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Iowa Department of Revenue Announces Re-Write of Water Excise Tax Rules for Manufactured Housing Community
Iowa's new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. The Iowa Department of Revenue's (IDoR) stated position regarding the applicability of WET has had a substantially negative impact on Iowa's manufactured housing communities.
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New Information RE: WET Itemization and Billing for Manufactured Housing Communities
2018 Iowa Legislation Affecting Iowa Landlords
What Landlords Need to Know about Iowa's New Water Service Excise Tax
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Jo Ellen Whitney Presents at Iowa Community Action Association Conference and HFMA Conference
Labor and employment attorney Jo Ellen Whitney recently presented at the annual Iowa Communication Action Association Training Conference.
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Jana Weiler Selected for Heart of America Fellows Institute
Tara Hall and Davis Brown Featured on Greater Des Moines Partnership Blog
Kelsey Crosse and Matt Warner-Blankenship Present Top Five for Small Business Series
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43 Davis Brown attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019
Forty-three Davis Brown attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 25th edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the Des Moines metropolitan area in their respective fields.
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Lobbyist Sydney Gangestad joins Davis Brown Law Firm
Twenty-Nine Davis Brown Attorneys Named to 2018 Great Plains Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
Shareholder Sarah Crane Appointed Judge by Governor Reynolds
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Tax Reform Proposed Regulations - Tax Savings for Iowa Businesses?
This update is the first in a series of posts analyzing the proposed treasury regulations associated with new Internal Revenue Code § 199A as it applies to Iowans.
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One Size Does Not Fit All When It Comes to Grief and Bereavement Leave
Final 2018 Iowa Statehouse Report
Iowa's New Internet Sales Tax has a Green Light
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Open Internet: Dead or Alive?
John Pietila presented this webinar on the subject of Net Neutrality or Open Internet to the Iowa Communications Alliance in February 2017.
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Corporate Governance for Commercial Telcos
Wage and Hour Issues Presentation Before NTCA and NCMIC
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