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Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Gambling against a government audit is a bad bet

I love Las Vegas. Great restaurants, great shows, and five trips in a row without dropping a nickel into a slot machine. Why? Because I hate gambling. I hate losing even more. Honestly, just getting out of bed every morning...more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

5 Ways to Mitigate Challenges to the IRA Energy Tax Credits in 2025

This Tax Alert is the second in a series of monthly alerts that I will issue to discuss tax legislation in 2025 and the outlook for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) renewable energy tax incentives. You can find the first Tax...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Micro-Captive Reportable Transaction Deadline Effectively Extended

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On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2025-24 (the “Notice”), which waives applicable penalties under the Internal Revenue Code to participants in, and material advisors to, reportable...more

Frost Brown Todd

Public Finance Municipal Bond, Disclosures and Tax Compliance Recap

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Frost Brown Todd’s (FBT) Public Finance Practice Group hosted its annual Public Finance 360° Seminar on Feb. 20, 2025. Webinar topics included a 2025 municipal bond market update, financial disclosure considerations, and tax...more

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What Private Companies and Family Offices Need to Consider in 2025

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Across all industries, private companies, family offices, and their owners and management teams face rapidly evolving challenges, opportunities, and risks in the dynamic environment that is 2025. Here are 11 issues that...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

The Business Case for CEO Security: IRS Code 132 and Tax Savings

In the first few weeks of 2025, boards of directors have started asking what steps a company is taking to protect their CEO. What’s more, the mitigation strategies for improving the CEO’s security posture may be tax...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

FATCA Responsible Officer Certifications due 7/1/25

On 1/21/25, the IRS issued Bulletin Issue Number: 2025-02 to remind the FATCA Responsible Officer that Certifications are due 7/1/25 for the Certification period ending December 31, 2024. The Bulletin also provided a...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Monitoring Against Whistleblower Retaliation

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Saves Lives, Prevents Major Crimes, and Accelerates Voluntary Self - Disclosures The U.S. Department of Justice (“DoJ”) recently spotlighted its Whistleblower Awards Program and Voluntary Self Disclosure (“VSDs”)...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

National Public Data Hack Exposes Millions: Essential Steps to Safeguard Your Identity and Combat Fraud

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The recent massive data breach at National Public Data (NPD), a background check company, has potentially compromised the personal information of millions, if not billions, of individuals, including their Social Security...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Bank’s Digital Assets Business Strategy Draws Federal Reserve Scrutiny

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The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (the “Philly Fed”) recently executed an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank (and its Customers Bancorp, Inc. holding entity) (collectively, “Customers”)....more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

AI RFI Issued By U.S. Treasury

On 6/6/24, the U.S. Treasury issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the uses, opportunities, and risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Financial Services Sector. The AI RFI presents nineteen questions that are...more

Dickinson Wright

The Top Affordable Care Act Reporting Mistakes We Continue to See in 2024

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Nearly once a week, I receive a frantic call or email from a current or potential client who has received a proposed or final assessment from the IRS related to Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) reporting. So-called “Applicable...more

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How Tax Filing Alternatives Measure Up in Terms of Data Privacy and Cyber Risk

In a follow-up to our recently published article, “The Dream of Free, Secure Online Tax Filing Could Be Finally Here with IRS Direct File”, I wanted to share a high-level, direct comparison of data privacy and security risk...more

ASKramer Law

Hedging: Inadvertent Errors and Tax Identification

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Businesses often manage their price risks by hedging those risks with financial derivative contracts. Because businesses generate ordinary income and loss on their normal business activities, they want to be sure their...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

The IRS Completed the “Dirty Dozen List” for 2023

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The IRS completed the “Dirty Dozen List” for 2023 and while there were a few hold-outs from previous years, there were several new warnings in the offering for 2023. The first warning focused upon the aggressive promotion...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Treasury Department Announces Additional Guidance and Timetable to Allocate $4 Billion in Qualifying Advanced Energy Project...

The application cycle for the first round of credits will soon open. Treasury’s additional guidance clarifies what types of facilities may qualify for credits, the submission process and the selection criteria for evaluating...more

StoneTurn

Full Disclosure: It is Time to Come Clean on Crypto’s Wash Trades

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Cryptocurrency has entered that stage, common to newly traded assets, where volume matters. When that happens, traders in a new frontier seem unable to resist the temptation to engage in wash trades to build their book and...more

BakerHostetler

Crypto Products and DeFi Pilot Launch; Reports Address NFT Royalties, Ethereum PoS Efficiency; IRS, CFTC, Address Crypto; Exchange...

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New Crypto Products Launch; Singapore Completes DeFi Pilot with Major Banks - In a press release published this week, a major U.S. cross-border payments and money transfer company announced a new service in its existing...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

The Succession Bulletin - September 2022

This quarterly newsletter explores the emerging legal topics related to business succession planning. Thought-leading attorneys from Moritt Hock & Hamroff’s Closely-Held/Family Business Practice Group share their legal...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] Everything You Need to Know About NFTs in 10 Minutes or Less

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Rob Musiala, a Counsel in the Digital Assets and Data Management group and the co-leader of our Blockchain Technologies and Digital Currencies team, breaks down everything you need to know about NFTs, all in 10 minutes or...more

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training: Environmental Crimes Case...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an Environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #270 – What To Do if You Received a Form 1099 for a Fraudulent Unemployment Claim

My phone was ringing this week with inquiries from clients, friends and acquaintances who received a Form 1099 in the mail for an unemployment claim that they did not file, asking what should they do....more

White & Case LLP

Replacing Pay with Equity to Preserve Cash in a COVID Economy

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As pandemic effects linger, companies intent on avoiding layoffs are looking at compensating workers with equity in lieu of cash as part of their pay. In August 2020, the United Kingdom began winding down its Coronavirus...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

What do you do if you are a Financial Institution with COVID-19 Loan Accommodations near the end?

On August 3, 2020, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)  issued a Joint Statement on Additional Loan Accommodations Related to COVID-19 regarding loans  that are near the end of an initial loan...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.10.2020 | Top Story: Volvo May go Public Via Merger With Owner’s Geely Automobile Holdings

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Volvo’s owner, Li Shufu, is mulling over a move to combine the carmaker with his publicly traded Geely Automobile Holdings—a play that would take Volvo public and “unify the bulk of billionaire Li’s growing stable of...more

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