Venable attorneys produce periodic alerts and newsletters covering a variety of topics and practice areas. For your convenience, we have assembled below a collection of the latest alerts and newsletters from December 2015.
ACA Reporting Deadlines Extended by IRS
As we explained in an earlier Client Alert, the Affordable Care Act imposes two different reporting obligations on employers. The deadlines were to have been in the first quarter of 2016. However, the IRS recently announced that it has extended those deadlines.
Click here to find out when the new deadlines are.
Fund Forum – December 8, 2015
This issue of the Venable Fund Forum provides guidance to funds investing in NYC real estate on property tax exemptions and clarifies the important securities law distinctions between being classified as a finder and a broker-dealer. On the compliance front, we look at renewed regulatory interest in fee and expense allocation and the SEC's continued focus on the "custody rule."
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New Audit Procedures for Partnerships Create Potential Entity-Level Liabilities
On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. The Act significantly changes how partnerships (including LLCs taxed as partnerships) are audited by the IRS. Partnerships may now be directly liable for any tax deficiency resulting from an adjustment to partnership items (e.g., income, gain, loss deduction and/or credit). Thus, the current partners in a partnership could bear economic responsibility for improper tax reporting in prior years, even if one or more of such partners was not a partner in the year in which the improper reporting occurred.
Continue reading for an overview of the changes and how they could affect your business.
Additional Articles:
Brace for Impact of 421-a Statute, MIH and Issue of Subsidies
CFPB Digest - December 2, 2015
The FTC Awakens: Native Advertising Enforcement Statement Released
SCOTUS to Provide Guidance on "Implied Certification" FCA Liability
SOLAS Container Weight Verification: How Will the New Requirement Affect You?
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