Voluntary disclosure means willingly sharing information or details about something without being asked or forced to do so. It is an act of consciously and willingly choosing to reveal or make known certain facts, data, or personal details.
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It's what happens when one person's
voluntary disclosure of personal information exposes the personal information of others who had no say in the matter.
Researchers advise education by health providers, immediate consumer action, new federal labeling requirements and
voluntary disclosures by manufacturers.
In a collaborative - law divorce, the parties and their divorce attorneys agree to negotiate in good faith and engage in
complete voluntary disclosure.
This task force will create a set of
consistent voluntary disclosures for use by a company's investors and insurers to understand an organisation's environmental credentials.
The prospect of a significantly tougher penalty regime provides a strong incentive to taxpayers to clean up their act and make a last
chance voluntary disclosure.
In order to protect the client in these situations, our income tax lawyers will normally advise that the safer route is through the no -
name voluntary disclosure.
The CRA
voluntary disclosure program allows Canadian taxpayers who have committed a tax wrong, such as failure to file tax returns or deliberate tax evasion by not reporting income, to avoid tax prosecution and civil tax penalties.
Of the almost 2000 taxpayers implicated in the HSBC leak, some two hundred and sixty have come forward and
made voluntary disclosures to the Canada Revenue Agency.
Pro Technology's Tony Romm reports that the DHS proposal, which was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, would ask
for voluntary disclosure from foreign travelers — including those arriving through the Visa Waiver program — and «follows months of calls on Capitol Hill for greater scrutiny of foreign visitors» social media accounts.»
By making a tax lawyer initiated
CRA voluntary disclosure the Canada Revenue Agency will not prosecute for tax evasion and will not levy civil tax penalties.
We represent clients in customs audits, advise
on voluntary disclosures, defend clients in seizure and enforcement actions, and assist with requests for advance rulings to the CBSA.
As soon as you're leaving companies to decide whether they should offer to pay more tax, or
enable voluntary disclosures, it might go down well with the public, but again we're back at the catch - 22: what happens when the institutional shareholders demand a particular return or dividend, they're not going to be happy when the Director turns around and says «well we can't do that because we voluntarily paid more tax this year».
Kip's individual tax controversy experience includes transferee liability claims, trust fund recovery penalty cases,
offshore voluntary disclosures, individual audit defense and offers in compromise.
Liz also advises clients on unclaimed property matters, such
as voluntary disclosure, audit management and the treatment of gift cards and other stored value card programs.
The exceptions set out in s. 7 (3) of PIPEDA that
allow voluntary disclosure of personal information to police without the knowledge or consent of the individual should therefore be limited to non-content information in a manner consistent with the Charter.
Google employed seven lobbyists in Brussels in 2013, according to
voluntary disclosure figures, and spent around 1.5 million euros (currently worth $ 2 million).
When it comes to transparency and food labeling, the Times editorial board («Labels for Controversial Ingredients» 11/7/13)
favors voluntary disclosure by corporations over ballot initiatives which would legally require the disclosure of controversial ingredients like genetically modified organisms.
The government intends to establish an expert panel to study the scope for an Adult Fitness Tax Credit; it also has an initiative in progress to investigate the price gap between U.S. and Canadian goods and services, plus a commitment to work with mortgage lenders to
improve voluntary disclosure of mortgage prepayment penalty fees
Also, I have in the past reported the joint account's numbers on my taxes only as I had losses from previous years, do I divide those up now and
do voluntary disclosure?
The new regime encourages
employer voluntary disclosure by reducing the severity of the penalty for employers that disclose violations before ESDC initiates an investigation.
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successful voluntary disclosure completely eliminates penalties, removes the possibility of tax evasion prosecution and typically offers partial interest relief on any taxes that may be owing.
This «one size fits all» approach to
voluntary disclosures permitted under PIPEDA is inappropriate insofar as it fails to recognize the generally very different privacy interests inherent in different types of data.
In doing so, the CSA Staff will «review climate - related disclosure requirements in the securities laws of certain international jurisdictions, such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as recommendations contained in recently
proposed voluntary disclosure frameworks with respect to climate - related disclosure.»
When a client discovers past violations, we often help them to prepare and submit an
initial voluntary disclosure, then conduct or assist with the following internal investigation and the preparation of the longer narrative «follow - on» disclosure that results.
We handled one of the
first voluntary disclosures to the HHS OIG and favorably resolved the resulting FCA and administrative liability.
Although encouraging and
rewarding voluntary disclosure is nothing new, the stated 50 % reduction off the minimum amount suggested by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines is to be welcomed.
Where applicable conditions are satisfied, the Canada Revenue Agency's
voluntary disclosure program offers taxpayers an opportunity to resolve prior non-compliance without penalties or criminal proceedings being pursued.
The CDSB framework supports companies in their transition and allows them to share best practices, creating momentum
for voluntary disclosure.
(In October, Baker reached agreement with Fannie and Freddie
on voluntary disclosure and capital risk guidelines, a move NAR strongly supported.)
Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme was introduced by the current administration as an initiative designed to
encourage voluntary disclosure of previously undisclosed assets and income for payment of all outstanding taxes.
Another situation where it is usually advisable to submit a no
names voluntary disclosure is when the CRA has been in contact with the taxpayer for an unrelated matter.
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