Fringe benefits and their tax treatment by prominent executives and others has been highlighted in the current news cycle. Many have pointed to the ambiguity of the term “fringe” and the complicated tax rules to defend their positions on everything...
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This practice note discusses the principal U.S. federal income tax consequences to a private fund and its investors of owning common stock or American Depository Shares (ADSs) of a foreign corporate issuer. This practice note assumes that the private fund is taxable...
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Learn how states regulate polygraph examination procedures by employers, including qualifications of polygraph examiners and voice stress analysts. While polygraph administration is regulated at the federal level under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988...
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