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Taxation

Twomey Latham’s tax practice is diverse and sophisticated. We help businesses, charities, and individuals with federal and state tax matters in a variety of ways.

The firm advises Long Island business entities including corporations, S corporations, limited-liability companies (“LLCs”), single-member LLCs, and partnerships on all tax matters relating to structure, operation, reorganization, agreements, elections, distributions, retirement plans, and dissolution. We also represent businesses in connection with mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, and tax-free reorganizations.

The firm advises individual clients in connection with planning for the disposition of their business and other assets for estate and gift planning purposes, including grantor trusts, GRATs, QPRTs, charitable remainder trusts, sales to defective trusts, and family limited partnerships/LLCs. We also represent clients in estate and gift tax audits.

Taxation Attorneys

Our taxation attorneys focus on providing clients in-depth knowledge of our diverse range of practice areas.

News & Insights About Taxation

The New Tax Math for People Living in High-Tax States

Daniel Bernard was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article in regard to people leaving states with high state and local taxes for states with low to no state and local tax states. Daniel was quoted as saying, “‘New York is very aggressive with residency audits. They can collect about $200 million a year this […]

North Carolina v. Kaestner: The Recent US Supreme Court Case on State Fiduciary Income Tax

The end of June is an exciting time in the United States Supreme Court, because the Court issues many of its opinions on the cases heard during that term, before recessing until the first Monday in October. This past term was especially rare, as the Court heard a trusts and estate case. On June 21, […]

Associate Bernadette Tuthill Joins North Fork Breast Health Coalition Board of Directors

The North Fork Breast Health Coalition welcomes Bernadette to the non-profit, all-volunteer organization’s board, which now totals eleven dedicated women and men. As a committee member for the 2019 Pink Pearl Gala, Bernadette has already had the opportunity to work with members of the NFBHC board. Bernadette is a graduate of Riverhead High School, received her […]

Health Care Proxy & Power of Attorney

Does My College Student Need a Health Care Proxy and Power of Attorney?

In New York State when a person reaches age 18, typically high school graduation age, that person is now considered an adult. This means that parents are no longer given access to their children’s financial, health and school records, without the consent of their now adult child. For this reason it is essential for parents to advise their children to sign a health care proxy and a power of attorney, before dropping them off on campus.

Estate Planning Opportunities with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

In my last article I wrote about the numerous reasons estate planning is important outside of estate tax planning, in light of the recent doubling of the federal estate tax exemption as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This article is devoted to the other end of the spectrum, the new opportunities for […]

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New Legislation for the Town and Village of Southampton

As of December 31, 2022 the Town of Southampton will discontinue its partial real property tax exemption program which is now available to eligible first-time home buyers of newly constructed or substantially altered and renovated homes.

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What You Need To Know About The New Tax Law

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), signed into law on December 22, 2017, provides substantial (but mostly temporary) changes to the tax code. This article is a summarized review and discussion of the key provisions of the new law. This article is designed to provide […]

Lorraine Paceleo concentrates her practice in estate administration, fiduciary accountings, tax preparation for estate and trust fiduciaries, and estate planning.

Lorraine Paceleo Joins The Firm

Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo is pleased to announce the addition of Lorraine Paceleo as an associate. Ms. Paceleo has been practicing law in New York since 1999, after graduating from St. John’s University School of Law. Lorraine is also a Certified Public Accountant and concentrates her practice in estate administration, fiduciary accountings, tax preparation […]

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The First-Time Homebuyer Exemption to the Peconic Bay Real Estate Transfer Tax

Since 1998, New York’s Tax Law § 1449-aa et seq. has allowed the five East End towns to impose upon buyers of certain real estate in those towns a 2% real estate transfer tax (the “Peconic Bay real estate transfer tax”) in order to fund the Peconic Bay region community preservation fund established pursuant to […]