Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Kentucky and Tennessee
What is Form I-9? Employers use Form I-9 to review and verify that every new employee is authorized to work in the United States. Employers must examine and verify documents that show a newly hired employee’s identity and...more
The Alien Registration Requirement goes into effect today. Please be aware that most foreign nationals working in the US with a visa are exempt, and registration and fingerprints are not required. Registration may only apply...more
Employers across the United States are legally required to ensure their workforce is authorized to work in the country. Form I-9, officially known as the Employment Eligibility Verification form, is a critical part of this...more
For most registered investment advisers (RIAs), their annual update to Form ADV will be due on March 31, 2025. We have received several questions about “custody” and peculiar situations where RIAs may inadvertently have...more
The Trump administration is focusing on fully enforcing existing immigration laws, including the requirement that noncitizens file Form AR-11 to notify USCIS of a change in residence within 10 days of moving....more
In an attempt to facilitate capital raising, the SEC announced that it was expanding the ability of issuers to submit draft registration statements for confidential review by the staff. Historically, this procedure was mostly...more
The February Monthly Minute highlights a new online ACA reporting alternative, the DOL’s temporary policy regarding escheatment of small retirement benefits owed to missing participants, and new guidance clarifying the gag...more
Did you know that you do not need to mail Form 1095-Cs if a notice is posted by March 3, 2025? At the end of last year, a new law was enacted that would allow employers to provide Form 1095-C only if requested, so long as the...more
For the first time, the IRS has issued an official form to be used for making an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. Until the IRS issued Form 15620 in late 2024, taxpayers used their own “homemade”...more
For most investment advisers, March signals the beginning of Form ADV season, where compliance officers gather all kinds of firm data to update a document fraught with potential regulatory liability. For the uninitiated, Form...more
President Biden recently signed two new laws that significantly reduce the ACA compliance burden for employers by streamlining Form 1095 reporting and minimizing penalties for failure to file and distribute Form 1095s to...more
INVESTMENT ADVISERS - Annual Compliance Reviews - All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or at the state level are required to review their compliance policies and...more
As a reminder, each registered investment adviser must file an annual updating amendment to its Form ADV within 90 days of its fiscal year end. This means an adviser with a December 31 fiscal year end will be required to file...more
New legislation liberalizing certain disclosure requirements under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) was passed at the end of 2024. Effective for 2024 reporting, mailing a paper copy of Forms 1095-C/1095-B is no longer...more
In recent years, the utilization of qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) has grown considerably. Many businesses are formed as corporations at conception, private equity investors calculate the tax benefits from Section...more
In the prior article we discussed the reasoning behind creation of a health and welfare committee to oversee administration of the health and welfare plans. In creating a charter, a plan sponsor will need to decide whether to...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved changes to the premerger filings required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The new rules go into effect on February 10, 2025, after which any...more
With calendar year 2024 completed, US public companies with a December 31 fiscal year-end will be working to prepare their annual reports on Form 10-K for filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Companies...more
Just before the holidays, two bills impacting reporting under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), H.R. 3801 (EMPLOYER REPORTING IMPROVEMENT ACT) and H.R. 3797 (PAPERWORK BURDEN REDUCTION ACT), passed both houses and were sent to...more
The IRS has issued two forms (along with accompanying instructions) that corporations must use to satisfy the return and information statement requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended....more
The Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs) by employees...more
Companies frequently grant incentive stock options (ISOs) or sponsor an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) to provide tax-advantaged equity incentives to employees that are U.S. taxpayers. One aspect of the tax-advantaged...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to...more
Annual Reporting on ISO/ESPP Transactions - As originally discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require...more
In late December, President Biden signed into law relief related to Code section 4980H employer mandate penalties and Code section 6055 minimum essential coverage (“MEC”) and Code section 6056 employer mandate reporting on...more