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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Boards pending fee changes will be unfair and excessively burdensome, dealer and advisor groups told the Securities and Exchange Commission.
September 21 -
The National Federation of Municipal Analysts has released the final version of its set of best practices for state government general obligation bond disclosure, the first part of an ongoing update to a set of recommended best practices from 2001.
September 18 -
Brazos County wants a ruling from the state on property tax exemption of a bond-financed P3 dormitory at Texas A&M.
September 18 -
The National Conference of State Legislatures is urging Congress to not consider extending or making permanent the moratorium on state and local governments taxing Internet access unless it does so at the same time as or after it considers legislation that would allow states to require out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes.
September 17 -
Securities and Exchange Commission officials rejected bond lawyers suggestions that the settlements with 36 underwriters under the Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation initiative contained specific parameters of continuing disclosure violations.
September 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service is auditing $91 million of Build America Bonds issued by the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority in fall 2010.
September 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service is working on more specialized template voluntary closing agreements, an official with the IRS' tax-exempt bond office said.
September 4 -
The U.S. Justice Departments antitrust division is conducting a general inquiry into whether certain brokers brokers have engaged in anti-competitive practices with regard to pricing for secondary market and other municipal bond trades, according to industry officials.
September 3 -
The Teamsters union and New England governors are making separate pushes for prompt action on long-term federal transportation funding.
September 2 - Washington
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is planning to re-examine the standardized framework state and local governments use to report their financial information.
September 1