19 updates tagged compliance.
A September 19, 2025 presidential proclamation imposed a one-time $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions for beneficiaries processed abroad. On June 8, 2026 a federal judge vacated the…
Ontario's 2026 budget lowers the small-business corporate income tax rate for Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) from 3.2% to 2.2%, effective July 1, 2026, prorated f…
The IRS underpayment and overpayment interest rate rose to 7% for the quarter beginning July 1, 2026, up from 6% in Q2 2026, and applies to both individuals and corporations. The r…
There is no federal FTC noncompete ban in effect — the 2024 rule was blocked and the FTC dropped its Fifth Circuit appeal on September 5, 2025. Instead the FTC is enforcing case-by…
A January 2025 USCIS policy update confirmed that a founder-owned company can petition for an O-1 visa on behalf of its own owner, and the O-1A (extraordinary ability) has ~94% app…
In the 2026-27 Budget (announced 12 May 2026) the Australian Government said it will permanently set the small business instant asset write-off at $20,000 from 1 July 2026. Small b…
On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to narrow when two businesses are treated as 'joint employers' under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It targets…
For the 2026/27 tax year (from 6 April 2026), employer Class 1 National Insurance remains at 15% and the secondary threshold at which it becomes payable stays at £5,000 per year, c…
The taxpayer's paying (underpayment) UOMI rate is 8.97% p.a. effective 16 January 2026 (down from 9.89%), not 10.96%. Best phrased as 'currently 8.97%, set by Order in Council and…
Dependent-child sponsorship threshold rose to ~NZ$58,240/yr from 9 March 2026 (80% of the new $35.00/hr median wage), not NZ$55,844 (which held only 10 Mar 2025–8 Mar 2026).
Every Delaware corporation must file its annual report and pay franchise tax by March 1 each year (March 1, 2026 for the 2025 report), whether or not it did business or earned inco…
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, beginning with tax year 2026 employers must separately report qualified tips and qualified overtime on Form W-2 so employees can claim the new…
The Texas Comptroller set the 2026 franchise-tax no-tax-due threshold at $2,650,000 in annualized total revenue, up from $2,470,000 for 2024-2025. Entities at or below the threshol…
Downstate exempt executive/administrative salary threshold is $1,275.00/week, not $1,275.50 ($66,300 ÷ 52 = $1,275.00 exactly; the annual $66,300 was already correct). Upstate $1,1…
In March 2025 FinCEN flipped the Corporate Transparency Act rules: entities formerly treated as "domestic reporting companies" are exempt from beneficial ownership information (BOI…
For 2026 California's State Disability Insurance (SDI) employee withholding rate increases to 1.3%, up from 1.2% in 2025, per the EDD (form DE 3395). Since January 1, 2024 there is…
S$5,600 (general)/S$6,200 (finance) have applied to new EP applications since 1 Jan 2025; from 1 Jan 2026 they apply to renewals. The Budget 2026 step to S$6,000/S$6,600 from 1 Jan…
California's statewide minimum wage increased from $16.50 to $16.90 per hour effective January 1, 2026, applying to employers of all sizes. The white-collar exempt-employee salary…
Under OBBBA the Form 1099-K reporting threshold for third-party payment platforms (Stripe, PayPal, Square, marketplaces) reverts to more than $20,000 in gross payments AND more tha…