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Videos

General

Ancillary Administration In South Carolina Explained By Attorney David Greene
Whom Do I Need As My Personal Representative?
What Is The 5-Year Rule Concerning Medicaid?
Can I Get The Interest Forgiven?
Should I File My Return Even If I Cannot Pay It?
What Is A Streamline Installment Agreement?
What Is An Expedited Installment Agreement?
What Is An Offer In Compromise?
What Is The Fresh Start Program And How Does It Work?

IRS Problems

Did South Carolina Extend Their State Tax Deadline?
Update: IRS Extends The 2021 Federal Tax Filing Date
Tax Attorney Answers: Does Working From Home Change A Business’s 2021 Federal Taxes?
Federal Tax Concerns: Is It Possible To Avoid Getting Audited By The IRS?
Warning: Red Flags That Can Prompt An Audit From The IRS
Explained: Do Tax Laws Treat Severance Pay Differently From Salary Pay?
South Carolina Tax Attorney Explains: How Working From Home Can Affect Your Taxes
Tax Attorney Explains: What To Do If You Did Not Pay Taxes On 2020 Unemployment Benefits
Tax Attorney Answers: Can You Use Your 2019 Income To Qualify For Tax Credits?
The Importance Of Hiring A Tax Attorney In 2021
Can I Deduct A PPP Loan Used To Pay Wages On My 2020 Company Return As Payroll Expenses?
Will The IRS Be More Focused On Crypto-Currency For The 2020 Tax Filing Season?
Should I Have A Financial Advisor And A Tax Attorney, If I’ve Gained Or Lost Cryptocurrency In 2020?
Is There A Threshold Of Loss Or Gain Of Cryptocurrency To Be Reported To IRS For The 2020 Tax Year?
Will I Need To Provide Receipts From Charitable Donations Made In 2020 When Filing My Taxes?
Is The IRS Looking More Closely At 1099 Reporting And Filings For 2020?
Will Any Stimulus Payments Or Other Economic Impact Programs Impact My 2020 Tax Obligations?
How Could Payroll Tax Deferment Impact The Amount Owed In 2020?
How Does The Corona Virus Relief Bill Affect Withdrawals From My Retirement Account?
Why Is The 2020 Tax Filing The Most Opportune Time To Hire An Experienced Tax Attorney To Help Me?
Has The IRS Further Extended The Tax Filing Deadline Due To COVID-19?
Is There A Penalty For Not Having A Health Insurance In The Year 2020 In South Carolina?
What Are The Retirement Contribution Limits In The Year 2020?
How Much Do You Contribute To Health Saving Accounts “HSA” In 2020?
Can I Still Contribute To 2019 “HSA” In 2020?
What Are The IRS Limits For “HSA” And “High Deductible Health Plans” For The Year 2021?
Is It Worth Claiming Medical Expenses On My Taxes?
What Is The Standard Medical Deduction For The Year 2020?
Are My Health Insurance Premiums Tax Deductible?
How Many Years Can I Go Back To Claim Medical Expenses?
What Steps Has IRS Taken For Individuals And Businesses Who Already Owed Delinquent Taxes?
Can Tax Payers Have The Option To Suspend “OIC” Payments During COVID-19 Period?
Are The Collections Of Liens And Levies Impacted By The COVID-19 Crisis?
Is It Possible To Arrange A Reduction And An Installment Agreement Payments During Pandemic?
Is Pandemic A Good Time To Apply For An Offer In Compromise For Past Tax Debts?
Are There Any Extension And Suspension For Payments On Existing Installments Due To COVID Crisis?
Who Is Eligible For Tax Relief Under The Corona Virus Tax Relief Notice?
Do I Have To Be Affected By COVID-19 To Qualify For Payment Tax Relief?
