Regulators Telephone Seminars

Unrelated Business Income Tax ...the nonprofit status of the organization. State and local regulators have followed the federal lead due to budget constraints and have looked to the not-for-profit sector for alternative revenue sources by disallowing or restricting exemptions such sales and real estate taxes. This live audio conference will enable you to address some of the old and new issues that currently face the sector in  more...

Real Estate and Land Valuation in Depressed Markets ...nt real estate cycle. Lawyers, lenders, property owners, regulators and government officials need to obtain reliable valuation estimates to support their objectives: eminent domain, equitable property tax assessment, litigation support, loan underwriting, risk assessment or compliance. These objectives are difficult to meet when the valuations are drawn from fractured markets with a paucity of  more...

ASTM Standard on Vapor Intrusion ...st several years. Faced with these issues, scientists and regulators have faced substantial challenges due to the absence of uniform and reliable standards, and the lack of clear guidance has complicated planning, development, remediation and ultimately, litigation regarding contamination allegedly caused by this phenomenon. Until recently, the disparate methods of approaching and evaluating  more...

Current Work Product Issues in Taxation: Preservation, Waiver and Tax Accrual Work Papers ... directions, including private litigants, prosecutors and regulators and, as the recent U.S. v. Textron litigation and related cases have shown, the IRS. This teleconference is geared towards business and finance personnel, as well as counsel, who should understand the current debates, standards and best practices with respect to work product protection and avoiding waivers regarding the most  more...

Design Tips for Rain Gardens: Storm Water and Runoff Control ...cing runoff volumes and increasing infiltration, spurring regulators to look favorably on these practices. What these systems look like, how they work, where to locate them, how deep and how large their footprint should be, the best vegetation, construction tips and maintaining the gardens will be reviewed during this teleconference. A brief summary of how well these infiltrating vegetative  more...

New Regulations for the Credit Card Industry: Prepare Now and Avoid Penalties ... nine months from now. The Act places special emphasis on regulators to be accountable for enforcement of the law and contains increased penalties for card issuers that violate these new restrictions. To learn how you can prepare your organization for this new legislation, join our panel of experts for this teleconference. Mr. Richard L. Fischer and Ms. Obrea Poindexter will provide an  more...

Decentralized Wastewater Solutions ...managing this growth becomes a challenge for communities, regulators and developers. As part of the sustainable development movement, decentralized wastewater technology is providing many creative and eco-friendly alternatives for sub-division planning and smart growth development. The economics of open space developments versus the cookie-cutter-maximize-the-number-of-lots development  more...

Current Issues in Development Impact Fees ...ess. Public agencies, from cities to regional air quality regulators to local sanitation districts, increasingly depend upon fee-type revenues not only to address needs for public facilities directly attributable to new development but also to sustain infrastructure commitments and to mitigate indirect impacts of development on parts of the environment. The recent economic cycle has focused  more...

Investing IRAs and Qualified Plan Rollovers in Real Estate, Franchises, Start-Ups and Other Private Investments - Techniques and nA growing number of IRA owners and recipients of qualified plan rollovers have sought to take control of their own investments by investing directly in real estate and small businesses that they may intend to manage or otherwise be personally involved in. This trend has accelerated in recent years as syndicators, entrepreneurs, private fund managers and franchisors have come to view IRAs and  more...