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Jose Alberro	To amparo or not to amparo? José Alberro, director at Berkeley Research Group in California, examines stock market punishment and enforcement of the Mexican Federal Competition Commission decisions In the Mexican legal system, the recurso de amparo…more Anti-Monopoly, Competition, Enforcement, Monopolization	See All Updates »
Michael Batelli	Oregon Tax Credit Opportunities The Oregon Department of Revenue, in conjunction with the Oregon Film and Video Office, will auction 12,000 income tax credit certificates, worth $500 each, for a total of $6 million…more Department of Revenue, Tax Credits	See All Updates »
Edward Buthusiem	Here Comes the Sun: What You Need to Know about the Sunshine Act and Its Implementing Rules After years of deliberation, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-awaited regulations to implement the specific requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine) on February 1, 2013…more Affordable Care Act, CMS, Healthcare, Healthcare Professionals, Medical Devices	See All Updates »
Ryan Byrd	BRG GovCon Research Report - January - March 2013 In This Issue: - GSA and VA Schedule Matters - Office of Inspector General Reports - Pertinent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit Reports - OMB Proposed Guidance - Key Federal Acquisition Regulation…more Audits, Defense Aquistion Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulations, Federal Budget, GAO	See All Updates »
Michael Cho	Ruling for Sales Tax on Government Contractors The Virginia Department of Taxation recently released the Rulings of the Tax Commissioner regarding the application of the retail sales and use tax to purchases of tangible personal property made pursuant to a government…more Contractors, Sales & Use Tax	See All Updates »
Michael Fletcher	GovCon Deal Bugaboo: Sales Tax Exposure We recently wrapped up diligence proceedings for another GovCon M&A transaction, and the specter of sales tax exposure again reared its ugly head. Time and again we see contractors err in their evaluation of the implications of…more Contractors, Sales & Use Tax, True Object Test	See All Updates »
Philip Gaeta	Beginning 2014, Financial Institution Tax to Replace Corporate Franchise and Dealers in Intangibles Tax Effective January 1, 2010, Ohio taxes on corporate franchises and dealers in intangibles applied only to financial institutions and a few select taxpayers. However, as part of the newly enacted Ohio H.B. 510, both of these taxes…more Banks, Commercial Activity Tax, Corporate Taxes, Financial Institutions Tax, Franchise Taxes	See All Updates »
Amol Jain	Lower Property Taxes for Data Centers On March 13, 2013, Governor Robert McDonnell signed into law Virginia House Bill 1699, which amends Va. Code. Ann. §58.1-3506. This legislation permits Virginia localities to set a lower personal property tax rate on computer…more Data Centers, Property Tax, Tax Credits	See All Updates »
Nathaniel Kupferman	Second Phase of Qualifying Advanced Energy Program Announced The Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of the Treasury have announced a second phase in the qualifying advanced energy property program. The second phase will make $150 million in Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits…more Clean Tech, DOE, Qualifying Advanced Energy Property Program, Tax Credits, U.S. Treasury	See All Updates »
Kelly Lynch	BRG GovCon Research Report - January - March 2013 In This Issue: - GSA and VA Schedule Matters - Office of Inspector General Reports - Pertinent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit Reports - OMB Proposed Guidance - Key Federal Acquisition Regulation…more Audits, Defense Aquistion Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulations, Federal Budget, GAO	See All Updates »
Sajeev Malaveetil	BRG GovCon Research Report - January - March 2013 In This Issue: - GSA and VA Schedule Matters - Office of Inspector General Reports - Pertinent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit Reports - OMB Proposed Guidance - Key Federal Acquisition Regulation…more Audits, Defense Aquistion Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulations, Federal Budget, GAO	See All Updates »
Darren Mills	Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Registration Beginning on December 31, 2013, the qualified intermediary (QI), withholding foreign partnership (WP), and withholding foreign trusts (WT) will be subject to the requirements of a foreign financial institution (FFI). As a…more Applications, FATCA, Foreign Financial Institutions	See All Updates »
Gregory Nachtwey	NATS: Are They a Long-Term Solution to the IPv4 Address Shortage? As the world approaches an acute global shortage of IPv4 addresses, an important debate has arisen regarding how effective Network Address Translation (NAT) systems are as a solution to serve the growing mobile user base of the…more Internet, IPv4 Addresses, NATs	See All Updates »
Cheray Lynch Sieminski	Here Comes the Sun: What You Need to Know about the Sunshine Act and Its Implementing Rules After years of deliberation, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-awaited regulations to implement the specific requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine) on February 1, 2013…more Affordable Care Act, CMS, Healthcare, Healthcare Professionals, Medical Devices	See All Updates »
Javier Siervo	Big Incentives for Investments in Cybersecurity Recently, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law the Cybersecurity Investment Incentive Tax Credit. The credit is to be used against the state income tax of a Maryland cybersecurity company. To be eligible for the…more Cybersecurity, Incentives, Investors, Tax Credits	See All Updates »
Stephen Willis	NATS: Are They a Long-Term Solution to the IPv4 Address Shortage? As the world approaches an acute global shortage of IPv4 addresses, an important debate has arisen regarding how effective Network Address Translation (NAT) systems are as a solution to serve the growing mobile user base of the…more Internet, IPv4 Addresses, NATs	See All Updates »
Mary Karen Wills	BRG GovCon Research Report - January - March 2013 In This Issue: - GSA and VA Schedule Matters - Office of Inspector General Reports - Pertinent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit Reports - OMB Proposed Guidance - Key Federal Acquisition Regulation…more Audits, Defense Aquistion Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulations, Federal Budget, GAO	See All Updates »

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