Form Numbers Of Federal Income Tax Returns With Postponed Deadlines Under COVID-19 Tax Relief
Are Fiscal Year Tax Filers Eligible For Tax Relief Under Corona Virus Tax Relief Fund?
Do Businesses Get A Tax Relief, If Their Filing Dates Are Later Than April 15th, 2020?
Does The Relief Provided In The Notice Applied To Payroll Or Excess Tax?
Does The Relief Provided In The Notice Applied To Estate Or Gift Tax?
Does The Relief Provided In The Notice Applied To Section 965 Installment Payments?
Does The Relief Applied To Estimated Payments For A Company Need To Make Payments Under Section 59A?
Does The Relief Provided In The Notice Applied To Filing Of Information Returns?
Can The IRS Shut Down My Business If I Owe Taxes And Cannot Pay?
Is Virtual Currency Taxed As Income Or Property On South Carolina?
Can The IRS Levy One Hundred Percent Of My Social Security?
Can The IRS Levy One Hundred Percent Of My Wages?
If I Work For Myself And Receive 1099 Income. Can IRS Levy My Income?
How Much Of Your Property Taxes Are Tax Deductible?
Can You Claim Your Property Tax On Your Income Tax In The Year 2019?
What Is A Tax Deductible Small Business Expense?
I Use My Personal Car For My Business, Is That A Tax Deductible Business Expense?
Can I Claim A Deduction For A Business Related Entertainment?
What Is The Difference Between Current And Capital Expenses?
If My Business Requires “Work From Home”, Am I Allowed To Take A Home Office Tax Deduction?
What Are The Most Common Types Of Trusts And What Are Drawbacks And Benefits To Each?
When I Will Be Able To File An Appeal Against The IRS Or The Amounts Due?
How Do I File An Appeal Against The IRS?
I Don’t Agree To The Notice Given By IRS That I Owe From Previous Taxes. What Can I Do?
How Long Did The IRS Have To Respond To An Appeal?
What Happens If You Are Audited And Fail?
Do You Get Your Tax Refund If You Are Audited?
Can I Do An Offer In Compromise Even If I Have Enough Money Or Assets To Pay The Tax In Full?
Can IRS Accept Installment Agreement That Does Not Pay Tax Within A Ten Year Collection Period?
How Can The IRS Collect Taxes More Than Ten Years After They Were Due?
If I Have Both The Will And A Trust Which One Controls?
What Is A Taxpayer Advocate Service?
What Is An Offer In Compromise Based On Doubt As To Liability?
What Is An Offer In Compromise Based On Effective Tax Administration?
What Is The Five Year Medicaid Look Back Period?
Will An Irrevocable Trust Protect Me From The 5 Year Medicaid Look Back Period?
Will I Get Any Warning Before The IRS Garnishes My Wages And Bank Account?
Do I Need A Tax Attorney To Help With My IRS Issues?
How Much Can I Save With The IRS Offer In Compromise Program?
If I Owe The IRS, Can IRS Take My Assets?
If I Owe The IRS, How Much Interest Will I Have To Pay?
What If I Need More Time To Respond To The IRS?
When Can The IRS Audit Me?
When Will My Case With The IRS Be Over?
Why Was I Chosen For An Audit?
Will I Be Subject To Future Audits Because I Challenged The IRS?
Will I Go To Jail For Not Paying My Taxes?
Can The IRS Ever Be Bargained With?
Can The IRS Force Me To Change The Number Of Dependents On My W-4 Form?
Can The IRS Levy My Social Security Benefits?
Do I Have To File All Of My Unfiled Returns Before The IRS Will Make A Deal?
How Can I Make A Deal With The IRS For Less Than What I Owe?
How Common Is It For People Or Companies To Owe The IRS?
How Much Time Does The IRS Have To Collect?

