Cryptocurrency prices tanked this month and this time it’s not just fringe investors that lost out big. On Monday, May 9, 2022, Bitcoin plunged to its lowest level since 2020 and has now lost more than 50% of its value…
Inflation has been making headlines on a nearly daily basis for months and for good reason. Prices rose 8.5% between March 2021 and 2022—the biggest year-over-year gain since December 1981. April was similar at 8.3% and things are showing no…
Life is full of surprises. Sometimes this is good, sometimes it's not. When surprises come from the IRS, however, they are almost always unambiguously bad. The new required minimum distribution (RMD) rule for retirement accounts is one such example. On…
When planning for the future, protecting your family should always be a top priority, and this includes thinking about your beloved pets. Animals that grow alongside children and provide joy to families are in fact family members; the same can…
An estate plan is the only way to secure your life’s work and legacy after you’re gone but this is only true if the plan works. Executing your estate plan in consultation with an experienced estate planning attorney is a…
If years were given themes, 2022 would be the year of how to mitigate risk. After all, the past year has brought more successive crises than most of us have ever experienced (and that’s saying something after living through 2021).…
Life is colored by the relationships we form. Our marriage or romantic partnership, relationships with our children, family, friendships, and professional partnerships animate our days, inform the way we live, and provide us with a raison d'être (a reason to…
As if tax season were not already bad enough, this year the stress has been compounded by a slew of incorrect IRS notices going out connected to a backlog of millions of still-unprocessed 2020 returns. Individuals, businesses, and tax professionals all…
On December 9, 2021, Gerald Cotten, CEO of QuadrigaCX, died unexpectedly at the age of 30 due to complications from Crohn’s disease. He was in India at the time working to open an orphanage for children to need. Adding major…
Henry Darger died with no will, no durable power of attorney, and no revocable trust. In normal circumstances, this would be a family disaster but not a subject of national interest. Darger, it would turn out, was not the simple…