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Real estate developers routinely use tax-exempt bond financing for infrastructure improvements for new communities. That may change soon. IRS perceives abuse in the process and has proposed regulations making such bonds taxable if the developer controls the issuing governmental body. Using enabling statutes under state law, a developer can initiate…

On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor raised the minimum salary level that certain employees must be paid to qualify as exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Under current regulations, executives (supervisors), administrative employees and professionals, must both perform “exempt” duties as defined…

On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor raised the minimum salary level that certain employees must be paid to qualify as exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Under current regulations, executives (supervisors), administrative employees and professionals, must both perform “exempt” duties as defined…

In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, Treasury promulgated proposed regulations that require a US disregarded entity that is wholly-owned by a foreign owner to comply with the reporting, record maintenance, and associated compliance requirements that currently apply to US corporations that are owned 25% or more by a…

The IRS recently announced it will hire between 600 and 700 new enforcement personnel. According to the daily news service Government Executive, in an internal IRS memorandum discussing the hires, Commissioner of Internal Revenue John Koskinen noted: “This is a good development for our tax system. When you look at…