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December 1, 2014
Corporate
IRS Confirms Advantages to Domesticating Instead of Merging when Relocating a Foundation
November 25, 2014
Tax Exempt Organization
When families with foundations relocate to Florida, they oftentimes want to relocate their foundations too. There are several different structures for accomplishing the relocation (i.e., change in state of domicile) of a foundation or other non-profit corporation. For a variety of reasons, the best structure is oftentimes a domestication, which is…
Applicable Federal Rates for December 2014
November 21, 2014
Applicable Federal Rates
The Internal Revenue Code prescribes minimum imputed interest rates and time-value-of–money factors applicable to certain loan transactions and estate planning techniques. These rates are tied formulaically to market interest rates. The Internal Revenue Service updates these rates monthly. These are commonly applicable rates in effect for December 2014: Short Term AFR…
Federal Agencies Issue Warning to Employer Clarifying the Dangers of Reimbursing Employees for the Cost of Individual Health Insurance Premiums and of Offering Cash Incentives to Opt Out of Employer Sponsored Coverage
November 18, 2014
Employment Law
In recently issued FAQs (which stands for “Frequently Asked Questions”), the three agencies in charge of compliance with the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) alerted employers to three practices that will cause the employer to be subject to ACA penalties of $36,500 per year per person. Importantly, this $36,500 per…
Court Rules that Florida Department of Revenue Impermissibly Burdened Interstate Commerce in Violation of US Constitution
November 14, 2014
Sales Tax
Yesterday, in American Business USA Corp. v. Department of Revenue, the Fourth District Court of Appeal for Florida ruled that the Florida Department of Revenue could not impose sales tax on sales of flowers and other tangible personal property made by a Florida corporation over the internet to out-of-state customers for out-of-state…