On January 8, 2021, USCIS published a final rule (the “Rule“) creating a wage-based selection process for new cap-subject H-1B petitions titled Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions which is scheduled to take effect on March 9, 2021, before this year’s H-1B lottery. The Rule gives priority to the petitions offering Read More »
The U.S. District Court in California has set aside the DOL interim final rule, Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States, significantly increasing the prevailing wages to be paid to certain temporary and permanent foreign workers (“DOL Rule”) and the DHS interim final rule, Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Read More »
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that employers may submit their cap-subject H-1B online registration forms beginning Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at noon Eastern Time and continuing through Thursday, March 25, 2021 at noon Eastern Time. Employers will need to register and pay an associated $10 fee for each H-1B electronic registration. USCIS will conduct a Read More »
Recently released IRS Notice 2021-10, provides additional relief for "qualified opportunity funds" ("QOFs"), their investors and "qualified opportunity zone businesses" extending many of the previously extended deadlines due to the Coronavirus. Previously, the IRS extended the 180-day deadline for taxpayers to invest eligible capital gains into a QOF to July 15, 2020 ( https://bhlawpllc.com/publication/irs-extends-deadline-to-invest-in-a-qualified-opportunity-fund/ ) and also extended Read More »
By: L. Micha Ordway, Jr. Esq. On September 6, 2021, Governor Hochul signed Senate Bill S2766 (the "Act") which creates a new remedy for construction workers seeking to recover unpaid wages, benefits and wage supplements. Under the Act, upstream contractors are now jointly and severally liable for their subcontractor's failure to pay wages (including overtime), Read More »
UPDATE: On November 30, 2023, FinCEN amended the rule to extend the filing deadline for certain BOI reports during the first year of reporting. Reporting Companies formed after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2025, will now have 90 days to file their initial reports. Previously, Reporting Companies only had 30 days to report. Read More »
Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that Christy Vouri-Misso has joined the Tax Practice Group at the firm. As a former Attorney Advisor to Judge Robert A. Wherry, of the United States Tax Court, Christy focuses her practice on all aspects of federal and state tax controversies and planning. This background gives her the unique ability Read More »
Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that our offices are moving to the 10th and 11th floors of One Lincoln Center on December 2, 2016. Our direct phone lines will stay the same, but we will have a new main switchboard phone number: (315) 422 - 1500.Our new mailing address will be: 110 West Fayette Street, Read More »
Gwen Z. Gou and Emilee Lawson Hatch hosted a presentation and education seminar at the Central New York Chinese School in Manlius on Sunday, November 16, 2014. More than 50 guests attended the presentation about the basics of estates and trusts planning, preparing a last will and testament, health care proxies, and related topics. Founded Read More »
Brand. What does it mean in the wine industry? Everything. An overstatement? Maybe. But not by much. A winery's brand tells the story of its wine, from the vineyard to the bottle to the table, and builds connections with consumers that form the very foundation of the enterprise. It is front-and-center on every single bottle. It Read More »