Notice 26 Feb 2025 taxation, form 8850, irs, work opportunity credit, business compliance

💼IRS Notice

The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 8850, Pre-Screening Notice and Certification Request for the Work Opportunity Credit.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Compliance 21 Jan 2025 compliance, taxation, chemical substances, internal revenue service, superfund tax, potassium bicarbonate

💼IRS Notice on Tax Classification for Potassium Bicarbonate

This notice of filing announces that a petition has been filed requesting that potassium bicarbonate be added to the list of taxable substances. This notice of filing also requests comments on the petition. This notice of filing is not a determination that the list of taxable substances is modified.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 17 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, financial services, taxation, erisa, asset management, legal, royal bank of canada, investment management

⚖️RBC QPAMs Proposed Exemption from ERISA Restrictions Explained

This document provides notice of the pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This proposed exemption would permit certain qualified professional asset managers with specified relationships to Royal Bank of Canada Trust Company (Bahamas) Limited, and certain current and future affiliates of the Royal Bank of Canada (collectively, the RBC QPAMs), to continue to rely on the class exemptive relief granted in Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84- 14 (PTE 84-14, or the QPAM Exemption), notwithstanding the March 5, 2024 judgment of conviction against Royal Bank of Canada Trust Company (Bahamas) Limited (RBCTC Bahamas) for aiding and abetting tax fraud, entered in France in the Paris Court of Appeal.

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