01.13.20

DHS extending Temporary Protected Status for Yemen nationals

The Department of Homeland Security has extended Temporary Protected Status for Yemeni nationals for 18 months.

Category Immigration

12.31.19

IRS standard mileage rate for 2020

The IRS has set the 2020 standard mileage deduction rate for travel related to business, medical, moving and charitable purposes.

Category Trusts And Estates

11.26.19

2020 contribution limits for 401(k) and IRAs

The Internal Revenue Service released the annual limits for contributions to retirement plans in 2020.

Category Trusts And Estates

11.01.19

Premium processing fee increase

Effective December 2, 2019, USCIS will increase the premium processing fee on nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions.

Category Immigration

09.26.19

Diversity Green Card Lottery (DV-2021)

Each year, 50,000 immigrant visas are made available through a Diversity Visa Lottery to people who are natives of countries (typically, a person’s country of birth) with low rates of immigration to the United States. Entries for this year’s Diversity Visa Lottery, for fiscal year 2021, must be submitted electronically between noon EDT, Wednesday, October 2, 2019, and noon EST, Tuesday, November 5, 2019.

Category Immigration

09.04.19

What happens to uncashed checks at death?

While likely not the same magnitude as were found in Aretha Franklin’s name, there are often uncashed checks found in a decedent’s name after death. How long the checks have been outstanding and the payee(s) listed on the check make a difference on the collection procedure.

Category Trusts And Estates