Texas Telephone Seminars

Best Practices for Preventing and Responding to Cheating in Your Classroom and School ... included reports of hundreds of high school seniors in a Texas school obtaining test questions prior to a final exam in English, students in New York paying others to take their SAT tests, and students in a California high school obtaining test questions from textbook test banks restricted to teachers' use. Research by the Josephson Institute  more...

Construction Lien and Bond Claims in Texas ...Texas can be a complex process. Learn strategies for tackling lien and bond issues for private and public projects. Owners will learn how to protect property from unperfected liens - and what steps to take if they do arise. Contractors, subcontractors and suppliers will learn how to efficiently collect payment for work performed or materials provided. Attorneys will learn how to deal with  more...

Texas Nonsubscriber Claims 101: Perspectives From Employees and Employers ...Texas is the only state in the union that permits employers to opt-out of worker's compensation insurance. Employers who opt-out are known as nonsubscribers. Some nonsubscriber employers purchase insurance products that pay for medical care, lost wages and indemnify the employer if a claim is filed. Other employers self-insure and handle claims in-house or send them to third-party claim  more...

Ohio Commercial Activity Tax Update: Now Fully Phased in, What We Have Learned and What We Can Expect Going Forward ...n recent years, such as the implementation of the MBT and Texas Margin Tax. The teleconference also will provide some insight on how the current economic climate and pending administrative and case law developments might impact the CAT going forward. Anyone desiring a comprehensive update of the Ohio CAT, how it aligns with other states' gross receipts-based taxes and what important  more...

Texas State Tax Update for the Oil and Gas Industry ...ry, and related fields, face frequent questions regarding Texas state taxation of the oil and gas industry. The comptroller's office has hired more auditors and is busy conducting audits of taxpayers in the industry. This teleconference is designed to provide you with an update of the Texas state tax issues facing the oil and gas industry, and will address Texas state tax issues throughout the  more...

Doing Business in Texas? An Overview of the Texas Margin Tax ...Texas Franchise Tax remained virtually unchanged. Once equipped with the knowledge that Texas limited partnerships were not taxable, many companies saw little need to delve further into the details of the tax. Beginning with reports due in 2008 all this has changed with the revised Texas Franchise Tax, known as the Texas Margin Tax by everyone but the Texas Comptroller's Office. The Texas  more...