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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.

Brian Egan will take up the mantle of being the primary voice for bond lawyers in Washington.

Giroux brings to the MSRB her experience advocating on behalf of both broker-dealers and bond lawyers.

Public finance groups hope that the Biden administration will show the same support for tax-exempt bonds that House Democrats do.

A new GFOA advisory said the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has developed “more robust fallback language to specify the rate to be used upon a Libor cessation.”

An influential voice said this week that an increase in the cost of private letter rulings is inconsistent with the Taxpayer Bill of Rights adopted by the IRS in 2014.

This pandemic-related waiver from a handwritten signature extends through June 30 of this year.

Bond attorneys said the new rules fill in some holes because the IRS previously only had a process for tax-exempt bonds.

The Treasury and IRS have only granted a few of the National Association of Bond Lawyers' requests for pandemic-related regulatory relief.

Public finance groups are optimistic 2021 will be a breakthrough year for federal tax law changes to help spur the use of tax-advantaged bonds.