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The Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") reporting requirements take effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires many entities to disclose ownership information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...more
On May 3, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a Temporary Final Rule that temporarily increases the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents...more
The IRS announced late Wednesday, March 17, 2021 that it is moving the federal income tax filing deadline for individuals to May 17, rather than April 15. In its statement, the IRS said that the extended deadline applies to...more
Private companies with 100+ employees (and with at least one California-based employee) must report Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) pay and other data to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) by...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended Form I-9 compliance flexibility for certain employers for an additional 60 days, until November 19, 2020. The policy, initially announced on March 20, 2020, relaxes...more
Health remains our first priority during this COVID-19 crisis. Please take precautions. We continue to monitor various state actions for purposes of understanding tax and tax return responsibilities during the pandemic....more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended Form I-9 compliance flexibility for certain employers until September 19, 2020. The policy, initially announced on March 20, 2020, relaxes the requirement to...more
On July 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an opportunity for certain Medicare providers, who missed the chance to apply for additional Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments from the $20...more
[Update: This is an updated version of an article published on June 5, 2020] - On June 5, 2020, the U.S. President signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPP Flexibility Act or Act) to provide...more
On June 5, 2020, the U.S. President signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPP Flexibility Act or Act) to provide businesses with greater flexibility and more time to maximize forgiveness of loans...more
In recognition of the difficulties faced by retirement plan sponsors, participants and beneficiaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new guidance extends the deadlines for notices and disclosures required by Title I of ERISA...more
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that it will push back to 2021 its annual collection of demographic data from private employers with 100 or more workers, the EEO-1 report. ...more
On April 28, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) further extended the time to file certain patent and trademark-related documents and to pay certain required fees pursuant to the temporary authority...more
On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service issued a new final rule and additional guidance that together extend numerous deadlines under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code (Code)...more
As COVID-19 containment efforts expand, a growing number of employers are seeing major disruptions to their operations or reductions in services. Similarly, a growing number of employees are concerned about significant drops...more
This post is following up on our previous post on February 27, 2019, “SEC Guidance on Coronavirus Disclosures,”. On March 4, 2020, the SEC issued an order which would provide publicly traded companies with an additional 45...more
To date, COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) has infected more than 105,000 people and killed approximately 3,500 — with numbers increasing worldwide. Accompanying this tragedy is substantial economic loss, with major selloffs across...more
By Order issued by Chief Judge Stark, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware announced that it is hosting its biennial District of Delaware Bench and Bar Conference on April 30 and May 1, 2020. ...more
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: If you wait until the last minute to submit an online FCC filing, be prepared to bang your head against your desk while you struggle to log in to a filing system that often melts...more
In IRS Notice 2018-06, the IRS announced a 30-day automatic extension for the furnishing of 2017 IRS Forms 1095-B (Health Coverage) and 1095-C (Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage), from January 31, 2018 to...more
VETS has announced a 45-day extension to the 2017 VETS-4212 filing deadline. The deadline has been extended from September 30, 2017 to November 15, 2017. In a post on it’s website, VETS stated-...more
Jordan, J. (sitting by designation) Plaintiff’s motion for an extension to file a bill of costs is granted. Defendant’s motion to strike the bill of costs is denied....more
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). In addition to authorizing $305 billion in funding for federal highway projects, the FAST Act also repeals the recently...more
In a recent Omnibus appropriations package, Congress extended the effective date for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) "Cadillac Tax" by two years, from plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, to plan years beginning on...more