IRS YouTube Videos: IR-2020-09, January 14, 2020 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has launched a new and improved Tax Withholding Estimator, designed to help workers target the refund they want by having the right amount of federal income tax taken out of their pay. The Tax Withholding Estimator, now available on IRS.gov, incorporates the […]
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Treasury Sanctions Entities for Facilitating the Exportation of Workers from North Korea
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced two North Korea-related designations focusing on the Government of North Korea’s continued supply of illicit labor to overseas markets. The Government of North Korea continues to use the illicit exportation of North Korean labor to generate income overseas in […]
SKI-DOO LAUNCHES WORLD PREMIERE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE ALL-NEW SUMMIT 850 E-TEC TURBO
BRP introduces all-new Ski-Doo Summit 850 E-TEC Turbo snowmobile. ©BRP 2020 Valcourt, Quebec, January 13, 2020 – BRP (TSX:DOO; NASDAQ:DOOO) is launching the world’s first factory turbocharged two-stroke engine with an all-new Ski-Doo Summit 850 E-TEC Turbo snowmobile[1]. Designed from the rider down, this sled redefines mountain riding and demonstrates the brand’s obsession with providing […]
Treasury Releases Final Regulations to Reform National Security Reviews for Certain Foreign Investments and Other Transactions in the United States
Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued two final regulations in order to comprehensively implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) and to provide the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) with the ability to better address national security concerns arising from certain investments and […]
Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States
Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today delivered to Congress the semiannual Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States. In this Report, Treasury reviewed and assessed the policies of 20 major U.S. trading partners. Treasury also assessed developments over the last several months with China […]
Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for Fourth Quarter 2019
FIL-2-2020 January 13, 2020 Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for Fourth Quarter 2019 Printable Format: FIL-2-2020 – PDF (PDF Help) Summary: The Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) for the December 31, 2019, report date must be submitted to the agencies’ Central Data Repository by Thursday, January 30, 2020. Certain institutions with […]
FTC Comments to State Legislatures in Kansas and Ohio Encourage Granting Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Full Practice Authority
Federal Trade Commission staff submitted comments to two state legislatures on the impact of legislative proposals to modify the supervision requirements imposed on advanced practice registered nurses, or APRNs. In response to a request from Kansas House of Representatives Rep. Daniel R. Hawkins, FTC staff submitted comments that encourage the Kansas legislature to enact H.B. […]
Statement of Ian Conner, Director of FTC Bureau of Competition, Regarding the Announcement that Post Holdings, Inc. has Abandoned Its Proposed Acquisition of TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
“The FTC unanimously voted to challenge this deal because it was likely to lead to higher prices and reduced quality for private label ready-to-eat cereals. Households across America have benefitted from robust competition between Post and TreeHouse, and they will continue to do so now that this merger has been abandoned.” On Dec. 19, 2019, […]
Treasury Targets Officials Involved in Illegitimate Attempted Takeover of the Venezuelan National Assembly
Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated seven Venezuelan government officials who, on behalf of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, led a failed attempt to illegitimately seize control of the National Assembly and block interim President Juan Guaidó and other deputies from participating in a constitutionally […]
FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Celgene Corporation to Divest Psoriasis Drug Otezla as a Condition of Acquisition
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s proposed $74 billion acquisition of Celgene Corporation would violate federal antitrust law. According to the complaint, which was first announced in November 2019, the proposed acquisition would likely harm consumers in the U.S. market for […]