Five Tax Tips For Business Owners

Tax time for businesses is often a complicated process. If you don’t have a good tax attorney, you could end up getting audited for mistakes an accountant makes. Florida tax lawyers must stay up to date on the newest tax laws, including business deductions. Another benefit of using a Florida tax attorney is that should […]

Major Life Changes And Your Taxes

When you make life changes, such as getting married or divorced, it affects how you do your taxes. Other life changes that affect your taxes include having a family member die, having a new baby, buying a house, and changing jobs. The changes could affect how much you get back or how much you pay […]

Tax Tips For January

You might think your taxes are set in stone on December 31, but that isn’t always the case. You can do some things in January that will help reduce your tax obligation. And, you can get ready for tax season so you won’t be doing everything at the last minute. The sooner you get your […]

Protecting Assets

For every loan you take, you are given a timeframe to pay your debt. Failure to do this could see you relinquish your assets. However, there are certain steps you can take to protect your personal assets and, by extension, keep them away from your creditors. This whole process is called asset protection.

Here is a […]

Taxes For Independent Contractors

If you are an independent contractor, you file taxes as a self-employed person or company. You can operate as an S-corporation, sole proprietor, or a limited liability company. However, most independent contractors are sole proprietorships.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) dictates that you must file taxes like anyone else. The way you file depends on how […]

Taxes and Retirement

After retiring, you still need to file taxes. However, it’s not as bad as when you were working. Florida does not have a state income tax, so you do not pay state taxes on your retirement. You do, however, pay taxes at the federal level. How long and how much depends on your additional income […]

Probate and Probate Litigation

Most probate cases involve submitting the will and assigning assets to relatives based on statutory requirements if the decedent died intestate – without a will. However, in some cases, a relative or another person might contest the will or other estate documents. When that happens, that person files a lawsuit in the probate court requesting […]

Do You Need a Will?

Many people, especially younger people who do not have families or many assets, believe they don’t need a will. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Even if you rent instead of own, but you have a bank account and a vehicle, you should have a will – at the very least.

If you do […]

Income Taxation Planning

Getting a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is enough to make your heart jump. As you open it, you wonder what you did or didn’t do. You can prevent all that worry by having a tax attorney help you with income taxation planning every year.

The tax attorneys and business attorneys at France Law have the […]

Business Taxation & Organization

When you are ready to start a business, you have several decisions to make. These decisions will affect the way you run and, more importantly, how the Internal Revenue Service taxes the business. The type of entity you choose also affects you financially because you might be financially responsible for lawsuits and creditors. Additionally, owning a […]