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The WasteWatcher May 10, 2021 Deborah Collier
Paying taxes is a stressful process for taxpayers, especially when their circumstances change from one year to the next. They could be employed, unemployed, married, divorced, have a child (or twins), move their home and/or business, sell assets like stock, inherit money and assets from an estate, buy or sell real estate, or be an independent contractor from one year to the next. Given these and hundreds of other variances that could impact each person’s individual tax status, control over how and what to file should always remain with the taxpayer. Currently, up to 70 percent of taxpayers can file for free under the appropriately named “IRS Free File” through a private company that is a member of the Free File Alliance. This system that has been in place since 2001.
House panel approves ESG, diversity bills without GOP support
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., accuses Democrats of trying to cater to the far left. Democrats say ESG, diversity data is crucial.
April 21, 2021 2 MINS
Bills that would require annual reporting of environmental social and governance metrics and diversity data are headed to the House floor without Republican support.
The House Financial Services Committee, which has a Democratic majority, approved the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act, which would require companies report ESG metrics and explain how they affect business results. The measure also would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate rules requiring ESG-metrics disclosures.
House Committee Considers Legislation Requiring Disclosure of Political Spending, ES&G Metrics and Diversity By
April 20, 2021
The House Committee on Financial Services is considering legislation on a number of matters that would affect public companies. An example of some of the matters under consideration include:
A bill that would require public companies to submit quarterly reports to both the SEC and investors detailing the amount, date, and nature of the company’s expenditures for political activities.
The ESG Disclosure Simplification Act would require issuers to disclose certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics to shareholders, the connection between those metrics and the issuer’s long term business strategy, and the method by which the issuer determines how ESG metrics impact its long term strategy. The bill would also require the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt rules requiring issuers to disclose ESG metrics in filing