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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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Temporary Regulations Regarding Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures Related to Tangible Property - January 2012

The temporary regulations provide guidance to taxpayers on costs paid to acquire, produce, or improve tangible property.

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Tax Letter for Individuals

2011 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals - December 2011

Individual income taxes, whether paid through employer withholding or quarterly estimates, are probably one of your largest annual expenditures.

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International Tax Alerts

Expatriate Tax Update - February 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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Expatriate Tax Update - November 2011

This update 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 Requirements for Combined Groups with a Texas Business Loss Carryforward Credit - October 2011

The Texas Comptroller recently issued a notice requiring reporting entities of combined groups that claimed a temporary credit for their business loss carryforward (BLC) to submit additional information about such credit by October 31, 2011. [...]

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State and Local Alert

California - Voluntary Disclosure Program Enacted For Los Angeles Business Tax - October 2011

Effective October 4, 2011, a voluntary disclosure program is available to qualified taxpayers who failed to register or pay the Los Angeles business tax. [...]

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Financial Reporting Alerts
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Significant Accounting and Reporting Matters - February 2012

This alert provides a comprehensive overview of important, recent developments that have changed the financial reporting environment. Our detailed breakdown covers relevant guidance and rules issued by [...]

 

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2011 Accounting Year in Review - February 2012

2011 was another busy year in accounting circles. While the number of standards finalized in 2011 was significantly less than 2010, the FASB continued to busy itself in convergence projects with the IASB. [...]

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Compensation and Benefits Alerts
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Recent Employee Benefit Plan Developments - December 2011

Truly understanding who a fiduciary is with respect to your plan, the fiduciary’s responsibilities and associated personal liabilities from serving in that capacity, not to mention the new disclosure requirements [...]

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2012 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Qualified Retirement Plans - November 2011

The Internal Revenue Service announced cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for tax year 2012. In general, since the cost-of-living index met the statutory [...]

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Nonprofit Alerts
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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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Nonprofit Alert

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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