Monthly Archives: December 2014

Written By: Guy Schmitz, J.D., LL.M. Consider advising your clients that all transfers potentially have tax consequences.  Clients know that if they sell stock for a purchase price in excess of basis, there will be gain (assuming no offsetting losses).  They will recognize quickly (if you tell them) that the transfer of services for money […]

Written By: Guy Schmitz, J.D., LL.M.   Is there anything worse than the Congressional ritual of letting temporary provisions expire and then resuscitating them, nominally retroactively? While the members of Congress undoubtedly trumpet their extender legislation as an accomplishment to save these important tax benefits, the fact was that the taxes that affect decisions on […]

Written By: Guy Schmitz, J.D., LL.M. Amazon has agreed to start paying sales tax in Illinois in 2015 because it is opening distribution centers in Illinois.  This may not sound like it is worthy of a blog entry, but it is.  First we’ll cover the history and then the future, all intertwined with nexus and […]