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The EEOC has just announced the release of the updated poster, “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.” Employers are legally required to display this poster in “a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted” or face possible penalties.

Everyone with assets should have an estate plan. If you die without a will in Pennsylvania, there are pre-determined rules concerning what happens to your assets.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued IR-2022-162 to provide guidance addressing the improper forgiveness of a Paycheck Protection Program loan (PPP loan).

A look at women and retirement planning, including guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor.

This is a question we get often from clients: “My father [or mother] is already in a nursing home. Is it too late to protect and preserve assets?” The simple answer is “no.” Many of the clients we serve are in this situation, or about to be. We can help determine the best course of action based on your family’s specific situation.

Another technique for accelerating an applicant’s qualification for Medicaid and/or preserving family assets is to convert assets that would otherwise be counted toward the Medicaid resource eligibility limits (countable assets) into non-countable (or exempt) resources.

Qualifying for Medicaid often involves accelerating expenditures to reduce an applicant’s countable resources down to the required level. One technique for spending down assets to accelerate qualification is through the use of a Family Caregiver Contract.

It is not uncommon for U.S. tax exempt organizations to make donations to foreign charities.
The Internal Revenue Service has specific regulations governing such activities.

You would not think that it is necessary to issue this kind of update, but the IRS has issued a helpful reminder in its Tax Tip 2022-62: don’t ignore mail from the IRS.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) April 11, 2022 publication of Fact Sheet 2022-25, "When to file an Identity Theft Affidavit" serves as, unfortunately, a necessary reminder of how to deal with tax and non-tax related identity theft.

In order to discourage Medicaid applicants from artificially impoverishing themselves (through gifting) to financially qualify for Medicaid, a penalty is imposed on asset transfers for less than fair consideration that occur within a defined time period generally referred to as the “look-back period”. However, not all transfers are subject to this penalty.

What do international conflicts have to do with retirement plans in the United States? At first glance, the answer is “nothing.” However, the correct answer depends on whether your workforce is called to military service while employed and then, after that call to service, resumes employment with you.

In order to qualify for Medicaid financing of long-term care services, an individual must be medically and financially eligible. The financial requirements limit the amount of “countable” resources and income that an individual can have and still qualify for Medicaid financing. But what are the "non-countable" resources?

The obvious benefit of qualifying for and using Medicaid for long-term care costs in Pennsylvania is to preserve assets for the next generation. Another, lesser known benefit is to protect your children from the financial burden of your nursing home bills, because of Pennsylvania's Filial Support Law.

Mergers and acquisitions among insurance agencies and brokers in the U.S. and Canada set all-time record in 2021.