Process Servingis an imperative aspect under the Due Process of Law. It is a legal procedure that notifies a particular party if ever the court proved that there is an action being taken against individuals of such party. Through the jurisdiction of the court, the said procedure is to be performed by the officers of the law. To notify the party regarding the actions of the court, there are law officers who will bring the legal document. This document can be in the form of summons, complaints, writs, subpoenas and order to show cause. However, the court shall still give the legal document that is appropriate to the case or issue faced by the party. The law officers who can bring the legal document can be the sheriffs, deputies, or court̢۪s agents. However in every state, theProcess Servingdiffers and is open for possible changes. There are states which require that the process server should be licensed, although North Carolina does now have that requirement. In this process, there is also the legal server whose task is to serve document/s to the individual who made a request for it. The document/s to be served is the response of the court regarding the issue brought to them. Once it is already delivered, the Affidavit of Service (Proof of Service) that is notarized will be given to the requesting party. As for the fees to be paid during theProcess Serving, the rate usually starts from $65 to $100. The rate can be lower or higher, depending upon the state. There are states who offers service fee for only lower rates and vice versa. However, if the serve is seemingly difficult to handle, the service fee might become higher. But if someone wants a rush procedure, he is obliged to pay for some additional fees. ...read more

Every year February 2nd is celebrated as Groundhog day in Pennsylvania and perhaps a few other places. According to common folklore the groundhog helps predict if summer will be here soon or late! Yeah, and we thought only India was the land of mysterious traditions, snake charmers and elephants! I wasn't much familiar with this tradition until I watched one of the classic movie Groundhog Day from the 90s. In the movie, TV weatherman Phil Connors is forced to live the same day over and over again until he gains some karmic insights into his life and makes some dramatic and sometimes comic changes to his life. If you haven't watched the movie, it may be well worth your time.Does filing your tax return each year seems just like reliving the same day over and over again each year? You go through the same desperate effort to locate all the relevant documents, put together the package and enter all the data on your computer, wait in anticipation as the hour glass on your computer screen turns and as the results show up on the next screen you keep your fingers crossed to see a bigger tax refund than last year...sounds familiar? Well, if that sounds familiar to you then maybe you need to change your karmic balance this year.Try something different this year to get out of the Groundhog syndrome. One option is to dump all the tax paperwork at an accountant's office and go do something that you are passionate about. Perhaps learn how to dance or ice sculpting or play that musical instrument you have been thinking about mastering. Maybe the karmic changes will lead you to a better life supported by a bigger tax refund. There are more than a thousand pages of IRS code that speak to hundreds of deductions for taxpayers. Your accountant is a professional and trained in uncovering these deductions for every tax situation.Try working with a tax accountant this year and see if it helps breaks the groundhog day routine for you for the rest of your life. ...read more

Did you know that on average Americans move at least three to four times in their life time? There is probably no other country where people move around so much for school, job or just for fun. By the way relocation is also one of the three most stressful events that one faces. The other two being loosing a loved one and loosing one's job. Now if you have relocated in the last year, you probably have to file for more than one state tax return. Filing Federal tax return in this situation is pretty simple. However filing multiple state tax returns is definitely tricky. Especially if you have had tax deducted in both the sates and are claiming refund. The trick here is to file state return as part-year resident. Most software programs cannot handle this situation very well. You will need an experienced CPA in Charlotte to help you with Multistate tax Returns. Another situation with Multi-state tax returns may be if you are working in one state and living in another state. In this scenario you have to file one of the state returns as a non-resident. This is where it becomes complicated and it is better to call the your local CPA. ...read more