Estate Planning

What To Do After Being Left Real Estate Or Property In The Event Of A Parent’s Death In SC?
Your Deceased Parent’s Partner Has Opened Their Estate. What This Means For You?
How Real Estate Is Handled Through Wills In South Carolina?
How Is A Special Needs Trust Properly Funded In South Carolina?
What Happens If A Special Needs Trust Is Not Properly Funded?
Why Is The Accounting Associated With The Special Needs Trust So Important?
Who Is Responsible For Keeping The Accounting Of A Special Needs Trust?
What Changes Should I Consider Making In My Estate Plan At The End Of This Year?
Can I Leave Specific Assets To Specific People Or Is It Better To Have Everything In One Trust?
If I Plan To Leave Specific Assets To Specific People, What Is The Best Way To Setup My Estate Plan?
Will A Trust Protect Assets Left For My Children Or Grandchildren From Reckless Spending?
Is It Possible To Leave Property To Minor Children In South Carolina?
What Can I Do To Protect My Spouse Financially?
Is Anything I Have In A Trust Protected, Should I Divorce In South Carolina?
What Is South Carolina’s Elective Share And Will It Protect My Spouse When I Die?
Are There Time Limits For A Spouse To File For Elective Share After The Death Of A Spouse?
What Is A QTIP Trust And How Does This Differ From Elective Share?
Does South Carolina Have A Marital Deduction In An Estate Tax?
What Is Estate Planning?
What Can Someone Do, If A Loved One Is In Nursing Home Without Any Financial Preparation?
My Family Is Not Prepared For Health Emergencies. Which Documents Should We Have In Place?
What Can Be Done If The Parents Are Incapable Of Making Decisions For Their Child’s Care?
What Kind Of Crisis Planning Should Someone Have, If Their Parents Become Incapacitated?
Is It Too Late To Save Resources, If A Loved One Is Already In A Nursing Home?
I Am Having Signs Of Dementia. What Can I Do Now To Prepare For My Future?
Why Someone Needs To Do Proper Planning For Their Special Needs Child?
Does The Type Of Disability A Child Has Determine The Type Of Planning That Should Be Done?
What Legal & Financial Concerns Must Be Considered For A Special Needs Child?
Are There Different Types Of Special Needs Trust?
What Do I Need To Do After My Loved One Had Passed Away?
What Is An Inventory And Appraisement?
What Happens If I Want To Distribute Estate Among The Loved Ones Without A Will?
When Should I Create A Living Trust?
Is It Ever Too Late To Setup A Living Trust?
Is It Ever Too Early To Setup A Living Trust? Should I Wait Until I Have Certain Amount Of Assets?
Can I Add Additional Assets To My Living Trust And Any Point Of Time?
How Do I Fund My Trust During COVID-19 Shutdown?
How Can I Up To Date My Estate Plan During COVID-19 Pandemic?
How Can I Make Legal Changes In My Estate Plan Without Witnesses During COVID-19 Pandemic?
Do You Need Probate For Small Estates In South Carolina?
How Long Does Probate Take On A Small Estate In South Carolina?
What Is The Probate Process For A Small Estate In South Carolina?
Can A Property Be Transferred Without Probate In South Carolina?
Do Bank Accounts Have To Go Through Probate In South Carolina?
How Can You Claim Inherited Property With A Simple Affidavit In South Carolina?
What Is The Value Of A Property That Would Be Considered A Small Estate In South Carolina?
What Is The Out Of Court Affidavit Procedure Available To Simplified Probate In South Carolina?
What Is The First Step In Settling A Revocable Living Trust In South Carolina?
How Long Does It Take To Settle A Trust After Death?
How Long Do We Have To Settle A Trust In South Carolina?
If I Cannot Locate The Original Estate Planning Documents Required To Settle A Trust, What Can I Do?
How Is It Determined That A Trust Needs To Be Probated?
How A Trustee Can Sell Assets To Cover The Expenses Under The South Carolina Law?
What Happens If There Is Not Enough Money Left After Bills And Other Expenses To Cover The Taxes?
Who Will Cover The Expenses, If The Assets Are Distributed To The Beneficiaries First?
Are There Alternatives To Guardianship?
What Is The Difference Between A Guardianship And A Conservatorship?
How Much Does An Estate Plan Cost Me?
Are There Any Benefits To Probate?
When Should I Start Planning For My Estate?
Can I Protect My Parents Assets From The Nursing Home Or Medical Care?
What Is A Durable Power Of Attorney?
What Rights Does The Agent Has Under A Durable Power Of Attorney?
Does A Durable Power Of Attorney Need To Be Recorded?
Is A Copy Of Power Of Attorney Valid?
Can A Power Of Attorney Be Terminated?
What Are Different Types Of Power Of Attorney?
Will My Petition Be Approved?
What Are The Executor’s Duties?
How Do I File A Request To Postpone A Hearing Because We Do Not Have The Accounting Of The Estate?
What Exactly Is Estate Planning?
What Are Some Signs That A Probate Will Be Litigated?
How Does Probate Litigation Affect The Probate Process?
What Are Non-Probate Assets?
Who Is Able To Contest A Will Or An Estate?
How Can The Validity Of A Will Or Trust Be Determined?
How Can A Decision Made By A Probate Court Judge Be Appealed?
Do I Need An Attorney For Probate Or Trust Litigation?
When Would You Need A Tax Attorney Versus An Accountant?
What Does It Mean To Have A Taxable Estate?
Are There Any New Business Tax Laws That I Should Be Aware Of Before Filing This Year?
How Long Would It Take To Settle My Estate?
What Does A Personal Representative Do?
Am I Entitled To Anything From The Estate As An Executor?
Do I Have To Pay Inheritance Tax Or Estate Tax?
How Long Does The Inheritance Process Take?
My Ex-Husband Has Died. Am I Entitled To Anything?
My Mother Has Died But I Can’t Find A Will. What Should I Do?
My Wife’s Executors Can’t Give Me The Money I Am Inheriting, Until Inheritance Tax Has Been Paid
What Happens To A Business Owned By The Deceased?
What Legal Duties Does An Executor Or An Administrator Have?
When A Will Is Considered Invalid?
Which Creditors Must Be Paid?
What Are The Basic Items In An Estate Plan And What Does Each Item Do?
What Happens If Someone Dies Without An Estate Plan Or A Will?
How Often Should People Review Their Estate Plan?
Can A Husband And A Wife Have One Will For Both Of Them?
How Can I Revoke My Will?
How Long Will I Have To Pay On An Installment Agreement?
What Is The Difference In A Testate Estate And Intestate Estate?
Do I Have To Leave My Wife Or Children Anything In My Will?
I Am The Personal Representative Of My Dad’s Estate. Am I Responsible For His Debts?

