Use a Good Estate Plan to Preserve Assets for Your Heirs
It’s still true: The only sure things in life are death and taxes. You can’t avoid the former, but you can minimize the latter. A good estate plan can preserve assets for [...]
Plan for Charitable Deductions on Your 2023 Massachusetts Income Tax Returns
Hair scrunchies, high waisted jeans, and cargo pants aren’t the only trends resurfacing this year. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reviving something special of its own—the charitable deduction for the 2023 tax [...]
A Windfall for the Brady Bunch: How the Child Tax Credit Can Benefit Your Family
Remember The Brady Bunch? The ABC family sitcom about the foibles of a blended family with six children (“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”) that aired from 1969-1974 became even more popular in syndication. Today, [...]
Five Tax Saving Tips for 2020 Returns
If you’ve waited until the last minute to file your 2020 federal and Massachusetts income taxes, you still have a few days to get your returns in order, unless you owed estimated [...]
Stay Calm And Mindful: Avoid These Top Seven SCAMs
In these pandemic times, scammers are stepping up their game, taking advantage of COVID-19 anxiety and confinement. Older adults were their first targets. Now scammers are bolder, infiltrating the phone calls, emails, [...]
7 Resolutions to Get Your Legal House in Order for a Great 2020
Welcome to a brand-new decade! It’s halfway through January, and we hope you’ve already made progress on your life-changing resolutions for the coming year. Here are a few recommendations from our colleagues [...]
My Big Fat Message About Holiday Gifts
Have you completed your holiday shopping? For some people, the shopping season starts in August; others (including me) still have a few more days before the deadline. Choosing the right gift can [...]
Nina T. Dow Recognized by Super Lawyers
Attorney Nina T. Dow of Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting is among the Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2019. Specializing in estate and tax planning, she joined the firm in 2018. [...]
Can You Still Get a Charitable Deduction Under the New Tax Law? It Depends
There are many good reasons to give gifts and make charitable donations. Supporting a cause you care about tops the list. Research studies suggest that a habit of charitable giving may make [...]
Attorney Nina T. Dow Joins Mountain Dearborn
Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP is pleased to announce that Attorney Nina T. Dow has become associated with the law firm. Nina earned her J.D. at Suffolk University Law School and an [...]
