Connor Hussey

The Internal Revenue Service has moved to mandatory electronic filing of its form which deals with direct payments of Build America Bonds and Qualified Zone Academy Bonds.

Green bonds and ESG are making it difficult for muni issuers to understand what to disclose and when.

“That's a big loss to me personally and to the commission,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said Wednesday.

Two issuers, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority and the Village of Franklin Park, Illinois, have disclosed in the past week that they’re under audit by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Exempt Bond program will not be significantly overhauled as part of the agency’s restructuring and modernization efforts, officials say, but there are a few changes to forms and procedures that bear paying attention to.

A recent panel discussion shed some light on how issuers and borrowers should be disclosing climate related information.

The National Association of Bond Lawyers' new president intends to focus the group's efforts and provide support for infrastructure legislation in Washington.

Officials from multiple regulators came together on Thursday for a detailed discussion about municipal advisory regulation.

The proposed guidance does not indicate any particular problems with compliance, the MSRB said.

The IRS extension allowing TEFRA hearings to be completed over the phone through March 31, 2022, might well be extended even more, tax lawyers say.

Two hearings before the House Committee on Financial Services in the past week have been rife with criticism of Fed and Treasury responses to the pandemic.

Public finance issuers are taking an increased interest in the applications of blockchain and distributed ledger technology, and it is entering the market in multiple ways.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has published its strategic goals for the next four years, which includes the launch of EMMALabs, moving all of its data systems to the cloud and updating its rulemaking guidance.

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled with the Sweetwater Union High School District as well as former Chief Financial Officer Karen Michel.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler signaled he wants to bring greater efficiency and transparency to municipal bond market

The draft House reconciliation bill includes a provision that would treat native tribes the same as states for the sake of tax exempt bond issuance, eliminating the burdensome essential governmental function test.

The MSRB has announced an extension for municipal bond advisors seeking Series 54 certification, moving the compliance date from to Nov. 30, 2021, from Nov.12.

In the first quarter of 2021, state personal income rose by 14.4%, the largest year-over-year increase since reporting began in 1948.

The absence of advance refunding and a direct-pay bond program in the bipartisan infrastructure package has lobbyists pushing for inclusion of those things in the reconciliation bill, a matter only weeks away.