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Will Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Cost More Money Than It Recovers?

14th April 2017
The highly controversial Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is a monumental failure for the public purse and a "windfall of corporate welfare for compliance industries," warns Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group and Co-Founder of the Campaign to Repeal FATCA. Citing research from William Byrnes, a law professor at Texas A&M, Mr. Green debunks the IRS claim […]
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Jindal and Stanford University Host a Joint Programme on 'Law of Democracy’

11th April 2017
O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in association with Stanford University, US, hosted 'Law of Democracy - India Field Study', a joint exercise offering an exciting exploration of the legal, political and social constructions of the Indian and American democracies from 26th March - April 1st 2017. The programme was conducted under the auspices of the Centre for […]
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The Unmaking of the US Immigration Court System

5th April 2017
A new report published by the Center for Immigration Studies describes the undermining of federal immigration courts and outlines recommendations to fix the chaos. Under former President Obama, immigration adjudication nearly halted due to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies that prosecuted fewer cases and removed fewer of those ordered removed from the United States, including criminal […]
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Majority of Older Americans Are Opposing Policies That Increase Health Costs

4th April 2017
The majority of older Trump voters believe a house bill imposes an unfair "age tax," oppose changes to medicaid, and want measures to lower cost of prescription drugs. AARP has released the findings of a survey that said a majority of voters ages 50 plus – including most Trump supporters – oppose specific provisions of […]
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Coalition of 23 Groups Calling on Congress to Prioritize FATCA Repeal

3rd April 2017
The Campaign to Repeal FATC, led by deVere Group CEO, Nigel Green, and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity led a coalition of 22 other groups, including Americans for Tax Reform and the National Taxpayers Union, calling on Congress to include repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in any tax reform package sent to […]
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Norman Champ, an SEC & Private Investment Specialist with a Hunger for Compliance

28th March 2017
With an array of legal experience and varied sector backgrounds, from being an M&A lawyer in private practice, to a senior officer at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), our guest talks to Lawyer Monthly about the personal and professional rewards of being an Investment Funds lawyer and teaching this subject at Harvard Law […]
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Republican Health Reform Bill Could Bring Down Premiums 25%

21st March 2017
Communicating for America (CA) recently called on Congress to provide "stabilization funds" in the recent Republican-introduced American Health Care Act reform legislation. As noted in a study released by the Council for Affordable Health Care (CAHC), an increase of $9 billion in stabilization funding could reduce health insurance premiums by 25% for consumers in the […]
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