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Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 5-17-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 5/17/2013

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. Governor’s Fourth and Fifth Vetoes of the Session Sustained - Last week,...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 13: Budgets Approved, Medicaid and Tax Bills Sent to Governor Bentley

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/15/2013

With the constitutional deadline of midnight on the 30th day closing in, Alabama lawmakers worked at a feverish pace to complete work on some of the most substantial and controversial legislation in the 2013 session....more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 12: Gun Bills, Budgets and Medicaid

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/7/2013

Last week, legislators turned their attention to the weightiest and most controversial issues, including debate and passage of several gun bills. Now, with only three legislative days remaining, both budgets will take...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 10: Slow and Steady Movement by Senate and House

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/23/2013

As the Alabama Legislature moves closer to adjournment, legislation is making slow but steady progress. Tuesday and Thursday marked the 21st and 22nd days of the 2013 Regular Session. With only eight legislative days left and...more

Miles To Go Before They Sleep

by Eric Swanson | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 4/8/2013

With the 2013 Minnesota legislative session moving into the home stretch, virtually all of the “heavy lifting” of the session remains. While the calendar indicates the session is two-thirds complete, the numbers tell a...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 5: "Right to Work" Amendment Passed

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 3/13/2013

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the passage of the Alabama Accountability Act, the legislative process slowed considerably in the State House. However, there was some movement on a few significant pieces of...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 4: Multiple Bills Passed and On the Way to Governor Bentley's Desk

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 3/5/2013

On the afternoon of February 28, the House of Representatives and Senate sent differing versions of the Local Control School Flexibility Bill to conference committee. A few hours later, the conference committee reported a...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 3: Alabama Trust Fund Repayment Bill Passes

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/26/2013

The sixth and seventh legislative days of the Alabama Legislature's Regular Session saw the first bill passed by both houses and on its way to Governor Robert Bentley for his signature. As week three closed, priority...more

Maine Supreme Court Clarifies Property Tax Exemption For Non-Profits

by Sarah Beard, Jonathan Block, Kris Eimicke | Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/7/2013

In a case watched closely by Maine’s non-profit organizations, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has held that Hebron Academy, a private secondary school, was exempt from property tax on its various school buildings. The...more

Government Relations Report: Iowa Gavels in the 85th General Assembly

by Katherine Carlucci, Thomas Stanberry | Davis Brown Law Firm on 1/29/2013

The 2013 legislative session began on Monday, January 14 with speeches pledging bipartisanship from leadership in the House and Senate....more

Government Relations Report: A Preview of Iowa's 86th General Assembly

by Katherine Carlucci, Thomas Stanberry | Davis Brown Law Firm on 1/13/2013

The 2013 Iowa legislative session will gavel in on Monday, January 14, the first of the two-year 86th General Assembly. For the most part, the 86th General Assembly will look very much like the last with a split legislature....more

A Short Course on the 11 Proposed Amendments to the Florida Constitution on the November 2012 General Election Ballot

by Carlton Fields on 10/19/2012

The Legislature has placed 11 proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot for the General Election to be held November 6, 2012. There will be no citizen initiated proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this...more

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House Special Edition - Final Issue: 2012 Summary of New Maine Laws

by Pierce Atwood LLP on 6/4/2012

We are pleased to share our Final Issue of the 2012 Summary of New Maine Laws in this special edition of Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House. You may recall that we sent you a preliminary version of our 2012...more

Governor Lifts Moratorium on Hospital Property Tax Exemption Decisions

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 3/28/2012

Since 2010, when the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the revocation of a property tax exemption for a hospital on the grounds that an insufficient amount of charitable medical care was being provided, we have been monitoring...more

Recent Developments for Exempt Organizations, Including 2011 Year in Review

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 3/12/2012

Dow at 13,000 Edition It is with a profound sense of tradition that we assemble and distribute a 2011 “Year in Review” in March, 2012, instead of simply tweeting what IRS Commissioner Shulman had for breakfast this...more

Capital Thinking Updates - February 27, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/1/2012

In This Issue: Legislative & Regulatory Activities in the following categories: - General Legislative - Budget, Appropriations - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial...more

Payment Matters: CMS Instructs Teaching Hospitals on Reporting FICA Tax Refunds for Medical Residents

by Ober|Kaler on 1/27/2012

On March 10, 2010, the IRS determined that medical residents are exempt from FICA taxes based on the student exception, for tax periods ending before April 1, 2005. Although the refunds apply to tax periods ending before...more

FEDERALISMO: Commento CeRM allo schema di decreto per la rimozione degli squilibri economico-sociali

by Nicola Carmine Salerno on 3/30/2011

In tema di federalismo, facendo seguito al commento sul decreto per la perequazione infrastrutturale (Short Note n. 1-2011), CeRM propone una analisi del decreto "gemello", quello che dovrebbe guidare la rimozione, o...more

Not Much Substance in IRS Interim Guidance on Codification of the Economic Substance Doctrine

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 9/14/2010

The economic substance doctrine was codified in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Act), Pub. L. No. 111-152, applicable to transactions entered into on or after March 31, 2010. The codification...more

Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Treasury Department Can Force Teaching Hospitals to Pay Social Security Tax for Work...

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 6/2/2010

On June 1, 2010, the Supreme Court agreed to decide a case that implicates $700 million a year in federal tax obligations of medical institutions, such as teaching hospitals and medical schools, and their residents. In...more

IRS Sued by University

by Darrin Mish, Tampa Tax Attorney on 4/2/2010

The University of Rochester is filing a lawsuit against the IRS over tax refunds amounting to $26.4 million that university officials claim were unlawfully withheld by the government agency. This amount comes from money...more

Tips for Setting Non-profit Executive Compensation in a Time of Congressional Outrage and Media Scrutiny

by Ellis Carter on 9/20/2009

This article includes 10 practices that, if followed, will help the boards of tax-exempt organizations such as hospitals, colleges, large foundations, and other charities that require highly compensated executive talent, to...more

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