For Immediate Release - Asheville, NC – July 25, 2015 – The Asheville and Hendersonville estate planning and business law firm of Strauss Attorneys PLLC. is pleased to announce that Lorin G. Page and Erica M. Erickson have recently become associated with the fir...

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Category: Firm