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Sales Tax - Refresher

Posted By Robert Treuber, Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Updated: Wednesday, October 13, 2021

In April of 2017, the Education Committee presented a CE/CLE session on sales tax for land title insurance transactions.

 

You can download a PDF of that presentation from this page.

 

If you have questions about sales tax, please email Bob Treuber at RGT@NYSLTA.ORG.

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Tags:  CE  CLE  NYS Dept Tax & Finance  sales tax 

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You're not going to like this

Posted By Robert Treuber, Monday, December 5, 2016
Updated: Monday, December 5, 2016

Trust me, you are not going to like this.  This is about changing the way you operate and conduct business. This is going to cost you money and time. This is "information security" and it is very important.

 

Before you go any further, I am going to reiterate something John Hollenbeck of First American Title said at our Annual Meeting in September. He said data security for title companies is important because when consumers buy a house, they give you all their information. And then they give you all their money.

 

The NY-DFS and an array of federal agencies are developing or have already issued regulations or standards for cybersecurity.  By Valentine's Day, you are going to be tired of seeing and hearing the term "cybersecurity".

 

The NYSLTA is preparing to submit testimony to the State Assembly's public hearing on cyber security.  In January, we plan to offer a CE course on the basic elements of cybersecurity.  We have posted a document titled, "Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals" in the Technology Committee File Library.

 

Question: How do you eat an elephant?

Answer: One bite at a time

 

If you put off facing the inevitability that cybersecurity is going to be part of your business, one day you will  have to eat an entire elephant in one bite.  My advice is to start slow and start now.

 

Here is a link to a good, easy to read and easy to implement article on cybersecurity:

There’s No Flying Under the Radar: Why Small Businesses Should Get Smart About Information Security

 

 

 

Tags:  CE  Consumer protection  cyber  cybersecurity  DFS  technology 

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Agent CE on Sept 24

Posted By Robert Treuber, Monday, September 14, 2015
Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015

If you are a licensee or sub-licensee looking for title agent CE  - click here or use the top navigation on this page and click CALENDAR & EVENTS 

 

Continuing Education, also know as CE, is a fact of life for physicians, CPAs, Financial Planners, and virtually every licensed professional.  However, CE is new to title agents in New York State.  

  

Many of us are very familiar with CLE, the continuing legal education required for attorneys and you may think CE is similar to CLE. But you would be wrong.

  

The DFS has been managing continuing education for health & medical, property & casualty insurance agents for years and that is the system title agents now must conform to.

 

The DFS has provided CE information for agents here:

http://www.dfs.ny.gov/insurance/abindx.htm

 

This is what you need to remember:

- You need 15 CE credits to renew your license

- The Provider, Instructor and Course must be approved by the DFS

- When you complete a course, the Provider will report your credits and license number to DFS 

- The DFS will apply the credits to every license registered to that exact name.

- The Provider will also give you a certificate. Keep the certificate in the event all the credits you earned are not reported at the time of license renewal.

  

One more thing - the NYSLTA is building a catalog of CE courses to be offered and taken online. However online courses require an exam before credit can be issued.

 

The Education Committee is also going to offer the popular CORE TITLE SERVICE courses in 2016. But that is another story.

  

 

Tags:  CE  CLE  DFS  Education  TIRSA 

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