by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Court Rulings, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
What happens if you’re the owner of a limited liability company (LLC) that generates tax losses, and you don’t spend a lot of time in the activities of the business? The losses might be classified as passive, and your ability to currently deduct them might...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Hardenbrook v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15830 (Feb. 7, 2014) In an involved retaliation suit against UPS, which the employee won, one of the flash points was the calculation of lost future benefits, specifically the question of what the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Marcus v. Quattrocchi, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19041 (Feb. 4, 2014) In an estate and trust case featuring a major real estate family, the plaintiff beneficiaries retained two experts to prove damages resulting from the alleged improper depletion of trust assets by way...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
When it comes to methodology, stick to the tried and true. This is the takeaway from a recent intellectual property case involving a patent related to a dual-flush valve mechanism in toilets. An experienced appraiser tinkered with the royalty base and royalty rate...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Just as film critics predict that a movie they see today will be a contender in next year’s Oscar race, we venture to say that the Tax Court’s recent Estate of Richmond opinion will be one of the most important valuation decisions of 2014. It deals with a number...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Court Rulings
Years ago, many companies dealt with vendors, suppliers, customers and others that were located in the same geographic area. Today, the Internet has made the business world a much smaller place, and it’s not unusual to engage in transactions with entities in...
