The Act of October 30, 2017, No. 43, P.L. 672, amended the Tax Reform Code of 1971 by adding new requirements for the withholding of Pennsylvania income tax from payments of Pennsylvania source income to nonresidents, and the Department of … Continue reading
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In addition to the domain change that has been announced for Webcalculators, two new calculators have been added: Factors to determine the present value of the income interest and remainder for terms of years, one life, two lives, and the shorter … Continue reading
As previously announced, I’ve created an on-line service that provides specialized calculators for estate and tax planning issues. Although the service is still known as Webcalculators, the domain has been changed to wcalcs.com. Previous links and references to the service … Continue reading
Delaware County has updated its public access rules to reflect amendments to the statewide public access policy. “Local Rule of Judicial Administration; Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania; Civil Doc. No. 17-5120; Criminal Doc. No. … Continue reading
In Notice 2018-61, 2018-31 I.R.B. 278 (7/30/2018), the Internal Revenue Service has confirmed that administration expenses of trusts and estates that were fully deductible before the enactment of the 2017 tax act are still fully deductible for income tax purposes, … Continue reading
As part of my Webcalculators project, I have been creating not only on-line calculators to illustrate different estate planning techniques or to solve estate and trust administration problems, but I have been writing “overviews” which are intended to serve as … Continue reading
An email I wrote to the New York Times about possible amendments to the U.S. Constitution was published on Sunday. My nonpartisan (I think) suggestions were as follows: To the Editor: Because of controversies over judicial (and other) appointments, I … Continue reading
One of the categories of resources that can be found at Evans Estate Law Resources is “tips,” which are snippets of information that seem useful, but don’t fit into an existing “article” or other kind of resource. To see a...
The Act of June 28, 2018, No. 48 (H.B. 152), requires the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and all insurance companies with life insurance policies or annuity contracts in force in Pennsylvania to participate in the Life Policy Locator Service provided by the … Continue reading
The administrative office of Pennsylvania Courts has published an updated and revised chart of limits on public access to judicial system case records. “Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania,” 48 Pa.B. 3847 (6/30/2018), updating … Continue reading