Visit the IRS website and locate some of the legal requirements and forms needed to file taxes on a decedent’s behalf. List 10 different facts that was learned or briefly explain the use of some of the forms needed.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. This assignment is designed to get the students familiar with the IRS website and how to seek out information they may need to find while employed in this field.
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Make a list of those items you would delegate to a nonbillable staff member (if available to you).
It is important for paralegals to understand responsibilities and use good judgment in delegating billable versus nonbillable items. You are a paralegal working for a large defense firm, and you estimate needing approximately 6.5 billable hours each day this month in order to meet your billable-hour goal. Today, your tasks set before you and the estimated time to complete each task include the following: • Organize newly received medical records (1.5 nonbillable hours, or “nbh”). • Summarize newly received medical records (1.5 billable hours, or “bh”). • Finish deposition outline (2.0 bh). • Request medical records payment from accounting (.30 nbh). • Deliver copying project to the photocopying department (.30 nbh). • Docket trial and pretrial deadlines (.50 bh). • Draft subpoenas for employment records (1.5 bh). • Draft notice of deposition and serve via e-mail to opposing counsel (.40 bh). • Draft correspondence to opposing counsel forwarding settlement agreement and settlement check (.50 bh).
A paralegal who acts improperly in court may be disciplined by the judge by means of?
A. ?contempt of court. B. ?disbarment. C. ?license revocation. D. ?malpractice.
The __________ determines whether a work is pornographic or not.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Official court reporters have the power to change the record when they deem it necessary for the good of the record
Indicate whether the statement is true or false