I have a name in mind for a corporation and also as a tradename. What happens if someone is using it already?

Echoing the prior answer, it may or may not be a problem. Trademarks and tradenames are intended to allow a business to build "goodwill" and for a...

Can you be voted out of a s corp. in massachusetts???

Adding to what has been said already, it is not easy to get rid of another shareholder, absent a specific provision in the bylaws or articles,...

Employment discrimination settlement tax

There is a limit on how much you'll be able to "game" the settlement payment for tax purposes. In a nutshell, it is intended to compensate you for...

Generally, the IRS needs to have at least one tax id number (e.g., SSN) when giving out a new tax id number (EIN) for an entity. It helps them...

Can I transfer a Durable POA to next of kin?

As the other attorneys have indicated, you can't appoint someone to serve as a fiduciary (e.g., attorney-in-fact or health care agent or...

What do you do when an attorney deliberately moved money through a bank and planned to transfer assets through a trust.

It isn't clear from your question whether the estate was a deceased parent's, and whether you were entitled to distributions from that estate. ...

Co-Executor delema

Assuming the Executors have been appointed and the will is "proved and allowed," the real estate is effectively the property of the respective...

Generally, once a lease expires, the tenant becomes a tenant at will. The landlord can raise the rent between rental periods, and the tenant has...

Give my wife full ownership of our Texas LLC

It would be prudent to contact a local business attorney. There aren't any gift tax consequences - there is an unlimited exclusion for gifts...

What should a "Non-Citizen" who is living outside the US do if she/he get an IRS notice?

The concern would be whether there might be consequences in the future if you wanted a visa to come to the US, and potentially, if you still had...