Congress Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

LEED Tax Incentives and Credits for Green Buildings ...ormance in these key areas. The President is working with Congress to pass comprehensive legislation to protect our nation from the serious economic and strategic risks associated with our reliance on foreign oil and the destabilizing effects of a changing climate. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included more than $60 billion in clean energy investments intended to jump-start our  more...

Wellness Programs: Legal Developments, Requirements and Risks ...Congress looks at making significant changes to health insurance, wellness programs are playing a central role in the debate. Congress wants to encourage wellness programs and healthy lifestyles to help control the cost of health insurance and much of their interest is based on success stories from the private sector. But privacy advocates and some federal regulators take the position that  more...

Health Care Reform: Implications for Employers, Insurers, and Individuals ...ess the status of the various health care reform bills in Congress as of September 23, 2009, and address the likelihood of passage of key elements as of that date. More importantly, it will cover the practical implications of this legislation for professionals involved in the administration and design of health benefits for employees, and the potential impact of change to the health insurance  more...

Clean Air Act Update ...and mobile emission sources. The Obama Administration and Congress are poised to usher in a new era of greenhouse gas and energy regulation. At the same time, the Obama EPA is confronting a bewildering array of court-ordered regulatory revisions and politically charged environmental initiatives. All of these changes will have a direct impact on numerous business sectors and tens of thousands of  more...

Statutory Research and Legislative History for Paralegals ...statutes and codes, explain the various documents used by Congress and the states in considering and passing statutes, identify the significance of these documents in creating an argument for interpreting statutory language and examine the rules of statutory construction as a context for using legislative history in an argument. You will gain an understanding of when to use legislative history  more...

Providing Investment Advice to Retirement Plan Participants Without Triggering Liability ... Act, and new investment advice legislation is pending in Congress that could alter the regulatory landscape altogether. This teleconference will provide up-to-date advice on regulatory developments and market trends so that plans can provide the investment advice participants need, without incurring liability. Human resource managers, benefits administrators, payroll managers, controllers,  more...

Drafting Trusts in Estate Planning ...uce the estate tax exemption back down to $1 million when Congress tries to balance the budget in a few years? In addition to estate taxes, clients' families need protection from probate, bad marriages and creditors, especially if they get into financial distress in the future. This teleconference will help you address all of these issues. Find out how to avoid probate, especially lifetime  more...

Tax Law Research Best Practices ...er. Moreover, tax law is an area that changes constantly. Congress and the states regularly amend tax laws, and the Internal Revenue Service adds or amends its regulations to changes in the code. Courts and administrative panels will decide how the laws and regulations are applied to specific controversies. This teleconference will examine the sources for identifying tax law and tools that  more...

Impact of the New ADA Amendments on Schools ...tion. Responding to concerns of both labor and education, Congress passed a body of amendments to ADA in September 2008 which effectively overturned the Court's interpretations and replaced them with a broader and more specific enumeration of what qualifies as a disability under ADA and Section 504. These changes will require many employers and school officers serving special needs students to  more...

The Streamlined Sales Tax Project - How and Why It Affects Your Business ...axpayer participation, legislation has been introduced in Congress to make it mandatory. If the SSTP becomes mandatory, it would effectively eliminate the physical presence standard established in Quill. Therefore, under an economic nexus standard, taxpayers would be required to collect sales tax on all sales, regardless of whether they are physically present in a state. This could lead to a  more...