Real Estate

Cardinal Legal Group represents real estate owners, developers and operators in all aspects of real estate acquisitions and dispositions as well as the ownership, development, leasing and operation of property. We understand that the objectives of our clients in each transaction vary widely and that each transaction must be effectively tailored to meet the client’s requirements. We also handle residential real estate closings, including negotiating the purchase or sale of the property, drafting agreements, reviewing title, and representing the client throughout the transaction and at the closing.

We also counsel clients on tax implications of their real estate transactions.

Tax

Cardinal  Legal Group offers a wide range of tax services, in the areas of federal, state and international taxation for both the individual and the business. We also represent individuals and businesses before the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) and other taxing authorities. Common taxation issues before the IRS for individuals and business include:

Tax Audit

The IRS may choose to audit an individual or a business randomly or an item on a tax return draws the awareness of the IRS. An audit is often a lengthy and complicated process and represented clients benefit from experienced counsel to help them through the process.

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is and should be a last resort for persons who find themselves at such desperate situations. Only certain tax liabilities are dischargeable through bankruptcy. Persons wishing to declare bankruptcy in order to eliminate tax liability should consult with an attorney experienced in both bankruptcy and tax laws before taking such a step. Other options exist to eliminate tax liability while also preserving a person’s credit history.

Innocent Spouse

When a married couple files a joint tax return, both persons are jointly and severally liable for paying the tax on that return, plus any penalties and/or interest that may accrue while this tax remains unpaid. If a tax return is misreported, where the actual income earned is more than is stated on the return or where an erroneous item has been declared on the return, and a spouse is not aware of this misstatement, he or she may seek relief from his or her liability as an Innocent Spouse. Several criteria exist to evaluate whether one is an innocent spouse or not.

Installment Agreements

Installment agreements are contracts between the IRS and the delinquent taxpayer to pay his or her tax liability in full over a period of time. There are two types of installment agreements-regular installment agreements and streamlined installment agreements. In return for complying with the installment agreement, the IRS guarantees the taxpayer that it will not take any action against the taxpayer for that liability. However, these agreements require the taxpayer to file financial statements, which disclose the financial condition of the taxpayer. Such disclosure may not necessarily be advantageous to the taxpayer. The individual taxpayer must make a careful and informed decision, balancing the positives and negatives. To reach these agreements require negotiation with the IRS.

Offers in Compromise

Certain taxpayers are eligible for an Offer in Compromise, which is a negotiated deal with the IRS to pay less than the full amount of tax liability owed. There are three types of Offers in Compromise: Doubt as to Liability, Doubt as to Collectability, and Effective Tax Administration. Various factors are imputed into a mathematical model to determine if a taxpayer is eligible for an Offer in Compromise.

Penalty/Interest Abatement

Where penalties and interest constitute a large portion of the total tax liability, the taxpayer may petition the IRS for abatement of these penalties and interest, if his or her extenuating circumstances are persuasive. For information about this form of relief, or any of the above forms of relief, or about any tax matter, please contact Cardinal Legal Group.

Business and Corporate Planning

Cardinal Legal Group can help your corporation, both big and small, with a variety of services of business and commercial transactional law and business counseling and advice. Our firm also assists client in formation and business planning, and the determination of the legal structure to use to provide the best legal, business and tax solution.

Immigration

Our multi-lingual staff (Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Ibo, Russian and French) is essential to our successful full-service immigration practice. Our clients are from all walks of life-from nurse’s aides to tango dancers to business executives. Cardinal Legal Group’s immigration practice is both family-based and employment-based. We can help you with immigrant visas (IV) and non-immigrant visas (NIV), such as O, P, H1-B, RIR, labor certifications and various other visas, as well as, with naturalization and advance parole. We are especially interested in political asylum cases and BIA appeals.

In addition, we maintain contacts with Canadian immigration consultants and attorneys to consult and advise regarding and to facilitate family immigration and/or business immigration or movement across our common border, whether under the provisions of NAFTA or otherwise.

We also counsel clients in tax issues on income earned in and outside of the United States and on estate planning matters for property located within and outside of the United States, and their particularities due to the client’s immigration status.

Personal Injury

Cardinal Legal Group helps victims who have suffered personal injury resulting from accidents, medical malpractice and other causes. We represent clients who have suffered accidents in vehicles, workplaces, nursing homes and private property. We also deal with medical malpractice, including wrongful death cases. If you have been injured in whatever scenario, Cardinal Legal Group can help you receive the maximum compensation you deserve.

Employment Discrimination

Cardinal Legal Group can help clients with employment-related discrimination issues, including; age, race, religious, sex and other types of workplace discrimination. Likewise we help clients fight cases of sexual harassment and disability discrimination. Cardinal Legal Group also helps clients in hostile work environment situations and in cases of wrongful termination and disciplinary action. We also help employers in business defamation and contract dispute case.

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