Fairfax, Virginia –Chip Helme, of Thompson, Greenspon & Co., PC is the new chair of the board of CPAmerica International. He succeeds 2014 chair and former president, Bryan R. Chandler, leading partner of JamisonMoneyFarmer in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Joseph Ciccarello, leading partner of Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, has been elected to the vice chair/chair-elect position. [...]
Linda Wang of the United States Department of Agriculture has created a summary of the newest tax laws related to timber. Tax laws on timber transactions are very specialized knowledge that are not commonly known. Yet they are important to timber owners in terms of the ongoing cost of owning and managing timber, forest stewardship [...]
Below are the annual adjustments made to both Estate and Gift Taxes: Unified Estate and Gift Tax (Lifetime) Exclusion: $5,430,000 Generation - Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax Exemption: $5,430,000 Gift Tax Annual Exclusion: $14,000 (no change from 2014) If you are reading this post, you might also be interested in [...]