Federal Regulation
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IRS Already Gearing Up for Health-Care Crackdown (Fox Business)
By Staff WriterFate of health reform law unknown, the IRS is getting ready anyway.
March 26, 2012
What ‘Better’ Regulation Might Look LikeA favorite complaint of advisors is regulation.
March 26, 2012
Top 5 Tax Audit Triggers to AvoidA few easy steps can help keep the IRS from digging too deeply into your clients tax returns.
March 23, 2012
Witnesses: Rigid Return-to-Work Rules Can BackfireTom Harkin taps executives for ideas about how to reduce the effects of disabilities on employment.
March 23, 2012
Senate Passes Small Business Investment BillLegislation to help startup companies raise capital by reducing some federal regulations won easy passage in the Senate Thursday despite warnings from some Democrats that less government oversight would mean more abuse and scams.
March 23, 2012
Senate Passes Small Business Investment BillLegislation to help startup companies raise capital by reducing some federal regulations won easy passage in the Senate Thursday despite warnings from some Democrats that less government oversight would mean more abuse and scams.
March 22, 2012
JOBS Act Passes Senate by Wide MarginThe much-criticized, bipartisan JOBS Act passed the Senate on Thursday, 73-26.
March 22, 2012
IAIS Updates on G-SIFI Timetable, Could Be More Aligned with U.S. SIFIsIAIS calls itself a standard setter. Is FSOC one, now, with its power to designate an insurer as systematically important and subject to federal supervision and action, or is it the NAIC, here in the U.S? Or both?