New Treasury rules for TARP recipients
Published: June 17, 2009
The U.S. Treasury issued new regulation guidelines for companies that have received taxpayer assistance on June 10. After 90 days of public commenting and review, the rules will be finalized. Industry leaders do not predict the final regulations will differ much from those proposed by the Treasury Department, which call for companies receiving taxpayer assistance to establish company-wide policies for “excessive” or “luxury” expenditures for corporate meetings, events and travel.
Click to download the full 123-page “TARP Standards for Corporate Compensation and Governance” or the one-page exerpt that pertains to the meetings industry.
The Meetings Mean Business Web site also has a “Treasury Rules Toolkit” meeting and event planners can use to download a model board policy companies can adopt, letters explaining the new regulations to clients, a letter to Tresury Secretary Geithner, and more.
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