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December 14, 2015 by bob mason 13 Comments

A BOOK FOR ALL MORTALS

Physicians of the Victorian age had a saying, “The operation was a success, but the patient died.” Surgeon (and best-selling author) Atul Gawande, in Being Mortal, recounts the horrible last weeks of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Miscellaneous, Nursing Homes Tagged With: Gawande review

August 19, 2015 by bob mason Leave a Comment

Parting Shots

I recently came across this and decided to post it. It was my last column as Chairman of the Elder Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association for the section publication Gray Matters. I meant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Miscellaneous

April 30, 2015 by bob mason 6 Comments

How Much Do You Need?

Are You Stressing Too Much? Or Not Enough? How much do you really, really, really need for retirement? Based upon decades of experience in elder law and talking to hundreds of people (and looking at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, IRAs & Retirement Plans Tagged With: Retirement savings

April 14, 2015 by bob mason Leave a Comment

Trusts and Trucks – A Trusts Primer

Lately I have written a number of difficult posts that relate to trusts. A reader asked me why I hadn’t written anything that simply explains what a trust is. I was surprised to see that I hadn’t, so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Trusts generally Tagged With: Irrevocable trusts, living trusts, revocable trusts, special needs trusts, Trusts generally

February 13, 2015 by bob mason Leave a Comment

Tax Advice For Drug Dealers

I am NOT making this up. Last week the Internal Revenue Service issued advice to field personnel on how illegal drug traffickers should be handling taxable aspects of their, er, “business.” Not many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Tax Issues Tagged With: Illegal drug dealing, Tax

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