If we had five dollars for every time someone asked us to get hold of someone’s bank accounts (pretty much always against the law and therefore off-limits), we would have enough money to buy a lovely lunch for two. Full Story
The Senate Finance Committee issued a tax reform option paper on Economic and Community Development. This is their sixth tax reform option paper. Full Story
The government just announced the release of two new model notices for employers relating to the upcoming health care exchange requirements. Full Story
The North Carolina Senate had announced plans to reveal the new NC tax reform bill in early May. However, the press conference instead produced the outline of a measure that the Senate hopes to turn into a bill later in 2013. Full Story
Late yesterday afternoon, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released its eagerly awaited report on its investigation into the IRS’s use of inappropriate criteria for screening tax-exempt applications (“IG Report”). Full Story
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A frequent question arises regarding when an employee is an independent contractor and when is he just a regular employee. Many employers have moved to using independent contractors instead of employees. Full Story
On May 15, 2013 the Service and the Treasury issued final regulations with respect to the election available under Section 336(e) which allows certain sales, exchanges, and distributions by a domestic corporation of another corporation’s stock as taxable sales of that corporation’s assets. (emphasis added). Full Story
In February, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its long-awaited report on base-erosion and profit-shifting (BEPS). Full Story
Congratulations! Your startup is finally going public/being acquired/experiencing some other “liquidity event,” and those shares you have been earning are actually going to be worth something! Full Story
A trust is a highly effective creditor proofing strategy. A trust is creditor proofed from legal claims made against individuals. A trust is separate from the individual therefore claims made against the individual cannot be made against the trust. Full Story
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