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REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Navigating the Complex Rules That Describe a Public Charity
Expedited Review of IRS Applications for Recognition of Exempt Status
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in New Mexico and Utah
Back to Compliance: Reinstating Tax-Exempt Status for a Charity
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Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Oklahoma and Texas
Inflation Reduction Act Tax Trends Begin to Take Shape
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REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 2
IRS Dirty Dozen Warnings on Charitable Scams
US Expatriate Tax Planning - Part 1 - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Florida and Louisiana
Business Better Podcast Episode: Tax Audits, Investigations, and Global Enforcement - A Conversation with IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz
4 Key Takeaways | Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Investments in Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction
Nonprofit Basics: Scholarship Grant Program IRS Approval Requirements
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Rhode Island and New Hampshire
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Hong Kong Approves Crypto ETFs; Crypto Security, Payments Products Launch - According to recent reports, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Trading Commission has conditionally approved the launch of the first spot...more
On October 4, 2023, Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (CDCA), announced the formation of a Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force (the “Strike Force”), a new CDCA section designed to...more
On March 2, 2022, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the launch of a new interagency task force, the KleptoCapture Task Force, focused on enforcing the recent U.S. financial sanctions and other economic...more
US law enforcement continues to make no secret of their efforts to work closely with experts and overseas partners to prosecute those involved in virtual currency transactions who attempt to rely on its purported anonymity to...more
IRS Addresses Taxing Crypto Received in Microtasks, Swiss Enable Crypto Payments - Late last week, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a memorandum on the topic “Taxation of Virtual Currency Received in the...more
Tips on Preparing to Defend Against Allegations of SBA Loan Fraud During the COVID-19 Crisis - Federal emergency relief legislation—including the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”)—has...more
While many who have accepted PPP loans now consider the forgiveness aspects and process, be mindful of federal enforcement. To date, the Justice Department has filed 36 PPP fraud cases, charging about 51 defendants....more
Creation of a new rapid response team signals regulators may turn today’s cyber examination priorities into tomorrow’s enforcement priorities. The Securities and Exchange Commission, New York State Department of Financial...more
Nationwide, federal prosecution of white-collar offenders may be hitting an all-time low. According to an analysis by Syracuse University, the last time white-collar prosecutions reached this level was during the Reagan...more
The Security Summit, consisting of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state tax agencies, and private-sector tax industry officials, is encouraging tax professionals during the 2019 summer season to take some time to...more
Key Cases - Covert Surveillance Due to Religious Identity is Actionable - Government surveillance of individuals due to their religious identity is actionable under federal law. In Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of...more
Payroll Threats and Protecting Personal Information - In case you have not been checking the FBI warnings (I realize those are unusual words for a benefits person), you and your employees should know of one of such...more
Government agencies apparently believe that expertise from blockchain analytic firms is required to assist with investigating illicit activities such as tax evasion, money laundering, terrorist financing, and drug markets. ...more
In a recent Public Service Announcement dated February 21, 2018 entitled “Increase in W-2 Phishing Campaigns,” the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) issued another alert about an increase in phishing campaigns since the...more
As the world now knows, an indictment against Paul Manafort, Jr., a former campaign chairperson for now-President Donald Trump, and Manafort’s associate, Richard Gates III, was unsealed yesterday. ...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning alerting the public to a new email phishing scam that looks like a joint notice from the IRS and FBI about new tax laws....more
United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Andrew Luger, spoke at a public event on March 3, 2016, at Mitchell-Hamline School of Law on the topic of health care fraud & abuse enforcement priorities in Minnesota....more
Recent changes to our health care system have been at the forefront of the American news cycle for several years. But certain aspects have not received adequate attention. One example is the scrutiny federal and state...more
One of the most difficult stories of the Bible for me was always that of God and Abraham. But somehow this song explained it for me as it deals with some unusual problems that can be solved out on Highway 61, which is a...more
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert entered the well of a courtroom in the Northern District of Illinois earlier this week to enter a plea of not guilty to charges that he structured...more