J. MARC FOSSE, July 28, 2022 Administering withholding and reporting of taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) for nonqualified deferred compensation plans maintained under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) can be complex for many tax-exempt organizations. Employers frequently need assistance in setting up proper procedures and pay codes to […]
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J. MARC FOSSE, October 8, 2020 The amendments to section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) can create a payment trap for nonqualified deferred compensation plans with a mandatory payment delay of amounts that are not deductible under Code section 162(m). The proposed Treasury Regulations under […]
J. MARC FOSSE and YATINDRA PANDYA, June, 2019 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued interim guidance in Notice 2019-09 (the “Notice”) regarding the application of section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). Code section 4960 imposes an excise tax on applicable tax-exempt organizations (ATEOs) that pay covered employees either compensation in […]
J. MARC FOSSE, December 10, 2018 The IRS has provided initial guidance in Notice 2018-97 (the “Notice”) about certain statutory requirements for private corporations granting options and restricted stock units (RSUs) which they intend to treat as qualified equity grants under section 83(i) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). If an option or RSU […]
J. MARC FOSSE and SERENA AISENMAN, February, 2018 The “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” added a new 21% tax penalty on “excess compensation” paid by most tax-exempt organizations to their top-five highest compensated employees. The penalty is found under section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and it ties the amount of the […]
J. MARC FOSSE and ANGEL L. GARRETT, January 11, 2018 New section 83(i) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) permits eligible private corporations1 to adopt qualified equity grant plans for issuing stock options or restricted stock units (RSUs) to eligible employees to obtain “qualified stock” (as defined below) in exchange for the performance of […]
J. MARC FOSSE, December 27, 2017 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) recently signed into law affects many employer-provided benefits and employee compensation, beginning as soon as next week. This alert highlights the affected benefits and provides a short summary of how the Act will change the tax treatment of those benefits and […]
J. MARC FOSSE and YATINDRA PANDYA, December 20, 2017 On December 8, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released Notice 2017-75 (the “Notice”), which provides limited relief from certain penalties under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) for tax payment distributions from a Code section 457A nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement (a […]
J. MARC FOSSE, November 16, 2017 The November 14, 2017, markup of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) released by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee deletes section III.H.1 of the November 9th Senate proposal. That section would have replaced section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) with Code section […]
J. MARC FOSSE, November 13, 2017 Shortly after the House version1 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was amended to delete all provisions relating to sweeping changes to executive compensation programs, the initial Senate proposal for the Act was released, putting these provisions right back on the table. Although the Act is […]
J. MARC FOSSE, August 2017 While nonqualified deferred compensation plans (“Nonqualified Plans”) are generally exempt from most of the substantive provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), Nonqualified Plans are still subject to ERISA’s enforcement provisions, including claims regulations implementing section 503 of ERISA. For that reason, a Nonqualified Plan must […]
JAHIZ NOEL AGARD, October 2016 This client alert discusses how tax-exempt entities and state/local governments (“eligible employers”) can take advantage of the new rules in the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) proposed regulations (issued on June 22, 2016) regarding Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 457(f) (the “Proposed Regulations”) to design more flexible and easier-to-administer annual and […]
J. MARC FOSSE, July 2016 The long-awaited Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) proposed regulations regarding implementation of Section 457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 457(f)”) are finally here. The proposed Section 457(f) regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) provide some guidance that was expected, but also provide surprising new developments that tax-exempt non-profit and governmental1 employers (“eligible […]
J. MARC FOSSE, May 2016 — Section 956 of the Dodd Frank Act requires six different federal agencies (the “Agencies”) to jointly issue rules regulating incentive-based compensation at covered financial institutions by (1) prohibiting incentive-based compensation arrangements that encourage inappropriate risks by providing excessive compensation or that could lead to a material financial loss and […]
J. MARC FOSSE, December 2015 — For members of a board of directors who are also officers of the corporation, complying with securities and tax laws will also generally require that their compensation be approved by independent and disinterested non-employee members of the corporation’s board. However, similar governance standards are not required by law when […]
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