Blog posts in category Real Estate & Land Use

Congratulations, Apartment Owners, you May Be Required to Collect Iowa’s New Water Services Excise Tax

Posted on 10/31/2018 at 12:55 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Real Estate & Land Use, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Apartments, Iowa Table SALT , Iowa Tax, Water Excise Tax

Congratulations, Apartment Owners, you May Be Required to Collect Iowa’s New Water Services Excise Tax

This past legislative session, the Iowa legislature created a sales tax exemption for the “sale or furnishing by a...

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One family unit or two?

Posted on 08/14/2017 at 10:33 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

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One family unit or two?

Joint revocable trusts (“JRT”) for spouses seem to be gaining popularity in Iowa. Attorneys professing...

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Preserving the natural beauty of your property: A look at conservation easements

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Iowa estate planning, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Iowa Tax

Preserving the natural beauty of your property: A look at conservation easements

Do you have an area of farmland that you'd like to preserve while also obtaining a charitable deduction for income o...

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Dickinson Law named Tier 1 National "Best Law Firm" by U.S. News

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Banking Law, Business Law, Dickinson Law News, Education Law, Employment & Labor Law, Family Law, Litigation & Trial Law, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

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Dickinson Law named Tier 1 National "Best Law Firm" by U.S. News

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2015 "Best Law Firms" rankings, and Dickinson Law was again name...

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Dickinson Law attorneys land 2014 Best Lawyers in America listing

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Banking Law, Bill Serangeli, Bill Stiles, David Repp, Dick Lyford, Education Law, Employment & Labor Law, Family Law, Fred Schneider, Howard Hagen, Immigration Law, Jeff Krausman, Jill Jensen-Welch, John Vernon, Jon Sullivan, Litigation & Trial Law, Paul Tyler, Posts, Real Estate & Land Use, Rick Malm, Ron Mountsier, Russ Samson, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Fifteen attorneys from Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. were selected by their peers for inclusion in t...

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Courting business: Iowa Civil Justice Task Force recommends specialized business courts

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by John Lande

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, John Lande, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law

Tagged As: antitrust matters, business court docket, business court judges, business court jurisdiction, commercial class actions, intellectual property rights, Iowa business owners, Iowa Civil Justice Task Force, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa community bankers, securities litigation, shareholder derivative class actions, speciality business courts, specialized business courts, state trademark disputes, tax disputes, trade secrets, unfair competition claims

Courting business: Iowa Civil Justice Task Force recommends specialized business courts

On March 14 the Iowa Civil Justice Task Force ('Task Force') released recommendations for reforming the state...

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The sale-leaseback scenario

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Benjamin Bruner

Categories: Ben Bruner, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law

Tagged As: benefits of sale-leaseback, IRS scrutiny of sale-leaseback arrangements, sale-leaseback arrangements

The sale-leaseback scenario

The sale-leaseback concept is not a new one, but it is one that is being utilized more and more in today's econ...

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An unwanted benefit and bill: A recent special assessment case

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Benjamin Bruner

Categories: Ben Bruner, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Flint formula, Iowa Code assessment of costs incurred by municipalities, Iowa special assessment case, Iowa Supreme Court special assessment case, special assessment for city improvements, special benefits received by property owners

An unwanted benefit and bill: A recent special assessment case

In Gray v. City of Indianola (May 6, 2011), the Iowa Supreme Court examined the fairness of special assessments levied u...

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Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 7 of 7

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: estate planning for people in poor health, family corporation, family limited liability company, private annuities, private annuity transaction, SCINs, self-canceling installment notes, unrecognized capital gain

Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 7 of 7

In a special report prepared in conjunction with a presentation at the University of Iowa College of Law's 2011 Spri...

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Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 6 of 7

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Real Estate & Land Use, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: estate planning tools for high net worth individuals, generation skipping transfer tax exemption, IDGT, IDGT implementation steps, irrevocable grantor trust, sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts

Special report on estate planning for farmers: Part 6 of 7

In a special report prepared in conjunction with a presentation at the University of Iowa College of Law's 2011 Spri...

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