Archive for 2011

On November 1, 2011, Dean Mead’s Real Estate Development Industry Team launched a new seminar series with a unique program entitled, “Pitfalls and Planning for the Tax Consequences of Loan Workouts and Debt Restructuring” at the Orange County Bar Association in Orlando. There were more than 50 people in attendance. Dean Mead attorneys, Steve Lee, Vicki Berman and Christine…

Can History Repeat Itself? It has been 25 years since the last major overhaul of the nation’s income tax laws under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (“TRA-86”). The world has changed dramatically since that time and the nation’s economy has been replaced by a global economy. The tax laws have become outmoded and no…

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “Super Committee”), a 12 member bipartisan Congressional committee, is scheduled to announce its proposals on November 23rd for reducing the national deficit by at least $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years.  The Super Committee proposals may include changes to the current estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer…