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LIVING WILLS AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE
The Terry Schiavo case highlights the need for individuals to have proper advance directives in place such as a Power of Attorney for Health Care (Medical Power of Attorney) and/or Living Will. ...read more
2005 TRIENNIAL REASSESSMENT
The Assessor will soon be opening for the 2005 triennial reassessment. Property in the south and west suburbs will be reassessed in 2005. Please check our site in the future for those filing dates. ...read more
REAL ESTATE ROUNDUP
Final Rules on Capital Gains
The Internal Revenue Service has issued its final rules on the capital gains tax exclusion that is available on the sale of a taxpayer's principal residence.
Town Cannot Zone Out Synagogues
The federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) prohibits a governmental entity from implementing a land-use regulation in a manner that treats a religious assembly or institution less favorably than a nonreligious assembly or institution.
Handicapped Accessible Apartments
In its role as enforcer of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the U.S. Department of Justice sued the developer of, and architects for, two apartment complexes. The government won an injunction against any further construction and occupancy of the apartment buildings.
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PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION AT WORK
In 1978, Congress amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include a more specific prohibition on pregnancy-related discrimination. Ever since then, it has been unlawful for employers having 15 or more employees to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. ...read more
MINIMIZE YOUR RISK OF IDENTITY THEFT
Whether we like it or not, identity thieves are resourceful. Their methods are as varied as the ways in which consumers need to use some form of identification to initiate and complete transactions. It can all be confusing and intimidating, but consumers need not feel helpless against the expanding threat of identity theft. ...read more
MORE BUSINESSES ELIGIBLE FOR C-EZ
The IRS recently announced that it will expand the number of small businesses eligible to use the C-EZ form by 15%, or about 500,000 businesses, beginning with tax year 2004. ...read more
BUSINESS LIABLE FOR NOT INVESTIGATING CREDIT COMPLAINT
Federal law required the creditor to look beyond the bare information in its customer information system, such as by consulting underlying documents. ...read more
FDIC INSURANCE FOR REVOCABLE TRUSTS
In 2004, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) put in place new rules for insurance coverage of living trust accounts in FDIC-insured institutions. ...read more
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