Probate

How Probate Operates In Nonresident States?
How Assets In Other States Are Handled In Ancillary Administration?
Why Hiring A Probate Attorney Can Help Your Ancillary Administration In South Carolina?
How A Sibling’s Tenant Status Will Interact With The Probate Process After Their Passing?
What Is A Petition For Probate Of Will And For Letters Testamentary?
How Expensive Is The Probate Process?
How Does A Probate Case Start In A Probate Court?
I Have A Small Estate. Does It Have To Be Probated?
What Is A Probate Asset?
How Long A Case Is Probated?
Who Will Receive A Notice That The Probate Is Being Started?
How Much Does A Probate Cost?
What Are My Options For Avoiding Probate?
What Factors Set The Stage For Probate To Occur?
Does A Person Have To Go Through Probate If He Doesn’t Have A Will?

Trust

How South Carolina Handles Back Taxes On Inherited Property That Was Sold Before Death?
What Is A Trust?
How Does A Trust Work When Someone Dies?
How Does The Beneficiary Get Money From A Trust?
Can A Trustee Withdraw Money From A Trust?
How Do You Settle A Trust?
Do Beneficiaries Have The Rights To See The Trust?
Do I Have To Pay Taxes On Money Inherited From A Trust?
How Long Does It Take To Get Inheritance Money From A Trustee?
Does A Will Override A Trust?
Is It Difficult To Contest A Trust?
Does An Executor Have To Show Accounting To Beneficiaries?
Are There Different Types Of Trusts?
Do I Still Need A Trust If I Am Not Wealthy?
If I Have A Will, Do I Need A Trust?
If I Have A Living Will Or Healthcare Power Of Attorney, Why Would I Create A Trust?
I Have A Prenuptial Agreement. What Benefit Would A Trust Provide?
Can I Appoint A Friend Or Another Individual As Trustee?
Can I Have More Than One Trust?
How Can A Trust Avoid Probate?
Afraid Of Losing Control Of Your Assets By Putting Them In A Trust?
What Are The Most Common Trusts?
What Benefits Does A Trust Offer And Are There Any Disadvantages?
What Components Make Up An Effective Trust?
What Happens To A Trust Upon A Death Of Its Maker?
What Is Involved In Trust Administration And How Does It Compare With Probate?
Why Would You Recommend A Trust As A Basic Strategy For Proper Estate Planning Versus Other Methods?
What Is A Special Needs Trust?
How Can I Revoke My Power Of Attorney?

