Keeping owners, managers, and stakeholders up to date on issues affecting their businesses.
If you are considering the S corporation election for your LLC, you and your tax advisors should run through different scenarios to see potential tax savings and compare those savings against the additional filing burdens and other concerns.
On September 14th, Public Health Madison & Dane County sent a letter to all licensed establishments in Madison (with a copy to all licensed food and drink establishments in Dane County) to remind them of the provisions of PHMDC’s Emergency Order #9 and inform them of the possibility of increased fines if they do not comply with public health order
Businesses that were considering applying for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan but missed the June 30, 2020, deadline now have a few additional weeks to apply
Effective at 8:00am on July 2, 2020, Public Health Madison & Dane County is issuing order #7, which limits gatherings and prohibits indoor dining and service at bars, because the contact tracing team has found that gatherings and visits to bars and restaurants continue to be implicated in interviews with cases.
On March 20, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue submitted a proposed guidance document to the Legislative Reference Bureau regarding the permissible production, distribution and sale of alcohol beverages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 18, 2020, in response to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Acting Administrator of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued certain exemptions and authorizations to distilled spirits permittees (DSPs) who wish to produce ethanol-based hand sanitizers to address the demand for such products.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is the new “it girl” in Wisconsin with an assortment of CBD products offered across the state – from tinctures to beer. As CBD products continue to gain in popularity, it’s important that businesses understand basic state and federal rules.
If you haven’t had the pleasure of ordering a malt beverage to-go, then you likely haven’t had the chance to enjoy a growler. Growlers are simply jugs made from glass, stainless steel, or ceramic and the preferred container utilized by breweries and brewpubs to sell take-out beer. The popularity of growlers only resurged in the 1980s when brothers Charlie and Ernie Otto reintroduced the growler as a way to sell craft beer prior to their brewery’s ability to bottle. With growlers growing in popularity, how does ordering beer to-go fit into our local liquor laws?
Whether alcohol licenses are required for wedding barns continues to remain uncertain as a lawsuit is filed against the Evers Administration over the prior administration’s conflicting interpretations of Wisconsin’s alcohol licensing laws.
As discussed in a prior post, on November 16, 2018, former Attorney General Brad Schimel issued an informal and nonbinding analysis of Wisconsin’s alcohol license laws concluding that event venues, like wedding barns, qualify as “public places” under Wis. Stat. § 125.09(1), requiring an alcohol license to allow the consumption of alcohol on premises.
On November 08, 2018, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a new opinion letter eliminating the “80/20 rule” for tipped employees.
On November 16, 2018, Attorney General Brad Schimel issued an informal letter analyzing whether event venues rented for private events must seek an alcohol license to allow the consumption of alcohol beverages at the venue.
The DOR recently published ten new fact sheets providing information on portions of Wisconsin’s alcohol beverage laws and regulations.
Federal law regulates “gift certificates,” “store gift cards,” and “general-use prepaid cards” (collectively, “Certificates”). The rules are primarily addressed toward electronic Certificates.