Happy Thanksgiving from The KC Estate Planner! The Salvation Army partnered with the NCF Heartland Chapter to host this fall’s 24^th annual Salvation Army Gift & Charitable Planning seminar. After the event, the Salvation Army provided video along with speaker materials. Prof Sam Donaldson and Ann Burns, both great speakers and excellent attorneys, discussed the IRS’ proposed 2704 regulations and Form 8971, along with providing invaluable tools for practitioners, such as a sample estate plan flowchart and worksheet.

My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various estate and charitable planning needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of legal issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) today to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

(c) 2016, Stephen M. Johnson, Esq.

Losing a spouse, family member, or close friend is a very difficult experience. Wealth Management magazine has this article with some helpful tips for advisors guiding families through those hard moments of life. Helping individuals and families get their financial and legal affairs in place before death can also be invaluable.

My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various estate and probate law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of legal issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

(c) 2016, Stephen M. Johnson, Esq.

What’s a partnership? A partnership happens when 2 or more people join together in business. Some partnerships gives their owners (partners) a limited liability shield of asset protection, but all partnerships have flow through taxes, so partnership profits are only taxed in the partner’s hands, not at the partnership (entity) level

If my firm can help you with your partnership needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various business law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of business law issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

(c) 2016, Stephen M. Johnson, Esq.

What’s a corporation? A corporation is one of the most storied and reliable business forms. A corporation gives its owners (shareholders) a limited liability shield of asset protection.

If my firm can help you with your corporate law needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various business law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of business law issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

(c) 2016, Stephen M. Johnson, Esq.

Just like your car needs a regular oil change and other routine maintenance, so your business has regular maintenance needs. If you have a corporation, you need to have regular meetings, an active board of directors, keep careful minutes of meetings, file an annual report, and be sure to comply with corporate formalities. LLC members or partnership partners have less corporate formalities to comply with, but business maintenance issues often still arise.

If my firm can help you with your business maintenance needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various business law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of business law issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

Sometimes a business customer doesn’t pay the bill or a dispute breaks out. When your business is owed money, you need an experienced business lawyer in your corner to persuade the customer to pay the bill and avoid the time and expense of court.

If my firm can help you with your business dispute needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various business law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of business law issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

For small business owners or key players, business transitition is a big deal and major life change. An entrepreneur may want to move on to the next thing in life, a longtime business owner may want to retire, or a family may want to consolidate various business interests into a more innovative or efficient design. Your buy-sell, business succession, or business transaction needs friendly, efficient, expert corporate counsel. Our law firm is uniquely positioned and experienced to help you with your business transition needs in ways that a large Wall Street or KC law firm cannot. Our law firm has helped business owners and entrepreneurs navigate business transition issues, consolidate resources and disparate business entities into  one structure, advised on buy-sell issues, and counseled on private deals.

If my firm can help you with your business transition needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various business law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of business law issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

For small business owners or key players, business succession is a big deal and can change your life. An entrepreneur may want to move on to the next thing in life, a longtime business owner may want to retire, or a family may want to consolidate various business interests into a more innovative or efficient design. Your buy-sell, business succession, or business transaction needs friendly, efficient, expert corporate counsel. Our law firm is uniquely positioned and experienced to help you with your business succession needs, needs that a large Wall Street or KC law firm doesn’t have the scale to handle well. Our law firm has helped business owners and entrepreneurs navigate business succession and transition issues, consolidate resources and disparate business entities into  one structure, advised on buy-sell issues, and counseled on private deals.

If my firm can help you with your business succession needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various business law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of business law issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) news often dominate the Wall Street Journal‘s headlines. But not every M&A or business succession transaction is a big money deal or global front page news. An entrepreneur may want to move on to the next thing in life, a longtime business owner may want to retire, or a family may want to consolidate various business interests into a more innovative or efficient design. Even if it’s not a multi billion dollar transaction or front page news, your buy-sell, business succession, or business transaction needs friendly, efficient, expert corporate counsel. Our law firm is uniquely positioned and experienced to help you with your business succession or transition needs, needs that a large law firm on Wall Street or even a big KC firm can’t handle well. Our law firm has helped business owners and entrepreneurs navigate business succession and transition issues, consolidate resources and disparate business entities into  one structure, advised on buy-sell issues, and counseled on private deals.

If my firm can help you with your business succession, transition, or M&A needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on various business law needs to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of business law issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.

A family limited partnership (FLP) or family LLC is often a good way for a family to structure the family business, family farm, or rental cabin to ensure smooth ownership transitions, ideal family management dynamics, asset protection, and a tax efficient design.

If my firm can help you with your family LLC or FLP needs, please call or email me at your convenience. My law firm, Johnson Law KC LLC, works with clients on family LLC, FLP, and related estate planning matters to help clients take care of their legal needs quickly and inexpensively, and has years of experience counseling clients on a variety of probate, estate planning, and trust administration issues. Call (913.707.9220) or email me (steve@johnsonlawkc.com) to schedule a free, convenient consultation.