Overview Recently (January 15th) I celebrated my sixty fifth birthday. Where did the time go? If my East German father Willy Wolfgang...

Using Intellectual Property in Tax Planning for Business Owners Overview I have been a major fan of Afro-Cuban (Salsa) and Brazilian...

Overview If the pandemic was good for anything, it was TV watching. The pandemic may become known as the golden age of television. Since...

Most of you know by now that I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone which no longer exists as of 1999. In that respect, the transition left...

Overview Perhaps you are tired of reading that I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone, but it is one of the last bastions of American...

Overview It has been a while since I have written anything. Oh, the indignity of having to make a living! Most of you know by now that I...

I am happy to be back from my writing hiatus. In retrospect I am not really certain what the reason was for the hiatus. Writer's block?...

I have been posting my articles on JD Supra since August 2012. I am grateful to JD Supra for helping me to spread the tax gospel of...

Rediscovering the Planning Magic in Traditional Split Dollar Life Insurance (With a Twist!) Split Dollar life insurance has been around...

Using the Planning Power of Split Dollar Life Insurance for Income and Estate Tax Planning Benefits I have mentioned in past blogs my...

Among other things, I am a big fan of soul music. I am also a big fan of gospel music, particularly the R&B influenced version of gospel...

If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you know that I am a huge Tower of Power (TOP) fan. While I am not a formal member of their...

My Dad, Willy Wolfgang Nowotny (of blessed memory) would have turned 87 a few days ago (March 6). In prior articles I have discussed his...

I know that I have been going on and on about how much I love the Iron Game while retracing my steps from the unique perspective as an...

In the last installment I pointed out with pride the benefits of knowing “squat” at least in regard to the weight room. Fortunately, I...

Looking back, I distinctly remember my introduction to the Iron Game (weightlifting). At around age 5, I lived in Balboa, in the Panama...

A thousand apologies to the generous readers who continue to put up with me and read my articles! My mother and father (of blessed...

Today marks the one-year anniversary of my Dad's (Willy Wolfgang Nowotny) passing on November, 17, 2019. My instinct is to be sad, but I...

In Pursuit of Puerto Rican Tax Incentives For any of you that have been reading my articles for any time, you know that I am a lover of...

While growing up in the Panama Canal Zone, I lived on the Pacific side of the Canal Zone, e.g. on the Pacific Ocean side. The main town...