Applicable Federal Rates for March 2017
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 March 2017: Short Term…
Williams Parker Represents Taxpayers in Settling $16,000,000 Payroll Tax Audit
Williams Parker shareholder Mike Wilson recently led a Williams Parker team in the representation of several affiliated taxpayers that were under a combined audit by the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) in connection with the taxpayers’ treatment of several thousand workers as partners, instead of as employees or independent contractors,…
Managing Employee Participation in Social Movements: A National Strike for Women is Planned for March 8, 2017
The organizers of the Women’s March, which on January 21, 2017, drew an estimated three million participants worldwide, have announced that on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2017, they are planning a “General Strike: A Day Without a Woman.” Although the organization has not yet provided many details regarding its…
Going into Overtime in the Search for a Secretary of Labor: What is Next for the 2016 Overtime Rule?
For weeks now, rumors have been circulating that the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, would withdraw his name. As his confirmation hearing was delayed over and over again (five times), he repeatedly issued statements that he was fully committed to becoming Secretary of Labor and looking forward…