Governor Corbett is almost certain to sign legislation that places a Receiver in charge of Harrisburg‟s finances after the House agreed to Senate changes and sent the bill to the Governor‟s desk.

The General Assembly acted despite a recent move by Harrisburg City Council to file for bankruptcy. The architects of the Harrisburg „Receiver‟ plan, State Rep. Glen Grell, R-Cumberland and State Senator Jeff Piccola, R-Dauphin, both maintain that the bankruptcy move was illegal.

The Bankruptcy Court held a status conference in the Harrisburg Chapter 9 earlier today.  The principal purpose of the hearing was for the court to set a schedule for objections to Harrisburg’s chapter 9 eligibility.  Objections to eligibility and supporting briefs are to be filed by October 28, a response by the City Council is to be filed by November 7, and replies on behalf of the objecting parties are to be filed by November 12.  The judge made it clear that the City Council has the burden of showing eligibility.  Th

As many are already aware, the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania filed a Chapter 9 bankruptcy late Tuesday evening, October 11 in advance of a Pennsylvania state senate vote that may have put the city on the path to a receivership.  The Chapter 9 petition (http://www.publicfinancematters.com/Harrisburg%20Petition%20.pdf) is the result of a 4-3 vote “authorizing” the filing by the Harrisburg city council without the support of Harrisburg’s Mayor Linda Thompson.  Pr

In a decision that may have implications for holders of community development district bonds and other similar “dirt bonds,” a Florida bankruptcy court has ruled that holders of community development district bonds do not always have plan voting rights when the underlying developer — as opposed to the development district itself — is the bankruptcy debtor.

Since July 1, 2019, changes came into force that will affect customs regulation, licensing, public procurement, investor relations, corruption risk assessment and many different sectors.

Purchase from defaulter cannot be credited VAT

Buyers of goods (works, services) are not entitled to include VAT in offset if the supplier is not a payer of this tax. Information on taxpayer registration with tax authorities as VAT payers can be obtained on the STC website.

“One-stop-shop” is opened for investors

It’s hard to find something positive these days to write about Venezuela. Some basic facts tell the story of the misery there.

Consumer prices this year might rise one million percent. The minimum wage was increased by 3,000 percent so that seven million workers will now receive $20 a month. And many others live on just $2 to $8 a month and eat one meal a day. The poverty rate is a crushing 82 percent. Medicine is scarce.

Vinalines will analyse the efficiency of the method for reducing state investment capital and increase contributions of private partners, including foreign ones in the ports

Financially troubled state-owned Vinalines is weighing up divesting from three port projects as a part of its comprehensive restructuring plan.

The government, in a report sent to the National Assembly last week, said Vinalines would review and restructure its capital contributed to joint ventures with foreign partners at Cai Mep-Thi Vai area in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

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A higher education institution which refuses to provide a debtor alumna with a graduation transcript violates the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a). So says the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in California Coast University v. Jamie Sue Aleckna, Chapter 13, Case No. 5-12-BK-03367. The Bankruptcy Court, citing a Massachusetts bankruptcy court case, In re Parker, 334 B.R. 529 (Bank. D. MA.

Students have taken on more than $1 trillion in debt to pay for the relentlessly rising costs of higher education. With that much debt outstanding, it’s no surprise that there are increasing numbers of borrowers defaulting on student loan debt, and seeking to discharge that debt by filing for bankruptcy protection. But, as a Wisconsin man recently learned, discharging student loan debt in bankruptcy is no easy feat.