The CARES Act contains provisions that temporarily broaden unemployment assistance and tax rebates to cover more types of individual employees impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic who otherwise may not have been eligible for financial aid prior.
COVID-19: Emergency Financial Assistance for Illinois Small Businesses In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (IDCEO) has created three programs offering emergency financial assistance to small businesses. Under these programs, Illinois businesses with fewer than 50 employees can apply for low- interest loans and grants. The first program has an April 1st deadline, so…
In December 2019, Congress enacted the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, or as it’s more commonly known, the “SECURE Act.” The SECURE Act took effect January 1, 2020 and changed many rules that govern your retirement plans and other tax deferred plans. As a result, changes may need to be made to…
As of January 1, 2020, numerous changes to the law regarding trusts took effect in Illinois. Herein, we are focusing on the one change we think clients should be most concerned about: A trustee’s duty to inform trust beneficiaries of the existence of the trust and providing them with financial records regarding the trust.
Lawrence Kamin congratulates associate attorneys Maureen E. Loughran and Starr M. Rayford for being recognized as “Emerging Lawyers” by Leading Lawyers™, a division of Law Bulletin Media. This distinction is bestowed upon less than two percent of all licensed lawyers in Illinois age 40 or younger who have proven themselves as professional, ethical and experienced at an early point in their legal career.
The United States Supreme Court recently decided in the case North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust (588 U.S. (2019)) that a State cannot tax income of a trust based solely on a beneficiary’s in-state residency, especially if no distributions are made.
