Guiding You Through The Legal Process
While it wasn't the first and certainly won't be the last, the data breach at Yahoo is certainly the largest to date. In September the company revealed that at least 500 million accounts had been hacked, with thieves stealing names, personal information and passwords....
Many Georgia residents have likely heard about the sexual harassment lawsuit that was filed against former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, brought sexual harassment allegations against Ailes that quickly became very...
When people in Georgia fail or refuse to pay their taxes, the Internal Revenue Service can issue a federal tax lien. A tax lien is secured by all of the personal and real property that is owned by the taxpayer. This includes homes, business interests, vehicles and...
If Benjamin Franklin were alive today, he would surely add "identity theft" to the other two certainties he observed in life: death and taxes. While the internet does streamline our lives in its ability to warehouse all documents and link all aspects of our lives, our...
Georgia residents have less risk of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service than they have had in decades. That's because the IRS began auditing fewer returns after the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 forced the agency to pay greater attention to...
A federal estate tax is applied to the assets of a deceased person. However, if the assets transfer to the spouse, the estate tax is not applied. Furthermore, there is an estate tax exemption of $5.45 million for 2016, so on a federal level, only people whose assets...
Georgia residents may be familiar with the idea of a marriage penalty on federal tax returns. The concept relates to tax scenarios that provide greater advantages to unmarried partners than to those who tie the knot. While many ignore these issues as they wed, some...
Making the leap from renter to homeowner is often an important milestone for many people, giving them a sense of "grown-up" satisfaction, or maybe signifying that they have finally staked out their piece of the American Dream. But how do you avoid unnecessary taxation...
Many Georgia residents look forward to the Olympic Games, but it is not just the nation's sports fans who are cheering on Team USA in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes who earn medals also receive handsome cash prizes, and returning American athletes will arrive home to find...
Few pieces of mail elicit more anxiety among Georgia residents than an audit notice from the Internal Revenue Service. Financial experts often provide advice about how to best avoid an audit, but data provided by the oft-maligned agency indicates that using...
