Indiana Closes Loophole
In Indiana, the state will be switching from a prepaid sales tax on gasoline, which was collected from retailers, to a gasoline-use tax based on a rolling monthly statewide average…
MIRA Members receive a discounted rate for NACS show tickets!
ATTENTION MIRA MEMBERS: MIRA Members receive a discounted rate for NACS show tickets! Only available until September 26th! October 7-10, 2014REGISTER HERE MIRA members receive a special discounted group…
It’s Moving Day For The Trust-Relocating Your Trust
By: Randall A. Denha, Esq.* Transferring assets to a trust to reduce tax liability and achieve other goals is a common and straightforward estate planning strategy. Where a trust is…
Mixed Reactions to Kentucky’s Government-Run Gas Station
Many call it socialism, but customers line up for cheaper fuel. The City of Somerset, Kentucky, has recently entered the retail fueling business, having converted a city-owned fuel storage facility…
Should the US lower its drinking age?
Some say higher drinking age creates ‘forbidden fruit’ syndrome By Brandon Griggs, CNN When asked what the minimum legal drinking age should be in the U.S., Heath says 8, or…
Credit-card companies gouge businesses
Letter to the EditorBy PAT LaVECCHIAMIRA Chairman If you were in business and every month your vendors sent you a murky, incomprehensible bill filled with inexplicable charges, and then insisted…
The Distillery Behind Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Blanton’s – and Pappy Van Winkle
Forbes When the Sazerac Co. bought a run-down whiskey factory on the banks of the Kentucky River in 1992, it renovated the compound and rechristened it Buffalo Trace Distillery, after…
Candymakers Boost Prices
Both Hershey and Mars announce price increases Mars Chocolate North America announced a price increase last week, which follows a similar July 15 announcement by The Hershey Company. Mars said…
Estate and Financial Planning Cross-Training
By: Randall A. Denha, Esq.* Sam and Marie have been married for 38 years. Like many couples, early in their marriage, they gravitated toward a division of labor that worked…
Beware of Trust Scams
By: Randall A. Denha, Esq.* One surprising area in which scams are becoming more common is estate planning. Each year, more people fall victim to unscrupulous and unqualified sellers of…