Posts about Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance

Industry Trends
July 8, 2020

Goldman Sachs CEO Calls for Ease of Border Restrictions in Hong Kong and China

At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, Goldman Sachs CEO David Soloman said strict border controls in Mainland China and Hong Kong are creating staffing challenges. “Being restricted in terms of leaving or coming back, the family pressure, etc., that’s not a great dynamic for talent,” Soloman said. “That’s certainly a headwind for global […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 8, 2020

How Companies Can Use Litigation to Expedite Visa Applications

While visa applicants expect processing delays due to COVID-19, what about the applications that were filed before the pandemic that have been waiting months or even years? These delays are not only frustrating but can cause consequences for ongoing employment authorization, travel, and voting. One option to expedite the process is filing a lawsuit against […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 8, 2020

Australia to Allow Some Visa Holders to Return Next Month

After 20 months of keeping their borders closed, Australia will allow workers and international students to return to the country next month. With economic recovery on the mind and a severe labor shortage, over 200,000 people who are fully vaccinated and have a negative PCR test will now be eligible to enter. Prime Minister Scott […]
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Industry Trends
July 8, 2020

Britain’s Financial Sector Aims for 6-month Staff Visa

A Global Talent Mobility report from TheCityUK, City of London Corporation, and EY shows that organizations are looking for a “hybrid” short-term business visa that would allow people to work without the need to go through full work visa requirements. The report showed that after the implementation of Britain’s new immigration system, “financial and related […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 9, 2019

Relocation and State Tax Law Issues

Relocation has been impacted by federal tax law changes in the United States. Relocation tax information for federal and state law changes impact all organizations. Certainly, you will recall the challenges we all experienced at the beginning of this year due to the change in Federal tax law which removed the tax exclusion for household […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 9, 2018

Proposed Tax Reform Impact on Relocation

Worldwide ERC® recently issued a press release about the proposed tax reforms and the potential for a significant impact on the relocation and global mobility industry.  Proposed Tax Reform Holds Significant Impact for Mobility Industry Adding long-awaited detail to the proposed U.S. tax reform legislation, text for the bill —titled the “Tax Cuts and Jobs […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 9, 2018

GDPR and NuCompass Compliance

As you may know, a new data protection law called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was passed by the European Union.  While it only affects EU individuals, we have many clients who utilize NuCompass’ global relocation and assignment services. The information below will outline some of the basic information regarding GDPR and how NuCompass […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 9, 2017

Immigration News Update

Our partners at Fragomen provided the following update on global immigration news for the week of May 19-25, 2017: In United States immigration news, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s injunction against the Trump Administration’s entry ban against nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. In Germany, the government has ratified the EU Intracompany Transferee […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 9, 2017

Immigration Restrictions Update

As detailed in the excerpt below from ERC’s Government Affairs, there are ongoing developments that will potentially impact employee global mobility. On 1 June 2017, the US Department of Justice petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear arguments on the President’s executive order(s) to implement restrictions on immigration into the US and the subsequent blocking of […]
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Legal Tax Immigration & Compliance
July 9, 2017

Tax Reform Affects on Moving Expenses

There has been significant discussion and debate in Washington regarding new tax proposals.  Below is an update provided by Worldwide ERC® on what is being considered in current legislation. While this is not final and will likely go through more iterations, we wanted to keep you updated on current events as they affect relocation. <!–break–> While the […]
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