Tax Laws

Is The Federal Estate And Gift Tax Exemption Intended To Increase In 2021?
What Are The Proposed Changes To Capital Gains Tax Rate In 2021 Under The Biden Administration?
What Changes Are Coming In 2021 In Regards To Charitable Donations?
What Does Stepped Up Basis Mean When Referring To Capital Gains Tax?
Do Stocks And Bonds Also Receive A Stepped-Up Basis When They Are Inherited At Death?
What Is The Traditional IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program?
Are There Legal Consequences For An Error On My Tax Return?
Do I Have To Declare All Assets, Which Were Legally Diverted To The IRS To Avoid Undue Scrutiny?
What Is The Best Way To Handle Tax Evasion Charges?
What Information And Documents Will Be Helpful To My Tax Attorney To Help Me In My Tax Evasion Case?
I’ve Been Accused Of Tax Avoidance Or Tax Evasion. At What Point Should I Hire A Tax Attorney?
Is It Legal To Reduce My Tax Burden By Deferring Income Tax By Contributing To An IRA?
What Are Some Ways Of Legally Diverting Your Money To Lower Your Tax Burden?
What Is The Difference Between Tax Avoidance And Tax Evasion? Is Tax Avoidance Legal?
What Are Penalties For Failing To Declare Taxable Income?
What Someone Should Do If They Missed The July 2020, Tax Filing Deadline?
If I Owe A Refund On My Federal Taxes, I Will Not Be Penalized For Filing Late Taxes. Is That True?
Is An Extension To File My Federal Taxes Same As The Extension To Pay?
What Penalties And Interests Will Be Imposed If I File My Taxes Late?
What Penalties And Interests Will Be Imposed If I Failed To Pay My Taxes In Full By The Due Date?
What Is Penalty Abatement?
Who May Qualify For A Tax Penalty Relief?
What Can I Do If I Was Not Able To File My Taxes On Time As A Military Member?
Will I Have To Pay Taxes On My Unemployment Benefits?
Am I Allowed To Deduct My Unreimbursed Employee Expenses As An Itemized Deduction?
Can I Go To Jail For Filing My Taxes Incorrectly?
Can I Refile My Taxes, If I Forgot Something?
How Often Does The IRS Double Check The Tax Returns?
Is Mistake Or Ignorance Of The Law, A Valid Defense For Any Tax Crime?
Should I File An Amended Tax Return If I Received IRS Cp2000 Notice?
What Happens, If I Made A Mistake On My Tax Return?
What If You File Your Taxes And Forgot A W2?
What Is The Penalty For An Incorrect Tax Return?
What Should I Do If The IRS Rejected My Efile Original Return?
Will The IRS Catch It, If I Have Made A Mistake?
Do I Really Need A Tax Attorney To Assist With My 2018 Tax Filings?
What Are Some Tax Changes For 2018?
When Should I File An Extension For My Tax Return?
What Is The Deadline For A Tax Return That Has Filed In Extension?
Can I Amend My Tax Return To Change My Filing Status?
What Will Happen To Me If I Simply Cannot Resolve My Tax Debt?
When Does The 10-Year Statute Of Limitation For Collecting Taxes Begin?
When Bankruptcy Is The Best Option And Will It Relieve Tax Debt?
Can The IRS Collect Taxes More Than 10 Years After They Were Filed?
Will I Go To Jail For Not Paying Back Taxes?
What Are The Tax Penalties For Unpaid And Underpaid Taxes?
How Can I Get My Tax Lien Released?
How Can I Get My Tax Levy Released?
What Is The Best Way To Settle My Tax Debt?
Am I More Likely To Be Audited If I Have Tax Debt?
Can I Get Penalties Forgiven For Not Filing Or Paying My Taxes?
Am I Responsible For Payroll Taxes For My Independent Contractors?
Can Failure To Pay Payroll Taxes Result In Criminal Charges?
Can I File An Offer In Compromise To Settle The Payroll Tax Debt?
Can The IRS Take My Home If I Do Not Pay The Payroll Taxes I Owe?
Do I Have Any Appeal Rights If The IRS Thinks I Should Be Liable For The Trust Fund?
How Long Does The IRS Have To Assess The Trust Fund Recovery Penalty?
If My Business Pays The Payroll Taxes In Full, Do I Still Owe The Trust Fund Recovery Penalty?
My Small Business Is Having A Problem Keeping Up With Our Payroll Taxes?
What Are Civil Penalties For Unpaid Payroll Taxes?
What Are Payroll Taxes?
When Are Payroll Taxes Due?
Who Is Responsible For Payroll Taxes?

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