Are the November State Tax Initiatives worrying you about going for a local school bond or parcel tax election? Teleconference on... by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/17/2012 Presentation Outline: - Section 1: Navigating the School Bond Environment • Current Political Climate • School Finance Practices Under Scrutiny • What about the November State Tax Initiatives? • Opportunities to...more
Maryland Legislature Revisits IDOT Debate Today by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/15/2012 The Maryland General Assembly convenes today for a special session to revisit the “doomsday” budget enacted by default at the end of the General Session when the House and Senate could not agree on a budget bill. Under the...more
Legislature Adjourns Sine Die by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 5/14/2012 The State Legislature finalized three major bills—the tax bill, bonding bill, and the stadium bill—this week after long floor debates and dozens of amendments. Lawmakers ultimately put their stamp of approval on the three...more
IRS Queried on Tax Info Leak by Darrin Mish, Tampa Tax Attorney on 5/14/2012 The IRS has been asked to investigate allegations of someone from the inside leaking confidential tax files of an anti-gay marriage group. Both the Huffington Post and gay rights group The Human Rights Campaign published a...more
Spending Review e Universalismo Selettivo. La Sanità in Italia by Nicola Carmine Salerno on 5/12/2012 Il primo passo obbligato per la spending review in sanità è l'inserimento di principi di selettività nell'offerta delle prestazioni. Dall'universalismo assoluto all'universalismo selettivo....more
Tax-Exempt Organizations the Focus of Upcoming Congressional Hearings by Venable LLP on 5/11/2012 The U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight announced yesterday that it will hold a series of hearings on the tax-exempt sector and IRS oversight of tax-exempt activities. The first hearing...more
Senator Opposes Swiss Accounts Tax Treaty Change by Darrin Mish, Tampa Tax Attorney on 5/2/2012 Senator Rand Paul (R – Kentucky) opposes changes to the US-Swiss tax treaty that would effectively allow the US government more access to tax information connected to Swiss bank accounts of US citizens. Senator Paul stresses...more
Looking for Tax Revenue in All the Wrong Places: 401(k) Plans Under Attack by K&L Gates LLP on 4/30/2012 Originally published in Benefits Law Journal Spring 2012, Volume 25, Number 1, pages 1-4. If we could help restore our nation’s fiscal health by reducing employer and employee contributions to 401(k) and other defined...more
Budget Negotiations, TIF and Open Meetings/Open Records by Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. on 4/30/2012 The session continues into extra innings following its scheduled end on April 17. No budget agreement had been reached on the “big number” for the overall State budget, so conference committees could not meet to negotiate....more
Independent Contractor Misclassification in the Crosshair by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 4/26/2012 In recent weeks, identical bills were proposed in the House (H.R. 4123) and Senate (S. 2145) to eliminate the so-called “safe harbor” in the federal tax code that protects businesses that have misclassified employees as...more
The Fortnightly Delightfully Brief, Pithy And Wholly Idiosyncratic Newsletter - April 15, 2012, Volume 1, Edition 7 by John A. C. Cartner on 4/25/2012 In This Issue: • The Banana Republic • The Tax Dance • Step Right Up! • Urgings Excerpt from "The Banana Repulic" Delightfully Brief If you are American, April 15 is the annual income tax day. In...more
This Week in Washington - April 20, 2012 by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/24/2012 In This Issue: DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget/Appropriations. On April 18th, Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) revised his plan to mark up a budget resolution and...more
Watchdog Group files Complaint on Tax-related Comment by Bishop by Darrin Mish, Tampa Tax Attorney on 4/23/2012 The watchdog group Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed an official complaint against Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky of the Peoria, Illinois diocese over remarks he made about how social services for...more
From The Capitol - April 2012 by Warner Norcross & Judd on 4/17/2012 As the Legislature is winding up its spring break, House and Senate members are well on their way to passing a state budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Nearly all the budgets have been reported from their subcommittees to...more
Focus on Tax: Federal Budget 2012 - Tax Analysis and Budget Documents - March 2012 by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 4/13/2012 Overview Budget Steps Up the Pace of Reform Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s administration, secure for at least three more years in a parliamentary majority, uses its latest budget to implement an array of expected...more