Starting July 1, 2018 the City of Philadelphia has a new reduced local tax structure. It impacts local businesses, employees and residents as follows: City Wage Tax (applies to all businesses that operate within the City limits or hire Philly residents) 3.8809% city wage tax for…
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Non-Disclosure Agreements – Employee Solicitation
Non-Disclosure Agreements – Protect Your Employees This week I reviewed three Non-Disclosure Agreements and was surprised when two of the NDAs were silent regarding employee solicitation. Working with clients over the years I have found that in virtually every successful company, it is almost always the employees, along with the…
Online or Store Bought Legal Forms Are Dangerous
Potential clients frequently ask me why they should not buy contract forms online or from an office supply store. Why pay for an attorney when I can buy a legal form for a nominal fee? I understand the inclination to go online because its entirely at your convenience and it is…
PA 2017 Tax Amnesty Program
What is the Pennsylvania tax amnesty program? Tax amnesty is a program where taxpayers (businesses and individuals) who owe outstanding taxes can settle with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (“Department”) by paying less than what is owed. Under the program, if the taxpayer pays the entire amount of the outstanding…
Bankruptcy and Sheriff Sale Purchases
As a professional real estate developer or someone with an interest in purchasing real estate at a sheriff sale, you need to understand how the bankruptcy and foreclosure laws work together. Foreclosure is a process by which a private party (a bank for example) or a municipality bring a lawsuit…
Poor Construction The Reality Of “Love It Or List It”
For the viewers, reality television offers an escape and a harmless entertaining view of what a new house, fashion choice, or social situation might be like. For participants however, the experience can be anything but harmless. On the HGTV show “Love It or List It”, homeowners turned to the show…
LLC BEST ENTITY TO OWN REAL ESTATE IN PA
Elimination of Capital Stock Tax and Foreign Franchise Tax On January 4, 2016, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf eliminated the Capital Stock Tax and Foreign Franchise Tax for all taxpayers effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016. Previously, the Capital Stock and the Foreign Franchise were imposed…
THIS TAX SEASON THE IRS HAS THE POWER TO TAKE YOUR PASSPORT
President Obama recently signed into law The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act also known as the “FAST Act”. What people may be surprised to learn is that this new law also adds Section 7345 to the Internal Revenue Code which provides in part as follows: “(a) In general.—If the Secretary…
RULES FOR PENNSYLVANIA LANDLORDS WHEN DISPOSING OF TENANTS’ ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY
Over the past few weeks several landlord clients called and asked the same question, “My tenant bolted and left some of his junk behind. Can I throw it out?” The answer to each landlord was slightly different but came from the same source – 68 P.S. § 250.505a – better…
BREACH OF CONTRACT •ACT OF GOD• THE POPE
I was driving into work this morning and I heard on the radio a caller complaining that the secret service cancelled her wedding just 8 days short of the big day because of the Pope. So I started thinking, what happened to all the deposit money? Did she lose it…