February 2018

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of the Pennsylvania residential facility that was denied parental filial support payments for its care of a New Jersey adult with severe disabilities.  Melmark v. Schutt (Pa., No. 580 MAL 2017, Dec. 26, 2017). As we have previously reported, Melmark, Inc., a Pennsylvania residential care facility

By Stanley M. Vasiliadis, Esquire, Professionals, small business owners and tax advisors for both of these groups are all scrambling to make sense of the sweeping new rules regarding pass-through entities, codified as section 199A of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This provision establishes a new 20% deduction for small business. It was