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Latest Articles

  • Some Corporate Leaders at Davos Express Unease About ESG

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 19, 2023
    The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos provides an opportunity for some of the world’s leading businessmen and policymakers to discuss issues of common concern. One of them this year is environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investing.
  • IRS's Use of Bank Secrecy Act Data Yields Large Number of Criminal Referrals

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 19, 2023

    In releasing its investigative statistics, the IRS's criminal investigation arm (IRS-CI) showed how the agency was able to recommend a large number of cases for prosecution using Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data in its financial crime investigations. 

  • GAO: IRS Must Do More to Prevent Tax Scams

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 18, 2023
    The IRS can and should do more to curb abusive tax schemes and schemers, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in a recently issued report.
  • Case Against Musk Over 2018 Tesla Privatization Plan Tweet Goes to Trial

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 18, 2023
    A case against Elon Musk over a Twitter statement he made in 2018, claiming that he had secured the funding to take Tesla private, went to trial in federal court in San Francisco on Jan. 17.
  • Draft Amendments to Bylaws: Request for Comment

    By:
    Trusted Professional Staff
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    Jan 17, 2023

    This year, the Governance Committee is proposing certain amendments to the Bylaws for consideration. The primary purpose of the proposed amendments is to set term limits on continuous Board service, followed by a cooling off period.  In addition, other amendments are being proposed for the sole purpose of providing clarity of existing Bylaws and consistency of certain terms. Please note that these amendments have not been approved by the Board of Directors and are therefore subject to change.  We are currently collecting comments from the Board, and are now providing our members with an opportunity to comment. 

  • Proposed Rule to Ban Noncompetes Prompts Employers to Think Creatively About Employee Retention

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 17, 2023
    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s proposed rule to ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on employees is causing them to assess what this means for them and their business and to devise alternatives.
  • GAO Report Shows TCJA Yielded Sizable Drop in Effective Tax Rate for Big Corporations

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 17, 2023
    The effective tax rate of profitable large corporations plummeted from as high as 16 percent in 2014 to as low as 9 percent in 2018 after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, the Government Accountability Office reported.
  • Regulatory Roundup: January 10-17

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 17, 2023
    With so many regulators out here, it can be tough to keep track of all the decisions being made. This is the NYSSCPA's regular series that collects relevant regulatory announcements from the past week and puts them in one place to help you stay on top of the issues.
  • JPMorganChase Strategist: Fed Has Won Inflation War, Should Stop Raising Rates

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 13, 2023

    It is time for the Federal Reserve to stand down from its policy of raising interest rates to tame inflation because that mission has been accomplished, said a top global markets strategist for JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  • Conference Speakers Present Case for Litigation Finance as New Asset Class

    By:
    S.J. Steinhardt
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    Jan 13, 2023
    At the Foundation for Accounting Education's Taxation of Financial Instruments Conference on Jan. 10, Mark H. Leeds, a tax transactions and consulting partner in the New York office of law firm Mayer Brown, and Matthew Stevens, principal in the national tax department of Ernst & Young in Washington, discussed the concept of litigation finance as a new asset class.