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Advice CPAs Should Give Clients on Asset Protection – Part I

By Stephen Speiser, Esq. May 2024 CPAs are called upon to advise clients on a wide range of financial planning matters, and their good counsel is often essential to the success of their clients’ business and estate planning objectives. One area that most CPAs tend to avoid, however, is asset protection. This is unfortunate, because CPAs are trusted advisors with …

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The Commercial Real Estate Meltdown is Coming – Prepare Your Clients

385 Banks Projected to Fail / 1,000’s of Loans Projected to Default / Guarantors Wiped Out By Stephen Speiser, Esq. May 2024 The Coming Commercial Real Estate Storm Approximately $1 trillion of commercial real estate debt is coming due this year, and that number will increase dramatically in 2025. The Mortgage Bankers Association confirms that real growth in CRE debt …

Corporate Transparency Act Held Unconstitutional

By Stephen Speiser, Esq. In Nat’l Small Bus. United v. Yellen, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36205 (March 1, 2024) the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the CTA is unconstitutional in a lawsuit brought by the National Small Business Association (NSBA) and one of its members, Isaac Winkles. The court found that the CTA exceeds …