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
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
Tragedy of Tax Refund Fraud by Darrin Mish, Tampa Tax Attorney on 4/9/2012 The tax refund fraud scourge is on the rise and does not show any signs of abating. Many taxpayers have already fallen victim to tax refund cheats who steal their identities and along with that, their tax refunds. The problem...more
An Intergovernmental Approach to FATCA: US Treasury Issues Joint Statement From the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain... by White & Case LLP on 3/16/2012 On February 8, 2012, the Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued proposed regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”). FATCA establishes a new US...more
Incorporating in Armenia by Nerses Isajanyan on 3/6/2012 The article outlines the basic features of Armenian corporate law. Fundamentals of corporate formation, administration and other aspects of corporate activities are summarized in a few short paragraphs....more
Access Request for Advice to Minister Regarding Tax Amendments is Denied by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 3/2/2012 In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has permitted Ontario’s Minister of Finance to withhold draft policy option memos from disclosure in response to an access to information request. The requester sought records...more
How Nonprofits Can Avoid the Legal Pitfalls of Telecommuting Employees by Venable LLP on 2/22/2012 As technology for the home office improves, more nonprofits and employees are taking advantage of the benefits of telecommuting. Laptops are lighter, faster, and more portable. Smartphones, iPads, and other...more
Insight on Estate Planning - February/March 2012 by Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 2/1/2012 In This Issue: - Does your trust need a protector? - Privacy, please! Keep family matters out of the public eye by avoiding probate - Consider a “stretch” to maximize and preserve IRA benefits - Estate Planning...more
California Employment Law - The Year Ahead by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 1/4/2012 This edition of the Labor & Employment e-Update provides an overview of significant employment law developments that will affect California employers in 2012. Employers are advised to review and update their policies and...more
Employment and Wage and Hour Law Newsletter™ - December 2011 by Low, Ball & Lynch on 12/22/2011 In this issue: • NOTES FROM THE EDITOR • NEW CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAWS • AN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHTS UNDER FMLA • EMPLOYMENT CASE LAW DECISIONS OF 2011 Excerpt from New California Employment Laws... New...more
California Businesses Cannot Let Guard Down by Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP on 12/19/2011 A lot is going on here in the Golden State. Governor Jerry Brown was reelected to a third term (after a hiatus of almost 30 years since the end of his second term), and since that time, California employers have been on edge...more
Beyond the Cover Story Part 2: The Final ACO Regulations - November 9, 2011 (Presentation) by Ober|Kaler on 11/15/2011 In This Presentation: What Guidance is Available? What is an ACO? Application; Agreement; Governance; Leadership; Two Shared Savings Models; Shared Savings Payments; Appeals; Assignment of Beneficiaries; Fraud and Abuse;...more
California Enacts New Round Of Employee-Friendly Laws (In Other News, State Unemployment Rate Hovers Near 12%) by Proskauer Rose LLP on 10/25/2011 California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a number of bills that could significantly impact employers in the New Year. Below is a survey of some of these new laws and their key provisions. Misclassification Of...more
IRS To Do Your Taxes? by Darrin Mish, Tampa Tax Attorney on 9/13/2011 Is it too far-fetched to imagine the IRS doing what H&R Block does, preparing your taxes for a fee? This might become a reality in the not too distant future. Congress has formed a ‘super committee’ whose job is to generate...more
Compromise Agreements, Andy Coulson, and Confidentiality Clauses by PHILIP HENSON on 8/24/2011 Tom Watson (UK Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East) has recently written to Mr. Peter Wardle, the Chief Executive of the Electoral Standards Commission asking him to investigate potential breaches of the Political...more