Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
(Podcast) California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Control Deficiencies
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Compliance into the Weeds: Autonomous AI Whistleblowing Misconduct
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
(Podcast) California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Virginia and West Virginia
Great Women in Compliance: Creating Space to Speak Up: The Story Behind Psst.org
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2025-25, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2026 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the Affordable...more
A terminated employee moves and doesn’t tell you and the check for the small benefit forced out of your retirement plan gets returned. A participant requests a distribution and the check gets delivered, but it is never...more
On July 16, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on crypto taxation. Congress and the Administration did not address tax issues in the most recent Digital Asset legislation, as previously discussed here. ...more
Let’s be honest: the Solo 401(k) is one of the great marketing wins of the retirement plan industry. It sounds easy. It sounds empowering. It sounds like freedom—no employees, no complex administration, no fuss. But let me...more
When an employer (or the proper withholding agent, like a plan administrator) issues a retirement benefit, there is generally an obligation to withhold income tax on the payment and to report the payment on Form 1099-R....more
Great news for brands operating consumer promotions, sweepstakes, and contests! Effective for the 2026 tax year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. No. 119-21) raises the threshold for issuance of a Form 1099-MISC from $600...more
One of the highly anticipated provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is the extension and expansion of the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, which was originally enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law a bill entitled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” generally referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA). The OBBBA...more
Revenue Ruling 2025‑15 (available here) provides guidance on withholding and reporting obligations when a plan participant or beneficiary fails to cash a distribution check and a replacement check is issued. As discussed...more
The IRS has released Revenue Ruling 2025-15, which clarifies the federal tax withholding and reporting responsibilities of retirement plan administrators when a distribution check is issued but remains uncashed and a...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”), signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025, allows workers (subject to dollar and income limitations) to deduct, on their U.S. federal income tax return, overtime payments and tips that...more
On July 16, 2025, the IRS issued guidance regarding uncashed retirement plan distribution checks and subsequent replacement checks. Revenue Ruling 2025-15 clarifies that the fact that a distribution check remains...more
On July 11, the IRS published a rule in the Federal Register revoking a rule the IRS had issued in December 2024 after the rule had been repealed by Congress under the Congressional Review Act. The final rule, “Gross Proceeds...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for June 18, 2025 – July 11, 2025. “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” tax provisions - On July 4, 2025, US President Donald...more
It is an uncertain time to be a tax-exempt public charity or private foundation. The federal government has recently scrutinized certain tax-exempt organizations (see here), and draft congressional legislation proposed a tax...more
The freshly enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” introduces two above-the-line tax deductions for tips and overtime wages. While these deductions offer potential savings for eligible workers, they come with new compliance...more
One of President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign messages was a promise to implement a no-tax-on-tips and no-tax-on-overtime law. On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and President Trump signed...more
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law on July 4, 2025, makes two important changes to tax reporting requirements that should be of interest to employers....more
As a reminder, the deadline for submitting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees is July 31. Employers who sponsor self-insured group health plans should report and pay PCORI fees using the most recently...more
As we await the House of Representatives’ vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill, let’s highlight two key provisions that may soon impact employers and employees alike. The Senate bill under consideration before the House of...more
The annual filing (and fee payment) for applicable self-insured health plans and specified health insurance policies used to fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI fee) is due by Thursday, July 31, 2025....more
On June 12, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2025-33 which extends for an additional calendar year the transitional relief initially provided in Notice 2024-56 to brokers required to report digital...more
On January 1, 2025, we saw the Illinois minimum wage increase from $14.00 to $15.00 per hour. The City of Chicago is increasing its set minimum wage on July 1, 2025 for employers with four (4) or more employees. Cook...more
How many U.S. taxpayers and expatriates may need to file offshore disclosures and FBARs with the IRS? Should those who have not yet filed a disclosure application utilize the VDP (Voluntary Disclosure Program) or a...more
Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more