For the past 40 years, Ralph Pelaia has been working in the legal profession securing verdicts and settlements for personal injury victims and the surviving family members who have lost love ones in car, truck and motorcycle accidents throughout Texas. Since 1987, upon relocating from South Florida, Pelaia has maintained an office in Gilmer and […]
The current rules for taxation of termination payments are complex, and the exemptions incentivise employers to structure payments into the exempt categories to minimise the Income Tax and National Insurance due. Speaking with Lawyer Monthly, Amy Richardson, Associate at Coffin Mew, explains in depth below. From 06 April this year, the way that termination payments […]
The exclusion for forgiven home mortgage debt following a foreclosure, short sale or loan modification should be made permanent to provide relief to troubled borrowers and minimize the damage to families, neighbourhoods and communities. That's according to recent testimony from the National Association of Realtors before the US House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax […]
Simeon V. Marcelo, with more than three decades of private practice of law, is the most experienced dispute resolution lawyer of the law firm Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia. He touches base on corruption and tax. You were involved in a case that has been described as “one of Philippines biggest tax case in recent […]
The news that an artificial intelligence (AI) system has been developed that can diagnose scans for heart disease and lung cancer raises clear questions about accountability. Put simply, if a misdiagnosis is made by an AI system, who is to blame: the hospital or the developer of the software? Michael Carson, Senior Lawyer […]
We cannot underestimate how fundamental the issue of VAT is in Brexit negotiations. If the changes made to the Cross-border trade bill last Monday were to enter the UK’s legal framework after it leaves the customs union, the impact on over 130,000 of the UK’s firms would be catastrophic. Below, Gareth Kobrin, CEO of VAT […]
British tax-payers should not be asked to foot the Bill to set up an alternative to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) unless there are tangible benefits to the quality of justice, a Bar Council Brexit expert has told Peers as he warned against “reinventing the wheel.” Giving evidence to the House of Lords EU […]
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