The 2024 Tax Year UAW-FCA-Ford-General Motors Legal Services Plan 1099s (-MISC form) will be mailed to Plan participants who were eligible to use the legal services benefit in December of 2024. The forms will be mailed no later than January 31, Read more…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently settled a nationwide credit repair scam that impacted over 4 million consumers who fell for the pitches they received from CreditRepair.com, Lexington Law and related companies and law firms. According to the CFPB, Read more…
In 2013, two London School of Economics researchers decided to follow their instincts and try to prove that America’s dues paying union members donate more than the average U.S. non-represented employee. Using data from a study that has followed American Read more…
Wills and living trusts are among the options available to make sure your property distribution and other wishes are fulfilled after you die. But each is a different legal instrument and your personal circumstances will determine the arrangement best for Read more…
How to avoid problems with home improvement contractors It’s exciting to plan a home improvement project and think about the positive change that will add value to your property and comfort to you and your loved ones. But it’s worth Read more…
UAW Legal Services gives eligible members access to justice that all need In recent years, much has been written to show that too many middle class Americans don’t have real access to the U.S. civil justice system. While legal aid Read more…
Who? The Legal Services Plan benefit is available to eligible FCA, Ford and General Motors workers and retirees and surviving spouses represented by the UAW. What? Legal services, including advice, document preparation and contact with other parties (but not litigation) Read more…
Non-spouse beneficiaries of a decedent’s retirement plan can roll over distributions tax-free into their own, specially created “inherited IRA” under a continued tax law change. Moving a lump sum into an inherited IRA permits distributions over the lifetime or life Read more…
Our clients, a married couple having financial difficulty, decided to file a chapter 13 bankruptcy petition, which required them to propose a plan to pay their creditors over several years. One of their creditors had financed the purchase of their truck Read more…
Have you ever wondered why at the end of the year, your W-2 or 1099 told you that you had to report approximately $18 of income for your legal services benefit? [NOTE: This is not to say that you were Read more…