In Legal Terms

We’re pleased to have representatives from Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project on the show today. They’ll tell us aboutexpungements and foreclosure prevention their work with family law matters and how they have shifted to virtual clinics in light of the pandemic. https://mvlp.org/https://mvlp.org/clinicsOctober 29 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Stabilizing the Economy: Expungement Clinic Topics: Felony Expungement and Misdemeanor ExpungementHelping low-income individuals solve legal problems https://www.mslegalservices.org/https://ms.freelegalanswers.org/ See if you qualify. Ask a question. Check your email. Log back in.Homes facing foreclosure? https://www.mshomesaver.com/ If you previously received assistance from Homesaver, you are not eligible for assistance again. If you previously applied but never received assistance, you must log back in under your previous application with your username and password. The system will not let you begin a new application.Beginning September 1, 2020, if you need assistance with your mortgage payments, please visit the link below to find a HUD-approved housing counselor who can assist you with your foreclosure prevention needs. https://apps.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=MSMs Sanders was previously a guest on In Legal Terms to tell us about the work of the MVLP on September 24th 2019 and on October 24th, 2017.

Mississippians overwhelmingly passed Initiative 65 to enable medical marijuana. What’s next? Why is the legislature working on legislation about it now?We'll learn from guest Mark Garriga, an attorney with Butler Snow. https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/mark-garriga/Our discussion touched on why the legislautre is involved in the issue, why the MS Supreme Court is involved, how the medical marijuana issue brough together so many different voters.

Have you filed your taxes yet? We’re going to give you tips on filing your 2020 income taxes or give you a jump start your 2021 return. Our guest Gray Edmondson from Edmondson Sage Allen will talk about the tax laws surrounding working from home and take your questions. We’ll also give some IRS tweet tips.https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-paymenthttps://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-freeVolunteer Income Tax Assistance: Northeast Mississippi United Way events for 2021 United Way of the Mid-South United Way of Oxford - Lafayette United Way of Southeast Mississippi IRS Free Tax Prep HelpCalls: IRS 1040 sent to MS Dept. of RevenueIs stimulus taxable?Retroactive taxesAmended returnRetirement income taxable?Stimulus checkSelling family businessSocial Security benefit taxable?Filing obligationUnemployment benefits