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Civil Remedies › Labor & Employment Law › Tax Law

Read Civil Remedies updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:

News & Analysis as of May 20, 2013

XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis

IRS Issues Additional Payroll Tax Refund Procedures

by Rena Pirsos | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 4/22/2013

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has posted additional procedures explaining how employers and employees can obtain refunds of overpaid federal income, Social Security and Medicare (FICA) taxes after the 2012 transportation...more

XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis

Employers: Deadline To File Protective Payroll Tax Refund Claim Nears

by Rena Pirsos | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 4/18/2013

Employers that paid federal income tax (FIT) and Social Security and Medicare (FICA) taxes on the value of health care benefits provided to employees' same-sex partners for tax years 2009 and after should consider whether...more

Pepper Hamilton LLP

Federal Appeals Court Holds That Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Benefits Are Not ‘Wages’ Subject To FICA Taxation,...

by Robert Hertzberg, Lisa B. Petkun, Michael Reed | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 4/15/2013

In an important recent decision, United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., et al., Case No. 01-1563, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18820 (6th Cir. Sept. 7, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that supplemental...more

Carlton Fields

Married Same-Sex Couples Should File Protective Claims For Tax Refunds Now

by William Rohrer | Carlton Fields on 4/10/2013

When the Supreme Court ultimately decides United States v. Windsor, it could strike down the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that prohibits married same-sex couples from receiving the federal benefits provided...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Deadline for Filing FICA Tax Refunds is April 15

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/5/2013

As previously reported, the payment of certain severance benefits may be exempt from FICA taxes. Under the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Quality Stores, severance pay made in connection with an involuntary separation from...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

File for FICA Tax Refunds Before April 15

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/20/2013

As previously reported, the payment of certain severance benefits may be exempt from FICA taxes. Under the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Quality Stores, severance pay made in connection with an involuntary separation from...more

Duane Morris LLP

IRS "Fresh Start Program" Offers More Taxpayers Greater Opportunity to Resolve IRS Debts

by Mary Beth Lee | Duane Morris LLP on 1/16/2013

If you currently owe back income and/or payroll taxes, the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) recently initiated "Fresh Start Program" may now make either (1) the installment agreement or (2) an Offer in Compromise (OIC) a more...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

A Month in UK Employment Law - January 2013

by Peta-Anne Barrow, Daniel Ornstein, Jennifer Wheater | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/16/2013

In This Issue: - 2013 – What's On the Horizon - Changes Confirmed - Changes Expected In 2013 But No Implementation Date ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Employers Should Evaluate Refund Opportunities Following Sixth Circuit Ruling on FICA Taxes and Severance Payments

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/12/2012

In United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., the Sixth Circuit held that payments of supplemental unemployment benefits (SUB payments) are not taxable wages subject to FICA tax withholding. Although the issue is not finally...more

Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee...

Possible FICA Tax Savings on Severance Pay

by Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 9/18/2012

A recent Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision concluded that severance pay provided to employees as a result of layoff or discontinuance of a plant, operations or other similar condition is exempt from FICA taxes....more

Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits

Second Circuit Confirms That Title VII Discrimination Awards are Taxable

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 9/14/2012

Recently, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that awards of back pay and front pay under Title VII constitute “wages” under the Internal Revenue Code and are therefore subject to statutory withholding requirements....more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Taxes are Inevitable … Even on Judgments For Front and Back Pay in Discrimination Cases

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 9/7/2012

Everyone knows that taxes are inevitable. Except perhaps one employee who won his Title VII case but complained that the employer shouldn’t have made withholdings for taxes when it paid out the judgment. The Second Circuit,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 3, Issue 8 - August 2012

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/1/2012

In This Issue: Taxpayers Prevail Where Department Used Unreasonable Audit Methodology; Motion Pictures Delivered in Digital Form are not Subject to Sales Tax; Guidance for Employers for Withholding on Nonresident...more

Dickinson Wright

ESOP LEGAL NEWS - April 2012 • Volume 1, Number 2

by Dickinson Wright on 4/20/2012

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The ESOP Association submits comments on corporate tax reform to House committee; ESOP champion Olympia Snowe not running for reelection; Pro-ESOP legislation garners support; Bear Stearns agrees to...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

A Month in UK Employment Law - March 2012

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/31/2012

In This Issue: A monthly newsletter covering the latest developments in UK Employment Law. Case Update - 1 News Update - 4 Excerpt from Case Update: TEAM MOVES AND SPRINGBOARD INJUNCTIONS In the recent case...more

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Member Entitled to Deferred Pension Notwithstanding Earlier Payment of Small Pension

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 1/11/2012

Shortly (eight days) after a series of transactions under which Imasco Inc.’s Shoppers Drug Mart business was transferred to Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. (Shoppers) and then sold (share sale) to institutional investors, Mr. Boys’...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

High Net Worth Family Tax Report, Vol. 6, No. 3

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 12/1/2011

In This Issue: Congressional Super Committee Fails to Agree on Deficit Reduction Measures; Supreme Court to Resolve Statute of Limitations for Overstatements of Tax Basis; IRS Rules That Gift to Charity of Non-voting...more

King & Spalding

Compensation and Benefits Insights - July 28, 2011

by King & Spalding on 7/28/2011

In This Issue: - The Supreme Court’s Ruling in CIGNA Corp. v. Amara - New Proposed 162(m) Regulations Unexpectedly Limit IPO Transition Rule Please see full newsletter below for more information and links. ...more

King & Spalding

Trade & Manufacturing Alert - May 2011

by King & Spalding on 5/1/2011

In This Issue: - 01 U.S.-Colombian Accord On Labor Issues And U.S.-Panamanian Accord On Tax Information Open Way For Congressional Action On Three FTAs; Timing And Legislative Process Still Uncertain - 02 Federal...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

New Rules Published for External Claims Appeals Procedures

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/21/2010

The Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Services published new rules in the Federal Register on August 26 regarding the new requirements for external claims appeals procedures for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Amendments To New York State False Claims Act Encourage Qui Tam Actions

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/14/2010

On August 13, 2010, effective August 27, 2010, the New York legislature enacted Chapter 379, turbo-charging the New York False Claims Act (“FCA”), N.Y. State Fin. Law § 187 et seq., and providing would-be whistleblowers with...more

Michael A. Sullivan

The IRS Whistleblower Program: Updated Summary for Lawyers with Potential Tax Whistleblower Claims

by Michael A. Sullivan on 5/8/2008

A detailed description of the country's major "whistleblower" law, the False Claims Act and its "qui tam" provisions, which allow private citizens to report fraud against the government and share in the government's recovery...more

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