With the New Year now in full swing, small business owners are focused on implementing their strategic plans for 2015. An important component of those plans should include monitoring potential regulatory changes and understanding how they may impact the small business landscape.

1. The Top Ten Regulatory Issues For
Small Businesses

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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Banking
Developments
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WHY IT MATTERS
With the surge in use of mobile payment
applications such as Apple Pay™, businesses will
also see the parallel move toward increased
payment security and mobile payment acceptance.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
FUTA Credit
Reduction
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WHY IT MATTERS
Some states continue to have outstanding federal
unemployment loans in 2015. Employers in these
states will continue to have their FUTA credit amount
reduced as a way to pay back the outstanding debt.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Retirement
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WHY IT MATTERS
There are a number of developments coming, or currently
under consideration, which may impact small business
owners who currently offer a retirement plan to their
employees, or are thinking about offering one.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Privacy
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WHY IT MATTERS
After some have called 2014 “The Year of the Data
Breach,” there is a greater likelihood that in the
upcoming 2015 legislative session, Congress will look to
pass baseline cybersecurity legislation.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Employment-
Related
Legislation
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WHY IT MATTERS
Employers will need to remain diligent in their efforts to
comply with new legislation in their jurisdictions this
year. The trend of local and state governments passing
minimum wage increases is expected to continue.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Overtime
Regulations
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WHY IT MATTERS
The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to release
proposed guidelines in the first quarter of the year to
modernize and streamline the existing overtime
regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Immigration
Reform
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WHY IT MATTERS
Employers will need to continue to monitor changes to the
immigration system that may impact their internal hiring
and staffing procedures, particularly in terms of Form I-9
procedures and work authorization documentation.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Taxation of
Online Sales
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WHY IT MATTERS
Because of the amount of tax revenue at stake,
businesses should expect legislation similar to the
Marketplace Fairness Act, which stalled in 2014, to
be resurrected this year.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Affordable
Care Act
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WHY IT MATTERS
The New Year brings new responsibilities for
businesses defined as Applicable Large Employers in
the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions of the
Affordable Care Act, as well as new opportunities for
applicable smaller businesses.
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TOP TEN REGULATORY ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF IN 2015
Tax Reform
and Tax
Extenders
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WHY IT MATTERS
On December 19, 2014, President Obama signed
the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 into law.
Approximately 50 tax breaks, known as “tax
extenders,” were retroactively expanded through
December 31, 2014.
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particular facts, circumstances, and how these opportunities might apply to your business.