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1031 Exchanges

April 9, 2024
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1031 Exchanges Investing in real estate can be a great way to build wealth and secure your financial future. However, what happens when you decide to sell a piece of real estate to invest in a new opportunity? If the property is sold and you deposit the proceeds to your bank account, you will be [...]

Craig Albers and Cameron Downer Promoted to Shareholders

January 3, 2023
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FGKS Law Announces Craig Albers and Cameron Downer as Shareholders FGKS Law is happy to announce that Craig T. Albers and Cameron C. Downer have become shareholders with the firm effective January 1, 2023. Craig’s areas of concentration include estate planning, real estate, business transactions, and tax matters, while Cameron’s areas of concentration include civil [...]

Proposed “Step Up in Basis” Rules

August 3, 2021
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Biden's Proposed Changes to "Step Up in Basis" Rules Could Have Big Impact When it comes to issues of tax planning for a future estate, the estate tax understandably comes to mind first. The capital gains tax, however, is arguably a more important tax issue to keep in mind for many people when putting in [...]

LGBTQ Workers are Protected by Title VII

June 16, 2020
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Employment Law Alert Supreme Court Rules that LGBTQ Workers are Protected by Title VII Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling as to whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person’s race, religion, national origin or sex) protects [...]

Second Round of PPP Funding

April 25, 2020
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Second Round of PPP Funding Starts Monday at 10:30am On April 16, 2020, the $349 billion allocated to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was exhausted. On April 24, 2020, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act (the Act). The Act is a $484 billion economic relief package which provides, among other [...]

The FFCRA and Ohio’s Stay at Home Order

April 1, 2020
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Does Ohio's Stay at Home Order Trigger the FFCRA? Although we are still waiting on official guidance from the state of Ohio, new Department of Labor (“DOL”) guidance strongly suggests that Ohio’s stay at home order is not equivalent to a state isolation or quarantine order for purposes of a qualifying reason for paid leave [...]

CARES Act Signed Into Law

March 30, 2020
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CARES Act Signed Into Law On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law. The aim of the CARES Act is to provide financial relief to individuals and businesses in response to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. There are four main categories of economic [...]

Employers Can Provide Tax-Free Payments to Their Employees

March 26, 2020
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Tax-Free Payments to Employees Employers Can Provide Tax-Free Payments to Their Employees as a Result of COVID-19 While the ongoing and quickly changing COVID-19 pandemic has certainly had an effect on our economy that will be felt for some time, there is a provision found in Internal Revenue Code Section 139 that permits employers to [...]

Ohio Announces “Stay At Home” Order

March 23, 2020
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Ohio Announces "Stay At Home" Order Non-Essential Business and Operations Must Cease Yesterday afternoon, Governor Mike DeWine announced that the Ohio Department of Health has issued a “stay at home” order, telling Ohio residents to stay at home and requiring Ohio businesses to temporarily cease operations unless they are an “essential business.” The order includes [...]

Families First Coronavirus Response Act Signed Into Law

March 19, 2020
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act Signed Into Law Employers with Less Than 500 Employees Must Provide Paid Sick Leave In response to the rapidly evolving situation that is the COVID-19 pandemic, action has been taken at the federal level. On Wednesday night, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) into law, a [...]