Tenants pin hopes on new law, old ruling on J-51 By Georgia Kromrei With untold millions of dollars at stake for landlords and tenants, the Court of Appeals in Albany grilled attorneys for three hours Tuesday to determine how the 2019 rent law should apply to pending and future rent-overcharge cases. Both sides made impassioned […]
When is the Family Home no longer exempt from Capital Gains Tax? Australian Expats Beware. If you are an Australian Expat living overseas, and own a property in Australia deemed to be your Primary Residence, after 30 June 2020 this property will no longer be exempt from Capital Gains Tax. This tax will be retrospective […]
On 5 February, Royal Decree 231/2020, of 4 February, was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). This royal decree establishes the interprofessional minimum wage for 2020. As announced in the meeting in January of the Government, the Business Association and the Unions, the interprofessional minimum wage (“SMI”) for 2020 was established at EUR 31.66/gross […]
By Luise Barrack (February 11, 2020, 5:41 PM EST) Last week, after all of the other recent blows to New York owners and developers, the New York Department of State issued its interpretation of a portion of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act legislation which was passed in June 2019. The interpretation of the […]
YOUR COMPANY MAY NEED TO PROVIDE A MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT AS A MATTER OF LEGISLATED COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. ARE YOU COMPLIANT? Who is required to report? The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (“Act”) requires that an entity that has an annual consolidated revenue of at least AUD 100 million, and is either an Australian entity or […]
What is expected from the trade fair organisers are not millions in earnings but, most likely, compensation claims worth millions Just before inauguration, the organisers of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the largest mobile telephone trade fair in the world, cancelled the event due to the risk of spreading the coronavirus. In the days leading up to […]
Jayson Schwarz (front left) of Schwarz Law LLP recently met Bruce Loren (back right) & Michael Kean (front right) of Loren & Kean Law for dinner in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Jayson is IR Global’s exclusive Real Estate member in Canada-East, whilst Bruce & Michael are IR Global’s exclusive Construction Law members in US-Florida. Michael had the following to […]
The Corona Virus is now creating an impact on business, markets and client bases around the world. China is a a mega global player on the world stage and what happens there impacts us all. China is Australia’s second largest trading partner. Currently in Australia: The US and Australia have said they will deny entry […]
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On 7 January 2020, Pedro Sánchez Castejón was sworn in as President of Spain. He thus leads the first government in coalition between PSOE, the historic socialist party, and Podemos, the left-wing party founded by Pablo Iglesias in March 2014. On 12 January 2020, the government announced its new members; Yolanda Díaz was sworn in […]
After a rejuvenating break in Fiji, the Australian holidays are indeed over, and Ross and Julia Koffel are looking forward to our next IR Global Austral-Asia Regional conference. The date is locked and loaded for Friday, 21st of February in the truly beautiful city of Queenstown New Zealand. Already the list of attendees looks like […]
Spain’s Council of Ministers approves a Royal Decree-Law that guarantees annual profitability of 7.389% up to 2032 to those renewable energy installations that withdraw their lawsuits filed against the Spanish government following the reform of 2013 and those prior to it. From 2 to 16 December, Madrid was the centre of the world’s attention as […]