Insider Transaction Traps for the Unwary
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Nonprofit Basics: IRS 10-Course Charity Workshop
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Modifications and Exceptions - Part 2
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Basic Rules for Charities - Part 1
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - IRS Clarifies Emergency Distributions Tax Exceptions
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Private Foundation Advocacy
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Legislative Lobbying and Advocacy Rules for Public Charities
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Candidate Campaign Intervention
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 176: Tax Exempt Healthcare Entities with Jim Pool, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorney
Scrutiny Around the Hospital Tax-Exempt Status
Nonprofit Basics: What Nonprofits Need To Know About Expenditure Responsibility Grant Requirements
Podcast - Charity Care: A Discussion on Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Nonprofit Basics: Document Retention Policies and Subpoenas, and a Conversation With Aviva Gilbert on Why Good Policies Matter
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 3: Private Foundation Approaches to Policy Advocacy Allowed by the Internal Revenue Code
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 2: Legislative Lobbying Activities by Public Charities
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 1: Candidate Campaign Intervention
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The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a much awaited amendment to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program). Notably, the amendment adds a self-correction feature for the delinquent transmittal of...more
The Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs) by employees...more
In this Part XII of my multi-part series on some of the not-so-obvious aspects of S corporations, I explore a consistent theme – taxpayers lose fights with taxing authorities when they fail to maintain adequate records....more
On June 25, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Treasury published final Treasury Regulations (“Final Regulations”) in the Federal Register on the prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship...more
On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released regulations redefining who is an investment advice fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code...more
Investment managers who manage private employee benefit plan and individual retirement account (collectively, “Plan”) assets have long relied on Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (commonly referred to as the “QPAM...more
Welcome to the spring edition of Legacy Matters, Nutter’s private wealth and nonprofit newsletter focusing on estate planning and philanthropy topics. In this issue, we analyze charitable deductions and required recordkeeping...more
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) Office of Field Operations is responsible for ensuring industry members comply with the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, the Internal Revenue Code and all related...more
Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Closed-End Funds; and Directors of Closed-End Funds - Quick Take: The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a notice of...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is increasing audits on corporate aircraft use for high-net-worth individuals, large corporations and complex partnerships as part of its new initiative using Inflation Reduction Act funding...more
The proposed regulations adopt the Department of Labor’s published rates for prevailing wages for the relevant type of construction in the geographic location of the project. The proposed regulations provide additional...more
On May 12, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2023-38 (the “Notice”), providing guidance on the rules taxpayers must satisfy to qualify for the...more
On November 30, 2022, the IRS and the Treasury Department published Notice 2022-61 (the Notice) in the Federal Register. The Notice provides guidance regarding the prevailing wage requirements (the Prevailing Wage...more
On July 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14, known as the Qualified Professional Asset “Manager” (QPAM) exemption. ...more
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in early 2020, relief efforts have taken many forms—personal services, legislative efforts, volunteer hours, and even charitable contributions. Yes, when both people and...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 22–26, 2019. April 22, 2019: In an effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden the...more
On July 27, 2018, the Treasury issued final regulations regarding substantiation requirements for cash and noncash charitable contributions. T.D. 9836 (2018). The final Regulations reflect amendments to Section 170 of the...more
On January 18, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) on the “pass through” deduction under section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code...more
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code denies a tax deduction to a public company for compensation paid to certain individuals—called “covered employees”—to the extent that the compensation paid to such individual...more
Taxpayers are not required to pay a negligence penalty for underpayment of income taxes if, under Internal Revenue Code regulations, there is reasonable cause for a position that the Taxpayer takes in an income tax return. ...more
In 2015, the U.S. Tax Court issued its ruling in the case of David W. Laudon v. Commissioner, TC Summary Option 2015-54 (2015). The case may not raise or even resolve any novel tax issues, but it reminds us of what is...more
Regulation AT – An Update - From the time Regulation AT was initially proposed by the CFTC over a year ago, the CFTC has solicited and considered numerous comment letters, held a public roundtable, supplemented the...more
In the presentation “Highlights of Record Retention Requirements Applicable to Employee Benefit Plans,” Todd A. Solomon detailed the general rules of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). He discussed...more
This post continues our examination of the Department of Labor’s suite of final fiduciary and conflict of interest regulations. Our previous posts discussed the newly expanded definition of “investment advice fiduciary”; the...more
New York City’s Affordable Transit Act, which takes effect on January 1, 2016, will require most employers with 20 or more full-time employees to allow employees to apply pre-tax earnings toward qualified commuting expenses. ...more