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On second reading, the Maryland Senate preliminarily approved legislation increasing the Maryland estate tax exemption for individuals dying after 2014. Senate Bill 602 was amended to increase the Maryland estate tax exemption gradually over the next five years to the federal estate tax exemption as follows:
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Can I classify this employee as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime pay requirements? It’s a question that most employers have grappled with at some point. In a March 13, 2014, Presidential Memorandum to the Secretary of Labor, President Obama took the first steps towards new regulation which could change an employer’s answer to this question.
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Maryland businesses take note – the Maryland Senate and House are each considering bills which, if passed, would require businesses employing 5 or more employees to offer a qualified retirement plan (read: 401(k) or IRA) or join a state-created pool retirement fund. If the law takes effect, Maryland will be the first state in the nation to impose mandated retirement savings.
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The Maryland legislature has moved one step closer towards increasing the state’s minimum wage – an effort which has split the business community, drawing support from some and opposition from others.
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Not quite, to be sure, but the Maryland House of Delegates passed House Bill 739 (“Maryland Estate Tax – Unified Credit”) increasing the Maryland estate tax exemption (the amount an individual can pass free of Maryland estate tax) gradually over the next five years to the federal estate tax exemption. This bill now moves to the Maryland Senate.
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