The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell, director, discusses taxes with Zachary King, an associate with Tripp Scott. As the New York Post puts it, “There’s seemingly no escape from New York – the New York tax man, that is.”  The tabloid maintains that the state is being “extremely aggressive” in pursuing revenue from people claiming residency in Florida, which of course has no income tax – a phenomenon observed by the Tax Planning team at Tripp Scott.  And no wonder. New York’s and […]

If you were the devil, what would you do to keep people from God? Our AI model gave us this answer: If I were to embody the devil, I would seek to distract people; employing a variety of strategies that play on human weaknesses and desires such as: Manipulating desires and fears. This could involve promoting materialism; encouraging a relentless pursuit of wealth and possessions leading individuals to focus on superficial goals, neglecting deeper relationships and growth; Instilling fear; creating a sense of fear or anxiety about the future at the expense of enjoying the present. This might involve spreading […]

The Good News provides a monthly column with important content having to do with topics from the legal community. This month Bill Davell, director, discusses land use with Ryan Horland, Esq., of Tripp Scott. Whether you’re a high-end developer or an everyday homeowner, Florida’s maze of land-use state and environmental statutes, local ordinances and master plans, stringent staff reviews and strict code enforcement can be maddening. It can make the process of doing what you want with your own property a costly, confusing and time-consuming hell-on-earth – or even a near-impossibility.  Making the process all the more intense: the reality […]

“Going boldly where no man has gone before…while doing so without Captain Kirk or First Officer Spock to lead us out of the coming storm,” is how Paul Tuder Jones described today’s monetary easing cycle, staggering annual fiscal deficits, $38T+ of debt and lofty asset valuations from wealth effect policies over near two decades. Concluding, “Can’t say when, but it won’t end well.” We all have life experience in the school of hard knocks. With investments those knocks can prove quite expensive. Most of us think we are risk adverse, believing that riskier investments have to offer higher returns in […]