1031 exchanges can prove very useful. Every day, real estate investors exchange out of investment or business properties for like-kind properties while deferring capital gains all thanks to Internal Revenue Code Section 1031. The exchanger, of course, is restricted from immediately getting the sale proceeds; they go into an escrow fund maintained by a qualified … Read more
More than 2,000 investors and 270 corporations voted on their expectations for Asian equities in 2011 at the 14th Asian Investment Conference held by the Switzerland-based multinational financial service company Credit Suisse last week. After defining opportunities and possible risks in different regions, most of them are bullish and expect the market to have a … Read more
Article by Roni Deutch The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has implemented procedures for taxpayers to request a reimbursement of the fees charged by a bank against a taxpayer for processing a bank levy when the bank levy was issued erroneously by the IRS. Reimbursements are limited to $ 1,000.00 and must be claimed within one … Read more
A common misconception is that formal training is required to become a paralegal. Large law firms often prefer that paralegals are certified, but it is not a law that paralegals have a formal education. National and international firms like to maintain an authoritative image to their clients and do so by hiring ivy league attorneys … Read more
BY SUNDAY ADOLE JONAH, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGERIA (A reflection on the Nigerian state @ 50) Sovereign nations today would do well to reflect for a moment or so whether pre-nationhood contact with more influential foreign powers or “guests” was beneficial or damaging in the long run. … Read more