22 Sep
Member News

TABS Inc. | How to Start a U.S. Business from Abroad

Starting a U.S. business is the key to success for many businesses around the world. The best way to take advantage of the world’s largest, best integrated national market, is a U.S. market entry. To start a business in the U.S. as a foreigner (from abroad) may look simply, however nothing is less true. With the help of an experienced team who understand the laws and requirements of doing businesses in all 50 U.S. states, such as TABS, you’re...

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21 Sep
Member News

PSNGR1 Announces $13 Million in Funding and Unveils Groundbreaking Updates to Its Next-Generation Travel Platform

The New York City-based travel planning, booking, and management platform backed by $13 million in funding, today releases significant updates to its industry-leading platform benefitting corporate travel managers, travel agents, suppliers, and travelers alike September 20, 2021 (New York, New York) – PSNGR1 who is overhauling the travel industry at large, today announces the launch of game-changing updates to its innovative platform. The first of its kind, PSNGR1 is an industry inclusive platform that allows users to book both corporate...

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21 Sep
Brexit News, Member News

Vulcan Insight | UK to review all remaining EU laws

David Frost, the UK’s Brexit Minister, on Thursday stated that the UK has begun scrapping EU regulations that were transposed into British law before the UK exited the bloc. Speaking in the House of Lords, he stated: “I want to be clear, our intention is eventually to amend, to replace or to repeal all that retained EU law that is not right for the UK.“ In the immediate aftermath of the exit, the UK kept all EU laws and regulations, under a...

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20 Sep
Member News

Troutman Pepper | Movement on All Sides Toward Broader Data Privacy and Security Oversight by FTC

Earlier this month, we reported on two Senate privacy bills reintroduced from last year’s legislative session. These reintroductions are part of a broader wave of federal privacy bills, none of which are making meaningful progress toward becoming law. While the prospect of a comprehensive federal privacy law in the near term remains unlikely, a recent appropriation proposal and the nomination of longtime privacy advocate Alvaro Bedoya indicate that Democrats are attempting to empower the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by providing the...

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20 Sep
Chapter News

Joint EU-US Press Release on the Global Methane Pledge

The European Union and the United States announced today the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November in Glasgow. President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries at the US-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) to join the Pledge and welcomed those that have already signaled their support. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and, according to the latest...

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20 Sep
Chapter News

ECB | TLTRO III and bank lending conditions

1 Introduction Targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs) play a key role in preserving favourable bank financing conditions for households and firms, thereby contributing to inflation reaching the ECB’s target of 2% in the medium term. The operations are part of a broad set of complementary policy instruments, which include asset purchases, negative interest rates and forward guidance. Since their inception in 2014, TLTROs have supported the transmission of monetary policy by incentivising lending through their targeting feature and by providing a reduction...

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20 Sep
Member News

IPTI | Update on U.S. & EU Property Tax Issues: September 2021

The EACC, in partnership with the International Property Tax Institute (IPTI), wants to keep its members up to date with the latest developments in property taxes in the USA and Europe. IPTI has put together below a selection of articles from IPTI Xtracts; more articles can be found on its website (www.ipti.org). UNITED STATES Does Your Property Tax Assessment Reflect COVID-19’s Long-Term Challenges? Countless companies have seen their top and bottom lines decimated by COVID-19-related shutdowns, travel restrictions and changing consumer preferences...

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20 Sep
COVID-19 News, Member News

Cozen O’Connor | What Federal Contractors Need to Know About the Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced an executive order (EO) that expands upon the administration’s goals of requiring both federal employees and contractors and subcontractors working in connection with federal contracts to receive a vaccine against COVID-19. The new requirements are much more aggressive than the administration’s safety protocols previously issued on July 29, which only required verification of vaccination status or testing for government employees and onsite contractors. The new EO eliminates the testing option and expands...

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17 Sep
Member News, Tax, Whitepapers

EACCNY “Digitalization” Series | The taxation of digital services – are we nearly there yet?

With the help of our members, this thought-leadership series explores the acceleration of "digitalization" due to COVID-19 on both sides of the Atlantic, and across various industries. Today, we present Phil Greenfield, from PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, and based in the United Kingdom. He will address: “The taxation of digital services - are we nearly there yet?”. Introduction Digital services have created problems for traditional corporate income tax systems because they don’t rely on the characteristics those regimes have been built on. For example,...

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17 Sep
Chapter News

World Bank & IMF | Statement on Release of Investigation into Data Irregularities in Doing Business 2018 and 2020

Report to the Board of Executive Directors WASHINGTON, September 16, 2021—The World Bank Group today released the following statement on behalf of the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors: “The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today authorized the release of “Investigation of Data Irregularities in Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 – Investigation Findings and Report to the Board of Executive Directors,” an independent external review of the facts and circumstances around previously reported data irregularities in the 2018 and 2020 Doing...

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