Boardroom Brief Exclusives
- Legislative Corner
Online sales tax bill on the table for Florida Legislature On Thursday, February 2, 2012, the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax submitted SB 2098, addressing the state’s ability to levy and collect sales tax from online sales in Florida.
by Joanna Lee Clary Bonfanti, February 03, 2012 - Focus on Florida
Got undisclosed offshore accounts? IRS offers chance to make things right The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program is being implemented for a third time in 2012, the IRS announced in January. The program may be useful for anyone subject to IRS rules and regulations and who has undisclosed foreign accounts or assets.
by Lu-Ann Dominguez, February 02, 2012 - Legislative Corner
Florida Legislature revisits E-Verify, plus a smattering of labor/employment news E-Verify is back on the legislative map. The Florida House and Senate both have versions of a bill that will require employers in the state to determine the eligibility of new hires to work in the U.S. Employers who fail to do so will lose their license to do business in the state until they register with E-Verify.
by Joanna Lee Clary Bonfanti, February 01, 2012 - Question of the Week
January 30, 2012 Q. The ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’ (SOPA) was meant to protect legitimate American businesses and their customers. How did an online campaign kill the bill, and where does that leave business owners?
by Bob White - Focus on Florida
Securities Regulation in 2012 This year isn’t just a big year in presidential politics, it’s a big year in the world of securities regulation. The Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) has a long to-do list from continuing to tackle proposed rules from the Dodd-Frank Act to moving forward on other initiatives such as financial reporting standards and proxy plumbing that will have a real impact on many companies.
by David Scileppi, January 26, 2012 - Focus on Florida
Ex-bank employee fined $25,000 for Suspicious Activity Report disclosure On December 15, 2011, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) assessed a $25,000 civil money penalty against a bank employee for unlawfully revealing the existence of a Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) to the subject of the SAR (“CMP”). FinCEN determined that the bank employee violated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing regulations by willfully disclosing the existence of a SAR to a person involved in the reported transaction.
by Clemente Vazquez-Bello, January 11, 2012 - Question of the Week
December 27, 2011 Q. How do the new NLRB rules expose employers to organizing campaigns and elections? Will the new rules affect my workforce and should I be worried?
by Mark Bonfanti - Focus on Florida
Recent Article is Relevant to Florida’s Economic Development Strategy Nobel Prize winning economist Michael Spence recently published a piece in Foreign Affairs Magazine that has potential relevance for Florida’s economic development strategy. This piece, Globalization and Unemployment: The Downside of Integrated Markets, emphasizes that, to address the problem of unemployment, the U.S. economy needs to focus on economic growth at the high end of the tradable sector of the economy, and de-emphasize the middle and lower ends of the tradable sector and the non-tradable sector.
by Joe Chase, December 14, 2011 - CEO Spotlight
Q&A with Gregory English President & Owner of Air Dimensions 
1. You are part owner and President of Air Dimensions, Inc., a South Florida based company which engineers and manufacturers high precision diaphragm pumps and compressors. Can you define for us who your customer is, what industries you serve and some of the more unique applications of your product?
by Boardroom Brief Staff, December 09, 2011 - Focus on Florida
Positive Outlook for Venture Capital in Florida Florida has come a long way in terms of attracting the attention of venture capitalists. Over the past year, the dedicated work of a number of notable incubator founders, including Susan Amat with the Launch Pad at the University of Miami, Marc Billings with Incubate Miami and Jane Teague with Enterprise Development Corporation’s at FAU have begun to pay dividends for the state and venture capital activity.
by Kevin M. Levy, November 30, 2011 
February 03, 2012
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