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Effective October 1, 2025, Florida will no longer assess state sales tax or the local surtax on rent from commercial leases. This eliminates Florida state sales tax and county surtaxes on base rent, operating expenses and all other charges payable to landlords under commercial leases in the form of rent on leasing commercial real property ...

Fourteen lawyers from the law firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward and Woodman, P.A., were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2026), and two lawyers were named "Ones to Watch". The list of Winderweedle Best Lawyer honorees includes, Joseph P. "Rusty" Carolan, III in Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations and Corporate ...

Let's explore a few real-world scenarios that highlight potential legal pitfalls for business owners: You own a small restaurant. One day, your business faces a lawsuit alleging the parking lot is not ADA-compliant. You operate a hotel booking website. The website is threatened with legal action for failing to disclose whether a particular hotel offers ...

In this episode of the Power of Planning podcast, Attorney Vanessa J. Skinner outlines the top ten tasks on the Trustee's to do list when administering a trust following the death of the individual who established the trust. In doing so, she explains the steps of the trust administration process from start to finish. LISTEN NOW: The ...