#compliance
Navigate regulatory compliance and maintain audit-ready financial records
Direct federal buys follow the Buy American Act while grant-funded infrastructure follows BABA - 100% US iron and steel, 55% domestic manufactured products.
CBP audits your import controls before your entries — pass the Pre-Assessment Survey and the review stays light; fail it and face back duties plus penalties.
Brokers that act like carriers inherit carrier liability — get HHG authority, the $75,000 BMC-84 bond, and tariff-based estimates right.
Rule 701 lets private companies grant stock options without SEC registration — until 12-month grants top $10M and force financial disclosure.
When two responsible small firms can perform at a fair price, the contract is set aside; certified firms can win direct awards up to $5.5M.
Contracts over $750,000 ($1.5M for construction) require a small business subcontracting plan, eSRS reporting, and good-faith effort or liquidated damages.
E-2 needs treaty capital at risk, L-1A a year abroad, O-1A three of eight criteria — then every US hire needs an EIN, I-9, and payroll-tax filings.
Gifts within 60 months of applying delay Medicaid: transfers divided by your state divisor equal penalty months. Spouses and disabled children are exempt.
About 80% of off-invoice U.S. retail deductions are shortage claims, many invalid — win with proof-of-delivery packets filed in each retailer's window.
Rule 144 allows resale of restricted stock after a 6-month or 1-year holding period; affiliates must also meet volume limits and file Form 144.
Teaming agreements give zero affiliation shelter; small-business JVs exempt members; only a mentor-protege JV lets a large firm bid as small.
A UFLPA detention gives importers 30 days to prove goods sit outside the forced-labor presumption — with a full supply-chain map, not a vendor letter.
