Legislative Alerts

2007
06/27/07	IRS Challenges Claims that Certain Capital Gain Dividends Received by Foreign Government Investors from REITs or RICs are Not Subject to US Tax
05/18/07	Proposed Hedge Fund Legislation Could Require Real Estate Fund Managers to Register with SEC and Become Subject to Regulation under the Advisers Act
03/22/07	Proposed Increase in Carried Interest Taxation
2006
06/12/06	Second Circuit Permits California To Tax Retirement Plans' Unrelated Business Taxable Income
06/06/06	Texas Replaces Franchise Tax with Margin Tax
2005
07/19/05	Reporting Gifts, Entertainment and Other Payments to Union Officers or Employees
05/16/05	SEC to Pension Consultants: "We Are Watching"
2004
10/29/04	American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Includes Provisions of Interest to Real Estate Investment Trusts and their Shareholders
10/05/04	DOL Mandates Electronic Registration For State-Registered Investment Advisers
03/18/04	New IRS Revenue Ruling on Permissible Parking Services for REIT and UBTI Purposes; Concern Raised for Pension Funds
01/28/04	SEC Proposes Investment Advisor Code of Ethics
2003
10/16/03	SEC Amends Custody Requirements for Registered Advisers
10/16/03	Another Attempt at Federal Tax Legislation on Private REITs
10/8/03	Department of Labor Proposes Amendments to QPAM Exemption
7/8/03	Treasury Department Announces a Final Regulation Implementing the Definitions in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
6/9/03	ERISA Preempts New York State Law Imposing Unrelated Business Income Tax
5/23/03	Private REITs Dodge a Bullet in the New Tax Bill

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