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Timely information is critical for smart business decisions.  That’s why we make a priority of sharing the latest news on tax and financial reporting issues. Our alerts (sent by email and posted on our website) ensure clients are always up-to-date.

Federal Tax Alerts
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Highlights of the Tangible Property Regulations - March 2012

The new tangible property regulations are comprehensive and will affect virtually all taxpayers. The regulations contain guidance for determining whether and when a business must capitalize costs incurred in acquiring, [...]

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Recent IRS Guidance on Electronic Filing of Partnership Schedules K-1 - March 2012

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Rev. Proc. 2012-17 in order to set forth procedures under which a partnership (including an electing large partnership, as defined in section 775) that furnishes Schedules K-1 [...]

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International Tax Alerts
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United Kingdom Budget Released - May 2012

On March 21, 2012, the United Kingdom government released its 2012 Budget proposals. The proposals require parliamentary approval and Royal Assent before they are enacted into law. [...]

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International Alert

Expatriate Tax Update - May 2012

This newsletter brings together individual country updates over recent months. As you will appreciate, the wealth of changes across multiple jurisdictions is significant so to provide easily digestible information we have kept it to the key developments [...]

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State and Local Tax Alerts
State and Local Alert

New Jersey Tax Developments and Reminders - May 2012

On March 2, 2012, the Superior Court of New Jersey held that an employee telecommuting from her New Jersey residence subjected Telebright Corp., Inc., an out-of-state employer with no other physical presence in the state, to the New Jersey Corporation Business Tax.  [...]

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State and Local Alert

New York State Passes Budget Bill: Individual Income Tax Brackets Revised and Tax Incentives Created - April 2012

On February 13, 2012, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued guidance in the form of a Technical Services Bureau Memorandum, TSB-M-12(3)I. Read More

Financial Reporting Alerts
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Emerging Growth Company Status and Accounting Policy Elections - May 2012

Title I of the recently passed Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act allows filers that qualify as Emerging Growth Companies to provide certain reduced disclosures in their IPO registration statements and periodic filings thereafter. [...]

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The Jump Start Our Business Startups Act - April 2012

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law. 1 The Act was approved by Congress in late March. A primary goal of the JOBS Act is to improve small companies’ access to [...]

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Compensation and Benefits Alerts
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Impact of Dodd-Frank Act on Executive Compensation In 2012 - April 2012

In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) became law. Among several other purposes, the Dodd-Frank Act required public companies to comply with a number of disclosure [...]

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Final Fee Disclosure Regulation Issued for Employee Benefit Plans - March 2012

With the final regulations under ERISA §408(b)(2) disclosure rules just released by the Department of Labor (DOL), we wanted to alert you to the key features of the final regulations (as well as changes from the earlier, interim final version). [...]

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Nonprofit Alerts
Nonprofit Alert

The Red Flags Rule - What Does It Mean to Nonprofit Organizations? - January 2011

One of the largest growing areas of criminal activities in the past decade has been identity theft. Identity theft occurs when an individual uses other people’s personally identifying information to [...]

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Special Relief for Small Organizations Who Failed to File by May 17 - Action May be Required by October 15 - August 2010

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 mandated that organizations required to file Form 990 series [...]

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