What Are the Tax Implications of Estate Planning for Business Owners?
If you are a business owner in Wisconsin, taxes are a major concern. At Borakove Osman LLC, we understand the unique challenges you face, especially when it comes to the intricacies of estate planning and its tax implications.
A well-structured estate plan can not only help you achieve your...
The Importance of Business Succession Planning for Family Businesses
In Wisconsin, where farms and other family businesses are the lifeblood of the local economy and culture, business succession planning is indispensable as the process through which both business longevity and family heritage are protected. At Borakove Osman LLC, we specialize in converting the complex maze of business succession into a...
A New Year’s Resolution: Your Estate Plan
There is no better way to bring together a new year's resolution of health, wealth and family than estate planning.
The beginning of the new year is a time for resolution. People most often set New Year’s resolutions to focus on living a healthier lifestyle, like eating better, exercising more, or prioritizing their...
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Protecting Family Real Estate – Options and Considerations
Whether the “family real estate” is a real estate up north, cabin on a lake, vacation home in another state, or the family hunting land, chances are it has significant value, whether that value is economic value, sentimental value, or both, and for that reason is something that everyone in the family has an...
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Buy-Sell Agreements: 2 Strategies
BUY-SELL AGREEMENT MECHANICS
Stock Redemption vs. Cross Purchase
Stock Redemption Buy-Sell Agreement
Under a redemption arrangement, your Company agrees to redeem the shares/interest of a deceased owner at his death, and the owner agrees prior to death that his estate will transfer the shares back to the Company for an agreed-upon price....
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Nothing is as UNcertain as the Election and Estate Taxes
Ever since the increase of the estate tax exemption to $5 Million (indexed for inflation in year, making the estate tax exemption $5.45M in 2016), the chatter with the estate tax has simmered. For those who have forgotten about the estate tax, in simple, albeit, incomplete terms, in 2016 you may give away $5.45M to any...
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Conversion of Corporation to LLC???
With the increase of LLC formation of the past few years, current small and family-owned corporation owners may be asking themselves... Did I miss out on something? The classic attorney answer is, in short, it depends. The point of the post is to mention 2 key reasons to consider making the conversion. What the...
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Estate and Business Planning for Family Farms
The Meaning of Farm Continuation Planning by Attorney Shayna W. Borakove, BORAKOVE | OSMAN LLC. "Attorney Borakove speaks about her personal experience with her own family's farm and how continuation is the goal of succession."
Based on my own farm family, and having experienced the successful continuation of our family farm following the death...
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Business Maintenance and Adequate Capitalization
Every bit of effort put towards the maintenance of your business is worth it- especially if such maintenance helps shore up the business against claims of third parties. Taking steps to incorporate (i.e., form a corporation) or organize a limited liability company in Wisconsin does not magically make a business owner's assets separate and...
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