ABA Tax Group: Issue Price Rules Need Clarity
November 11, 2010 WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department should permanently apply existing regulations on issue price to all tax-exempt and...

Fiscal Panel Touts Bill That Would End Tax-Exempts
November 10, 2010 President Obama’s bipartisan fiscal reform commission cited a tax-reform bill that would eliminate tax-exempt bonds and...

SIFMA Muni Division Honors Massachusetts’ MacNaught
November 9, 2010 The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s municipal securities division honored Colin MacNaught, the...

IRS Ends Redevelopment Agency Audit With Clean Slate
November 4, 2010 The Internal Revenue Service has completed an audit of $67.6 million of bonds issued by Washington's Vancouver Downtown...

GOP House Takeover Puts Munis on the Spot
November 3, 2010 WASHINGTON — Market participants hoping Congress will extend the Build America Bond program and other expiring muni...

IRS Extends Deadline for Tribal Economic Development Bonds
November 3, 2010 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday that it is giving tribal governments until the end of 2011...

IRS: State Agency Catastrophe Debt Not PABs
November 2, 2010 If a state authority issues bonds to pay catastrophe insurance claims, they would not qualify as private-activity bonds...

NABL Honors Linda Schakel of Ballard Spahr With Service Award
November 1, 2010 The National Association of Bond Lawyers last week awarded Linda Schakel, a partner at Ballard Spahr in Washington, its...

IRS Seeks Members for Tax-Exempt Government Entities Advisory Panel
November 1, 2010 The Internal Revenue Service is seeking applicants for a tax-exempt bond expert to join its Advisory Committee on Tax-Exempt...

IRS Exams Could Lead to Long BAB Subsidy Delays
October 29, 2010 SAN ANTONIO — Build America Bond issuers could potentially go years without subsidy payments under the examination...