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April 2011: IRS Provides Guidance on Form W-2 Reporting of Employer-Provided Health Care Costs
The Internal Revenue Service recently provided interim guidance on Form W-2 reporting of the cost of employer provided group health care coverage. This reporting requirement will take effect beginning with Forms W-2 generated for the calendar year 2012 and required to be issued to employees in 2013.

April 2011: Repeal of Expanded Form 1099 Reporting Legislation Headed to President for Signature
Affecting businesses paying corporate vendors and sellers of goods and services at least $600 in a single year, and owners of rental real estate.

March 2011: Internal Revenue Service Announces Plan to Examine 401(K) Plans that Failed to Submit Questionnaire
In May 2010, the IRS sent out letters and instructions to a random sample of 1,200 employers that sponser 401(k) plans, asking them to complete a "401(k) Compliance Check Questionnaire."

February 2011: IRS Announces New Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative
The IRS announced on February 8, 2011, a new voluntary disclosure initative to encourage individuals with undisclosed income from hidden offshore accounts to get current with their federal tax obligations.

Winter 2011: Key Provisions in the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
On December 17, 2010 President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. This newsletter discusses the main provisions of the Tax Relief Act which were to extend the Bush-era 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for all income levels for two years, extend unemployment insurance for another 13 months, and set the estate tax at 35 percent through 2012. How some key provisions affect Private Equity and their investors is also discussed.

January 2011  Federal Tax: IRS Releases Favorable Guidance on Deferral of Gift Card Sales and Gift Cards Issued for Returned Merchandise
The popularity of gift cards and gift certificates (collectively referred to as "gift cards") has increased dramatically in recent years. This tax alert provides the details on how to handle the sale of gift cards for tax reporting purposes.

December 2010  Federal Tax: Tax Relief Act Extends Current Tax Rates, Renews Expiring Provisions and Provides New Incentives for Business
On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Jobs Creation Acto of 2010 (the "Act"). The Act extends current tax rates on individuals through 2012, reinstates the estate tax with a 35% tax rate for 2011 and 2012, and extends various other expiring tax provisions that had expired at the end of 2009 or were scheduled to expire at the end of 2010. The Act provides individual alternative minimum tax ("AMT") relief for 2010 and 2011. The Act also provides for a reduction in employment taxes during 2011. This Tax Alert provides a brief summary of the principal provisions of the Act.

December 2010  Employee Benefit Plan Commentator
The Internal Revenue Service announced cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitiations for pension plans and other items for tax year 2011, all of which are identical to the comparable amounts for 2010.

November 2010  Federal Alert: Capital Gain Exclusion On Small Business
On September 27, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (the "Jobs Act"). One of the more intriguing provisions of the Jobs Act is the 100% exclusion from gross income of capital gains from the sale of certain qualified small stock. The details of this provision are explored here.

November 2010  Retail Compass Survey of CFOs
The Retail Compass Survey is a national telephone survey conducted by Market Measurement, Inc., an independent market research consulting firm, whose executive interviewers spoke directly with chief financial officers. The survey was conducted within a scientifically-developed, pure random sample of the nation's leadinf retailers. This edition examined the opinions of 100 CFOs at the largest retailers in the county, with revenues of more than $100 million based on annual sales revenue.

October 2010    Financial Link: Your Money Management Newsletter from LVBW Wealth Management
In this Issue: Up Front, Quick Hits, and Snap Shots; When Life Happens, Insurance Needs May Change; How State and Local Governments Can Help You at Tax Time; Getting Real About Investment Returns.

October 2010  Tax Alert: Small Business Jobs Act Provides Additional Investment Incentives and Small Business Tax Relief
Summary: On September 27, 2010, President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (the "ACT"). The Act provides several tax incentives for business investment or access to capital, and makes other modifications primarily affecting small businesses. The tax incentives are temporary, primarily affecting 2010 and 2011 taxable years. Several revenue offsets have also been enacted. This Tax Alert provides a breif summary of the principal provisions of the Act.

Summer 2010  NonProfit Standard
In this Issue: The Ever Changing Regulatory Environment of Federal Government; Should Your Organization Make the 501(h) Lobbying Election; Healthcare Reform: Challenges Ahead for U.S. Employers, Recent Accounting Standards Updates and Exposure Drafts Issued; Uncertain Tax Positions: Lessons Learned and a Look Forward; FASB Lease Exposure Draft - August 2010: Effects on Nonprofit Organizations; Establishing Effective Procedures for a Nonprofit; Regulation of Tax Exempt Bonds' Other Not-For-Profit Tax Items In The News; Final 2010 OB Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement Issued

Summer 2010   Real Estate Services
In this Issue: Office Cleaning - A Dirty Business, Don't be Taken to the Cleaners by Supplemental Janitorial Charges; The Right Size Revolution - Space Utilization

August 2010    Status of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Since 2002, the FASB has been collaborating with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on a joint convergence project in an effort to increase international comparability of financial accounting and reporting. The movement toward International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has gained momentum but still looks like it is a few years away. Learn the details in this publication.

Summer 2010    Employee Benefit Plan Commentator
In this Issue: Recent Employee Benefit Plan Developments

Summer 2010   Consumer Business Compass
In this Issue: Did You Know, interesting consumer statistics; Summer Forecast - Partly Sunny for Back-To-School Season

August 2010    Nonprofit Alert
Special relief for small organizations who failed to file May 17 - action may be required by October 15.

Summer 2010    Technology Industry
In this Issue: The Continued Growth and New Face of IT Outsourcing; Upcoming Conferences and Seminars From Leading Technology Associations

July 2010    Financial Link: Your Money Management Newsletter from LVBW Wealth Management
In this Issue: Up Front, Quick Hits, and Snap Shots; Why You Need to Calculate Your Retirement Needs; Leaving Your Job? Put an IRA to Work; A Question of Identity

June 2010    NonProfit Standard
In this Issue: Governance - Still High on the IRS Radar Screen: Audit Checklist on Governance Now in Service; Form 990-T and Losses: From the IRS Viewpoint; Management's Role in Valuing Alternative Investments With NAVs; Act Releases Report on Online Tool for Compensation; Tax Reform may be on the Horizon for Nonprofit Organizations; OMB 2010 Compliance supplement Status; Document Correction Program for Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation; FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Reporting); Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities - what Do I Need To Know?

Spring 2010    Real Estate Monitor
In this Issue: Real Estate Workouts: Cash Flow Mortgages; Leases: The Takeover Lease; Mortgage Loans: Buying and Selling; Mortgages: Buyer Contingency Clauses; Loans: Prepayment Penalty Upheld; Metropolis: Five New Realities

Spring 2010    BDO Viewpoints
In this Issue: Community Banks; Mitigating the Risk of Failure; Internal Investigation Missteps: Auto Supplier Consolidation; "Red Flags": Business Ignoring Credit Problems; the Deal Magazine's Bankruptcy League Tables

Spring 2010     Healthcare Newsletter

In this Issue: The "State" of Medicaid Reimbursement; Fin 48 Update For NonProfit Organizations; 403(b) Plans:
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; In Healthcare, Now More Than Ever - Cash Is King; Accounting Considerations in Mergers and Acquisition Transactions For Not-For-Profit Healthcare Organizations