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IRS Allows Employer Matching Contribution Based on Student Loan Repayments

With U.S. student loan debt totaling $1.5 trillion, employers are seeking ways to ease the burden of repayment for their employees and prospective employees. These have included signing bonuses and direct repayment of outstanding loans.
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Daily Business Review

Fla. Residents: Vote 'Yes' to Amendment 2 to Avert Tax Crisis

As the property appraisers for Florida's three largest counties, we urge all voters to pay close attention to Amendment 2 on the upcoming November ballot. The amendment asks voters whether to make permanent a 10-percent limit on the annual increase in assessed value of anonhomestead property.
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Daily Business Review

Supreme Court's 'Harvey' Decision Reaffirms Long Standing Bad Faith Law

The Florida Supreme Court's latest bad faith ruling, Harvey v. GEICO, leaves the insurer's standard of care unchanged since 1938. Despite its consistency with 80 years of precedent, the dissents provoked controversy by forecasting a “vast and unwarranted expansion of liability for bad faith claims.”
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Avoid Problems Before They Arise: Corporate Compliance and Training

Historically, many companies failed to create and implement anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and sexual harassment compliance and training programs.
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Daily Business Review

Website Accessibility Landscape Continues to Lack Clarity as Businesses Await Guidance

Article III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against disabled persons in the full and equal enjoyment of public accommodation. When a website is considered a place of public accommodation, the website must be accessible to people with disabilities.
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Daily Business Review

What Could the Rise of Cryptocurrencies Mean for South Fla. Businesses?

As a major hub for international business, South Florida is becoming ground zero for the cryptocurrency revolution. In fact, Miami hosted the 2018 North American Bitcoin Conference— the fifth and most attended installment of the conference—and is slated to host the 2019 show.
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Daily Business Review

World Mental Health Day: Focusing on Young Adults

Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day (WMH Day), and this year's theme is “Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World.” Initiated by the World Federation for Mental Health, WMH Day is officially observed, worldwide.
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Daily Business Review

Relocating to Fla. as a Result of the 2017 Tax Act? It May Not Be as Easy as It Sounds

As a result of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it is now even more advantageous to be a resident of Florida or a resident of another state that does not impose a state income tax. Prior to 2018, state and local taxes were fully deductible as an itemized deduction on an individual's federal income tax return.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Foreign Sellers Beware: Cloud-Based Sales May Justify Personal Jurisdiction

In a recent decision, Plixer International v. Scrutinizer GMBH, Case No. 18-1195 (1st Cir. 2018), the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that exercising personal jurisdiction over a foreign company with no American physical presence, but that maintains an interactive website accessible in the United States, complies with the requirements of the Due Process Clause.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rules Clarifying Small Business Tax Break—the Good, the Bad and the Unanswered

One of the most talked about components of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Congress last year is a 20 percent deduction for operating profits earned by certain sole proprietors and pass-through entities (LLCs, partnerships, S corporations and REITs).
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