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- FEC Approves Payroll Deductions for Trade Association PACs
- Trade associations won a great victory in July when the Federal Election Commission (FEC) amended its regulations to allow corporate members of an association to use a payroll deduction system to forward employee contributions to the association's political action committee (PAC). America's Community Bankers and COMPAC, its political action committee,...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- ACB Petitions the federal election commission to Allow Payroll Deductions of Campaign Contributions
- America's Community Bankers and COMPAC, ACB's political action committee, on Aug. 29, 2003, petitioned the Federal Election Commission to make it easier for certain individuals to make campaign contributions by using payroll deductions. The petition builds on an advisory opinion issued Aug. 28, 2003, clarifying that executives of companies may...
- White papers 2003-10-01
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- The Next Big Election Challenge: Developing Electronic Data Transaction Standards for Election Administration
- This paper discusses the challenge of moving toward the implementation of a set of electronic transaction standards (ETS) for election administration across the nation. According to the authors of the paper, such a standard would allow election management systems to communicate seamlessly and share data to create "a more accurate,...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- S Corporation - Shareholder's Consent to Initial Election
- A corporation elects to operate as an S corporation by filing Form 2553 (Election by a Small Business Corporation). Once made, the S election remains in effect until it is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated [IRC Sec. 1362(c)]. Changes in ownership of S corporation stock have no effect on the S...
- Tools & templates 2007-12-01
- Federal Trade Commission: Telemarketing Sales Rule
- In this document, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) issues its "Statement of Basis and Purpose" (“SBP”) and final amended Telemarketing Sales Rule (“amended Rule”). The amended Rule sets forth the FTC’s amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“original Rule” or “TSR”). The amended Rule is issued pursuant to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Staff Report: Review of the Proxy Process Regarding the Nomination and Election of Directors
- This case study is about the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Pension Plan requested that the Commission review the Division of Corporation Finance’s no-action position in letters issued to six companies. The AFSCME Employees Pension Plan had submitted a shareholder proposal to those companies that would have...
- Case studies 2003-07-15
- United States Supreme Court Affirms Order No. 888
- "On March 4, 2002, the United States Supreme Court upheld Order No. 888, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“Commission”) 1996 rule implementing open access transmission service for electric utilities, in New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 535 U.S. __ (2002). The case focused on the extent to...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- SEC Watch: Don't Let This Agency Be Crippled
- Perhaps the single most important government agency for the business world is the Securities and Exchange Commission. Its five-member commission makes decisions that affect every public company in the land as well as many privately held ones. The commission has been split 3-2 among Republicans and Democrats,...
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Arizona Form A-4, Employee's Arizona Withholding Percentage Election
- The Employee's Arizona Withholding Percentage Election, Arizona Form A-4, must be completed so that you know how much state income tax to withhold from your new employee's wages. The importance of having each employee file a state withholding certificate as well as a federal Form W-4 cannot be overstated, so...
- Tools & templates 2003-06-24
- Election Finance Regulation in Emerging Democracies: Lessons From Canada and the U.S.
- The paper asks what rules emerging democracies should impose on election finance. Election finance laws govern candidates, parties, and private individuals. Rules fall into three categories: rules that limit campaign spending and contributions, state subsidies to politicians, and laws that oblige candidates and individuals to reveal how much money they...
- White papers 2001-11-14
- Are Policy Platforms Capitalized Into Equity Prices? Evidence From the Bush/Gore 2000 Presidential Election
- This paper tests for the capitalization of policy platforms into equity prices using a sample of 70 firms favored under Bush or Gore platforms during the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election. Two sources of daily data during the six months leading up to the election are incorporated: firm-specific equity returns and...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- How Will e-Elections Win Vote of Confidence?
- To avoid delays in getting the final election results and consequently tossing the entire voting process into chaos. In this context, the article reports that to expedite election reform in the United States, Congress authorized almost $3.9 billion under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to help states...
- White papers
- Clarifying Enterprise Risk Management and FERC Order 2004
- The objective of this white paper is to provide clarity to energy companies subject to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 2004-B on permissible activities of a centralized, shared risk management function (Enterprise Risk Management function). In handing down its ruling, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) provided a...
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Critical Infrastructure Information Disclosure and Homeland Security
- One of the findings of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection was the need for the federal government and owners and operators of the nation's critical infrastructures to share information on vulnerabilities and threats. However, the Commission noted that owners and operators are reluctant to share confidential business information,...
- White papers 2003-01-29
- Dedicated Sales Tax Election
- This presentation explains the dedicated sales tax election.
- Presentations 2007-11-06
- Revocation of Election Under Internal Revenue Code
- Revocation is the act of recalling or annulling, the reversal of an act, the recalling of a grant, or the making void of some deed previously existing. It exists in both common law and civil law. This is a template which can be used for revocation of election under Internal...
- Tools & templates 2007-12-01
- Getting Down to Business: How the Established Business Relationship Exemption to the National Do-Not-Call Registry Forces Consumers to Pay for Unwanted Sales Calls
- Protecting the privacy interests of wireless device users who do not wish to pay for sales calls necessitates protective measures in addition to the Registry. The Registry alone does not offer consumers enough protection from unwanted sales calls. Wireless consumers who have listed their numbers in the Registry can still...
- White papers 2005-02-03
- Sample Commission List (Table)
- This is an administrative form designed to lend clarity to the commission picture. A frequently litigated issue is exactly which clients, customers, and sales result in a commission payment. Use this template as is, or tailor it to your own needs.
- Tools & templates 2000-12-12
- Unwanted Telephone Marketing Calls
- It has been observed that the consumers are increasingly complaining to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about unwanted and uninvited calls to their homes from advertisers and Telemarketers. In such scenario, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 was created in response to consumer concerns about the growing number...
- White papers 2003-02-10
- Commission Report
- Use one template for each salesperson to record sales, commission rates, and commissions payable. This template can be used either on paper or electronically, though the commission calculations will save you time.
- Tools & templates 2007-09-01
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