Today, September 27, is New York state’s deadline for healthcare personnel to receive at least their first COVID-19 vaccine dose or risk losing their job. The only recognized exception is a medical accommodation. There are no...more
On October 16, 2020, Maine Governor Janet Mills issued a press release addressing several COVID-19-related tax issues, and Maine Revenue Services today issued guidance providing further details....more
To help potential litigants evaluate how various executive orders may impact their filing deadlines, we examine executive orders in New York, and other select states, tolling the statute of limitations. This article also...more
A national emergency was declared on March 13, 2020, as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of that declaration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued emergency declarations for every state,...more
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Catherine McCabe, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), have taken recent actions to extend several important environmental regulatory deadlines due...more
On Monday, March 9, we dusted off the weekend cobwebs, packed ourselves into commuter trains and buses, and headed to work or school like we always do. Most of us viewed COVID-19 as a distant public-health aberration, just...more
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) has introduced legislation that would delay and then extend the term of patents related to the treatment of COVID-19. The “Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act” also would shield health...more
On April 9, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-23 (the “Notice”) to provide additional extensions of certain tax filing deadlines, which Notice supplements Notice 2020-18 and Notice 2020-20. The IRS previously issued Notice...more
On April 9, 2020, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury (the “Secretary”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2020-23 (the “Notice”), which extends the deadline for performance of a long list...more
The IRS has issued FAQs regarding the tax credits for the sick and family leave and employee retention tax credits which provide guidance on eligibility and instructions for claiming the credits. The guidance sets forth the...more
The first order of business for many state tax authorities in response to COVID-19 was deciding whether to extend their respective income tax filing and payment deadlines for the 2019 tax year, either automatically by...more
On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States issued an emergency declaration in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Declaration instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to provide relief from tax...more
On March 31, 2020, the IRS issued guidance on the Employee Retention Credits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). The Employee Retention Credits are fully refundable tax credits...more
COVID-19 RELATED DEVELOPMENTS - SPECIAL REGULATORY UPDATE - SEC Updates Investment Company Act Exemptive Order in Response to COVID-19 - On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an...more
On March 21, 2020, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2020-18, which announced that the federal income tax filing and payment due date is automatically extended from April 15, 2020, to July...more
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service offered relief from federal tax return filing and tax payment deadlines to certain taxpayers under Notices 2020-17 and -18. Such federal extension of time to file l...more
Over the last few weeks, various taxing authorities have issued guidance alleviating several of the annual upcoming deadlines and provided additional useful tax planning information. The guidance is changing almost daily, and...more
The SEC has extended the conditional relief it granted earlier this month to allow reporting companies and others to delay certain filings required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The relief originally covered filings...more
New York State has extended the deadline for personal income tax and corporation tax returns from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020. This is in keeping with the federal tax deadline which was extended to July 15. This extension...more
Extension of Filing Periods for Regulatory Relief - On March 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an extension to the filing periods covered by the conditional regulatory relief previously announced on...more
Notice 2020-18 provides welcome economic relief from filing and payment obligations for certain federal income taxes; however, traps for the unwary exist. Tax Deadline – Key Points: ..On March 20, 2020, the Internal Revenue...more
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued several orders (the Orders) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) and the...more
March 24, 2020 As COVID-19 has been disrupting our personal and professional lives, the April 15 tax deadline continued to loom on the horizon. In welcome news for many, on Friday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced,...more
In an effort to provide relief to individuals affected by the COVID-19 emergency, the Secretary of the Treasury extended the due date for filing Federal income tax returns and making Federal income tax payments from April 15,...more
As part of the federal government’s continued efforts to minimize the economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on March 20, 2020, announced that the April 15th deadline...more