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New applicants for trademark protection should seriously consider creating a mark that is inherently distinctive, rather than a mark that needs to acquire protection through use, like KitKat.

Many businesses often require financing for short- and long-term needs. Borrowing responsibly and managing debt effectively can help your company minimize the cost of debt you need to take on.

While it may be impossible to predict whether, or to what extent, your estate will be subject to taxation at the time of your death, creating and maintaining an estate plan provides essential legal and financial protection for your heirs.

Consider giving yourself an immediate raise by adjusting your tax withholding to increase your take-home pay.

In recent years, “estate planning” has become one of the more popular financial catchphrases; and, rightfully so. Estate planning encompasses the management of assets while alive in order to help ensure the proper disposition of those assets at death. In some situations, it can also include strategies to minimize taxes and maximize asset transfer to heirs.

It can seem like there’s never enough time – not enough for sleep and not enough for play, not enough for cooking and not enough for exercise.

Whether you’re new to summer work or been at it for years, here are eight tax tips you need to know from the Internal Revenue Service.

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Many of you already have estate documents, probably executed many years ago. You need an estate attorney to look over your documents every 10 years or so.

Out of many good reasons to get married, true love and compatibility being among the best, are the tax blessings of the Internal Revenue Service. No one would suggest that you tie the knot for that reason but the tax code does provide a few wedding gifts to those who say “I do.”