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Sequestration set to begin March 1st

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2013

This is a relatively quiet week in the nation's capital as both the House and Senate are out of session. When they return next week, Congress is

Guidance issued on two key Affordable Care Act provisions taking effect in 2014: the 90-day waiting period limit and determining full-time employees for purposes of the employer shared responsibility rules

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 25 2012

New guidance for employers on two key provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that take effect in 2014 has been released

Could this be the beginning of a global market of regulated gambling jurisdictions?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Romania, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 8 2013

Online gambling in the UK is a huge industry and, despite the economic crisis, growth has been unprecedented in the last five years. At the moment

Validus launches a challenge to the IRS' cascading federal excise tax ruling

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

On 25 January 2013, Validus Reinsurance Ltd (Validus), a reinsurer domiciled in Bermuda, filed a suit in the District Court of the District of

Update on federal budget sequestration affecting build America and other direct pay bonds

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 5 2013

On March 1, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of

Congress passes sweeping tax law changes

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 4 2013

On January 1, 2013, after weeks of brinksmanship and a temporary step off of the so-called "fiscal cliff," Congress passed a series of sweeping tax law

House and Senate introduce bills deferring tax deductions for foreign insurers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

Legislation was introduced this week to prevent foreign-controlled insurers operating in the United States from reducing their U.S. tax bill by

Taxable financing an attractive option for 501(c)(3) borrowers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 8 2012

With the spread between taxable and tax-exempt yields closer than it has been in years, borrowers that normally would issue tax-exempt debt are looking more and more to the taxable market

New IRS initiative giving rise to more employment tax audits this fall

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2009

The Internal Revenue Service has announced a new National Research Program ("NRP") initiative relating to employment taxes

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) bond provisions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2009

On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the “ARRA”), which is intended to stimulate economic growth with a mixture of increased federal spending and tax reductions